The Beautiful Future Is Coming:

An Interview with Flora Wilson Brown

Ben Screech

University of Gloucestershire

Keywords: drama, narrative, uncertainty, agency, crisis, beautiful future is coming


Abstract

I was lucky enough to be granted an interview with British playwright Flora Wilson Brown, after seeing her climate change-themed play The Beautiful Future Is Coming at the Bristol Old Vic (UK) in Spring 2025. The conversation explores Flora’s thoughts on the role of drama in deepening climate literacy and the challenge of living happily in an uncertain age.