Being a kid is full of things that don't make sense, Elise. We're born into something that started ages ago and we're playing catch up from the very beginning.
c.37,500 years ago on Sulawesi, Indonesia, someone made a series of markings on the wall of a cave.
Elise is eight years old. She's in primary school, making shapes on a piece of paper.
Elise, aged 25, will try to defend her PhD on geometric symbols.
Elise, aged 48, will travel to Sulawesi to decipher a set of geometric symbols, before floods destroy them forever.
Her discoveries will shed new light on our collective instinct to make our mark on the world.
This edition was published to coincide with the UK School Tour in October 2025.
| ISBN: | 9781350606388 |
| Publication date: | 10th November 2025 |
| Author: | Curious Directive Theatre company |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards) Literary studies: plays and playwrights |
Being a kid is full of things that don't make sense, Elise. We're born into something that started ages ago and we're playing catch up from the very beginning.
c.37,500 years ago on Sulawesi, Indonesia, someone made a series of markings on the wall of a cave.
Elise is eight years old. She's in primary school, making shapes on a piece of paper.
Elise, aged 25, will try to defend her PhD on geometric symbols.
Elise, aged 48, will travel to Sulawesi to decipher a set of geometric symbols, before floods destroy them forever.
Her discoveries will shed new light on our collective instinct to make our mark on the world.
This edition was published to coincide with the UK School Tour in October 2025.
Deciphering features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Deciphering is available in Paperback
Deciphering was written by Curious Directive Theatre company and published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Deciphering has 96 pages
Yes it is part of Modern Plays series
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