Farm Fatale

Once upon a time there was a farm. A farm with fields and animals and people, but that was before the climate catastrophe. Now only five scarecrows live on the farm. Because there are no more birds, the scarecrows now pass the time in other ways: they record the sounds of dying nature, prepare protest signs and make music, which they broadcast into the ether via pirate radio. They conduct an interview with the last surviving bee and discuss ecological and political issues such as insect mortality and pesticides. They never give up their dream of a better future - and an egg is laid along the way. French director Philippe Quesne has created an evening of theater that is as activist as it is sad, tender as it is catastrophic, ironic as it is poetic.