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You’re Safe Til 2024: Deep History is about humanity's turning points

This impactful one-man show from David Finnigan explores the moments in Earth’s history when humans faced turning points

By Abigail Beall

29 September 2022

�鶹��ý. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine. — David Finnigan in You’re Safe Til 2024

David Finnigan

Showing at the Barbican, London, until 1 October

As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about big things – black holes, distant galaxies – I thought I could get my head around large numbers. Or I did, until I sat in a packed venue at the Edinburgh Fringe festival and watched playwright David Finnigan pouring bucketloads of sugar onto a table as part of his new play, You’re Safe Til 2024: Deep History.

As the grains spilled out, each representing 100 people…

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