2145 by Emma Kelly

2145 by Emma Kelly

2145 is a dark, comic road trip to the future where no one knows who’s in control. It’s Thelma and Louise meets Red Dwarf for the stage.

In 2045 environmental activist Jen runs away from reality and uploads her consciousness to the internet. Leaving her physical body forever. She’s rudely awoken from digital limbo 100 years later by Stella, an uptight AI, to make tough decisions about her existence.

Bringing Jen back from the void into a virtual space, Stella engages with her. They travel to different places, past and present, visiting Jen’s lost relationships to understand who she was and all she could be. Stella morphs into the other people Jen knows as they revisit her past. This will be a journey through virtual and real spaces with moments of absurdity, sadness, betrayal, and hope. 

We see the sacrifices society made to save the planet through Jen's eyes. By working with Jen, Stella realises that certain things must change for humans to be genuinely free to express themselves. Peace has come at a price. The women form a friendship, more potent than any human-machine interface, that starts in motion significant changes for humanity. 

 2145 offers a future vision where loved ones are reunited after death; humans are immortal. It asks what it means to exist in the world at a time when humankind has overcome so much but still has a long way to go.

Content warning: Swearing.

Minimum age 12+       Running Time : 70 mins