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The Antarctican
Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the youngest member of Scott's Terra Nova expedition, relives the winter journey that would haunt him.
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The story
A new play by Gail Louw, written in collaboration with Brad Borkan, about the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole. Cherry-Garrard, now in his late fifties, looks back on the midwinter trek to Cape Crozier to collect Emperor penguin eggs, the friendships that carried the team, and the deaths of Captain Scott and his polar party. It draws on his memoir The Worst Journey in the World.
In the room
An intimate world premiere that sets the young, cheerful explorer beside the older man living with survivor's guilt, with humour alongside the hardship.
Good fit if you like
true stories of exploration, polar history, and plays about memory and guilt.
Details
- From 1 Dec 2026
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Cast & crew
Creative & crew(2)
- Director
- Anthony Shrubsall
- Writer
- Gail Louw
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