# NoExemptions Promo 2
#NoExemptions is coming to La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne in 2022.
In the not too distant future, global environmental collapse triggers wars, the movement of millions of people, failure of mass food production and the breakdown of democracies. But this story focuses on one woman’s desperate struggle to survive. Maria lives in a city plagued by chronic food and water shortages. Now it is survival of the fittest and young people have the competitive advantage.
Maria is not young and now is trapped in her apartment with her husband Paul and their neighbor, Ewa. Their last moments are a bitter competition for food and water. But Maria refuses to give up. Maria plans her escape. She needs to see her son one last time. And when she does – nothing is as she wished.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Kindly supported by the Besen Family Foundation.
Produced by The Shift Theatre www.theshifttheatre.com
Written by Angela Buckingham
Conceived with the assistance of Michaela Maxi Schulz
Directed by Susie Dee
Sound Design by Ian Moorhead
Lighting Design by Gina Gascoigne
Stage Management by Jess Keepence
Set and Costume Design by Sophie Woodward
Performed by Carolyn Bock, Helen Hopkins, Hugh Sexton, Sahil Saluja and Eva Seymour