It is February 2029 and the world is on the brink of crisis. Water is scarce, the first nuke has been launched and each week, somewhere in the world natural disasters are occurring – brought on by global warming. A group of families have been pooling their resources, slowly building a bunker on some remote bushland to protect them all. To survive. The eight families decide to spend a week in the bunker “just in case”. They drop the kids off first, because there have been riots in the nearby town (an hour's drive away) and they need to get supplies for the week ahead. But the parents do not return … not after two hours, nor three, nor four … What’s happening outside the bunker? How long do they stay?

We are located in Ballarat, where the Traditional Custodians of the land are the Wadawurrung people. The Wadawurrung are part of the Kulin Nation, the longest living and continuous culture on our planet. In the spirit of reconciliation, we give our deepest respect to Australia’s First Nations Peoples, their histories, their stories, their resilience, their connection to culture and land. We gladly pay our respects to the wisdom of their Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty of this land was never ceded.

Visit https://www.wadawurrung.org.au for more information.

Background artwork by local artist Tarni Jarvis – Kurrong Kalat https://kurrongkalat.myshopify.com The artwork combines traditional symbolism, modern colour and influences. It was inspired by the local mountain ranges that surround the Central Highlands region. The curve symbol is similar to traditional symbols and is used in this work to symbolise mountain ranges. The colours and dots are modern influences on the artwork.

Podcast fans – you asked for it and now we're making it - our next Jane Austen Adaption will be Persuasion!

The director of our Webby Award Honouree podcast Pride and Prejudice is excited to bring you BNT’s next podcast, with talented actors for all the characters, cinematic soundscapes and a romantic soundtrack.

Caesar is known by many to be generous, powerful, a brilliant tactician, and a wise leader.

He is also known to be ambitious.

Some Romans look to an old custom; when one man seeks to make himself a king, it is every citizen's responsibility to see him dead.

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