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LEAVES FALLING AT MIDNIGHT
Written By Scott Rankin & Glynn Nicholas
Set against a stainless-steel skyline, the city succumbs to the lowest common developer; a silo of autumn leaves burn; a man confesses to a murder he didn't commit and we find out why those statues on Easter Island have sloping foreheads.
At the start of a new millennium, Sydney Abbot, a lonely, eccentric bureaucrat spends his working days archiving the history of the world. By night he collects fallen leaves in white canvas sacks and in the dead of night secretly places them in the revolving doors of government and corporate buildings, in the vain hope of softening the hearts of people in positions of power.
Through his naïve activism, he believes decision makers will be forced to walk through the leaves, reminding them of the fun of their childhood and their own frail mortality.
On one nightly raid, he is confronted by Militia, a young, feisty and naïve urban activist who wants to change the world. She is attracted to Sydney’s quirky ways and ideology and try as he might he can’t shake her off. Together they explore an unlikely and flawed romance, full of the frailties and vanities of human beings.
Leaves Falling at Midnight weaves together many themes, touching on the environment, homelessness, urban development, the emerging paradigm shift, compost, idealism love and falling leaves.
"Celebrating the visual literacy of contemporary audiences, presenting a non-stop barrage of comic repartee, and challenging the imaginations with sensitive imagery of blank verse, Leaves Falling at Midnight is a triumph." NORTH SHORE TIMES |
