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The approaching storm is not just a weather phenomenon; it is a metaphor for the world in which they live - a world of political platitudes, bureaucratic indifference, disaster tourism and comfortable cynicism. We see a society that prefers to remain seated rather than to stand up - even when the wind is destroying the ground under its feet.

A story about a mermaid is often understood as a fairy tale that describes the transformation from a girl to a woman, a story about a woman who sacrifices herself for her man. The text of a mermaid follows this path in reverse – the path of a married woman, one who has sacrificed enough, reversing to being a free girl, a free being.

Based on a short story by Raymond Carver, this play explores the relationship between a man and a woman through a collage of different dramatic approaches: dramatic dialogues, quotes, comments, images, monologues, lists, fragmentary memory records and audio recordings.