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Yes We Candide Part 2 of 2

Yes We Candide Part 2 of 2

The Best of All Possible Worlds! The glorious finale of a modern adaptation of Candide by Voltaire, me and Geoff Pinfield.

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Nov 26, 2021
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The Challenge

Designed to be played by two professional actors, a local community choir and the audience. Supported by the unusual use of everyday technology.

Previously on Yes We Candide:

Candide graduates from the University of New Zealand with a BA in economics. She experiences modern life in vivid detail: unemployment, homelessness, social media acclaim, offshore detention, social media vilification, murderous rage, infotainment, police brutality, asylum in the EU, religious fundamentalism in the Middle East and luxury isolationism in North Korea - where the streets are paved with gold.

If you missed out on the fun, you should catch up here.

Now it’s time for lucky chapter 13.

Chapter 13 The Long March

Candide, Lawrence of Arabia, Mother Russia, Sentient Cows, Martina the Journalist.

After a long and wayward missile flight they land in China. Thanks to Dear Leader’s gift of 100 red suitcases laden with gold, diamonds, precious stones and cryptocurrency, they’re richer than anyone who’s …

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