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Content warnings:

• Character death
• Fire & explosions (inc. SFX)
• Vocalised suffering
• Building collapse
• Physical violence (inc. SFX)
• Pleading
• Arguments & crying
• Explicit language
• Discussions of: death (inc. mass death), mass suffering, existential dread
• Mentions of: war, suicide, blood, alternative realities, blades
• SFX: distorted static & voices, high frequencies, rumbling, continued clicking & thudding

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Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead, Jeffrey Nils Gardner & Alexander J Newall

Written by Jonathan Sims & directed by Alexander J Newall

Sensitivity consultation by Alexander Linde Nielsen

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Performances:

- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims

- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J Newall

- "Basira Hussain" - Frank Voss

- "Melanie King" - Lydia Nicholas

- "Georgie Barker" - Sasha Sienna

- "Jonah Magnus" - Ben Meredith

- "Rosie" - Hannah Brankin

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