Writer: Naomi Foyle | Director: Peter Hinton-Davis OC

An award-winning, creatively accessible adaptation of Naomi Foyle’s critically acclaimed eco-science fantasy quartet The Gaia Chronicles, ASTRA is an epic theatrical work that sets our future on a burning planet centre stage – urging audiences to believe that, together, humanity can rise to the existential challenge of our times. 

The project has now entered an exciting new stage. Returning to her roots in Canadian theatre, Naomi Foyle has joined forces with celebrated director Peter Hinton-Davis OC, with whom she first worked on the Dora Award-winning HUSH (Toronto, 1990). Together with Hassan Mahamdallie (Dramaturg, UK) and Isobel Hawson (Independent Theatre Consultant, UK), Naomi and Peter aim to find producing partners for a large-scale production of ASTRA. In Summer 2023, Naomi Foyle was awarded a Canada Council for the Arts travel grant to visit Peter Hinton-Davis and meet his theatre colleagues in Ontario. Encouraged by this trip, Naomi has now written a first draft of ASTRA ORDOTT, the first play in a projected trilogy based on the books.