What kind of world are we living in?

The play is a post apocalyptic, broken and dark world. People no longer truly support each other and trust is forgotten. Everyone we see can be of use to us. We want to survive so killing, stealing and betraying is a necessity.

We are a fragment of humanity left behind, after the world we know and are familiar with now has died. We are like jagged pieces that somehow fit together, sharp and harmful. If your family are alive you would have had to kill or ruin others to get you there. It is everyman for themselves in this world. Survival of the fittest, that is why any sign of weakness will be exposed.

A key change is the people's value system. Things that we may see as i inanimate are now precious.  Anything you can get hold of that may be of use to you in survival is held higher than ever before.

Here are some pieces of art that i have found which helped me to visualise the world we actors are going to be living in. These images made me begin to imagine what it would actually be like if i lived to see the end of the world or the decaying of London city, how different my daily life would be and how i as a person would cope and react to the changes.