Adapted from the award-winning journalism of the Climate Disaster Project, an international newsroom at the University of Victoria, this documentary theatre production pulls from hundreds of testimonies of people across Canada who have lived through climate change together.

A fishing guide who took his boat into flooded farmland to rescue an alligator. An actor rushed to the hospital for heat stroke after performing in front of the legislature. A mother figuring out how to prepare her child for the future after fire flattened their town.

Climate disaster is not far away, not happening to someone else. It is here now, happening to us. Eyes of the Beast shows how we still have each other during those disasters, creating community amidst catastrophe.

In bringing this work to life, Neworld Theatre has partnered with students from SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts, who are contributing as co-creators, performers, and researchers—offering their own perspectives and creative voices to this evolving production.

Every performance is followed by a facilitated talkback, giving audiences a chance to reflect on the stories they’ve heard and share their own experiences of climate disaster. A Vancouver political leader will also be present to listen to the performance, as well as the audience, and reflect on how we can help communities impacted by those disasters.