Tinderbox Theatre Company presents Guidelines For A Long & Happy Life

A spectacular, intimate theatre experience staged inside a vast industrial space, Guidelines For A Long And Happy Life transports you to a terrifying post-apocalyptic world where only a few survivors remain. Making contact with other humans is the biggest danger and the only hope. As desperation and paranoia grow, every move becomes a decision to trust or die.

SEEK FERTILE GROUND AND ATTEMPT TO CULTIVATE WHATEVER CROPS YOU CAN. PLANT SEEDS. CAPTURE ANIMALS AND KEEP THEM IN CAPTIVITY. ATTEMPT TO BREED THEM. EATING ANIMALS SHOULD BE A LAST RESORT. BURY DECEASED BODIES IN A SHALLOW GRAVE WITHOUT A COFFIN TO HELP THE SOIL AND FERTILISE YOUR PLANTS. BREED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. FIND A SAFE PLACE AND MAKE A NEW HOME. BE CIVIL TO THE PEOPLE YOU MEET. HELP ONE ANOTHER. BE STRONG. FIND ONE PLACE AND STAY THERE. YOU MAY NEED TO TAKE TO THE TRAIL IN SEARCH OF SUSTENANCE. FIND THE FOLLOWING THINGS AND TAKE THEM IN A PACK WITH YOU. A COMPASS. A KNIFE. A SLEEPING BAG. A CIGARETTE LIGHTER. THESE CAN BE FOUND IN ABUNDANCE IN ABANDONED ROADSIDE STATIONS. CARRY AN EMPTY BOTTLE AND FILL IT WITH CLEAN WATER WHENEVER YOU CAN. TAKE SHELTER FROM THE COLD IN THE EVENINGS. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SURROUNDING ECOSYSTEM, AFTER ALL, IT IS PART OF YOUR WORLD. MUSIC. IF YOU CANNOT SCAVENGE SOME INSTRUMENTS, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO FASHION YOUR OWN. DRUMS USED TO BE MADE FROM GOATS HIDE. GUITARS, VIOLINS AND OTHER STRINGED INSTRUMENTS HAD A BODY CARVED FROM WOOD. YOU CAN FASHION A CRUDE BUT EFFECTIVE FLUTE FROM A THIN BRANCH OF A TREE. READ. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BOOKS OUT THERE. READ AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. READING IS ENJOYABLE AND EDUCATIONAL. YOU MAY BE SURPRISED WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM BOOKS. GAMES. WHY NOT PLAY GAMES WITH YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR FRIENDS? THERE ARE GAMES WHICH CAN BE PLAYED INDOORS OR OUTDOORS. TELL STORIES. MAKE UP YOUR OWN. SING SONGS. MAKE UP YOUR OWN. WRITE POEMS. MAKE UP YOUR OWN. BUILD A FUTURE. MAKE UP YOUR OWN. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF ALONE FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME KEEP YOUR SPIRITS UP BY TALKING TO YOURSELF. HUMANS ARE THE ONLY SPECIES WHO HAVE EVER DEVELOPED A COMPLICATED SYSTEM OF LANGUAGES, AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP PRACTISING. WHY NOT PRACTISE BY KEEPING A DIARY.