In pool (no water), playwright Mark Ravenhill takes an uncompromising and in-depth look at how close love and destruction lie when we compromise our own ethics for a sniff at fame and success.

Through themes of jealousy, friendship, ambition and greed, Ravenhill delves into the darker side of human nature with razor sharp humour.

The play follows a group of young artists grappling as they develop an art project with sinister connotations. Following a tragic accident the collective oscillates between chasing success and confronting their own guilty conscience.

At the end of the day, who amongst them really deserves the spotlight?

Two artists try to create a theater play, but between rewrites and doubt, they’re confronted by the overwhelming weight of the world outside their rehearsal space.

Grappling with the absurdity and grief of living in a time shaped by war, rising extremism, gender-based violence, climate collapse, technological addiction, and a growing lack of empathy.

Through a fusion of artistic forms, the play moves between the deeply personal and the overwhelmingly political - asking what it means to make art in a world that feels like it’s on fire, and whether it’s still possible to find beauty, laughter, and meaning in the middle of it all.

Cours Florent's Third Semester International Presents:

Delicately Selected,
Freshly Seasoned Cuts From:
'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare
Featuring texts by Gabriella Neves

In our third semester, we had the amazing privilege to work with an amazing director on an amazing and timeless piece.

With sixteen people, we each took on partner scenes within the story reflecting on the essence of human desire, fear and greed, tying them together with bigger and bolder moments in which the whole ensemble participated.

The journey was difficult, inspiring and eye opening, as to what theatre can be.