THE FIRE SERMON

The Fire Sermon inhabits a world where artists adopt outlandish personas against a backdrop of a society in permanent crisis. Solid Mercury and Dead Stirnerman host an artistic broadcast trying to turn the ever-changing situation to their advantage to support their show.

Things are looking good as the studio radar protects them from outside threats and a government work programme has led to them securing a new intern to work beneath them. However, their plans are upended when their guest, the famous Doctor Design, reveals a new discovery outside the crisis zone.

In this short radio play, Sophia Simensky and Leslie Lawrence address the idea of employment as a moral value and question whether there is an opportunity in crisis to prioritise social relationships instead of work as an end in itself. Artist Janina Fritz features as 'Doctor Design' and Constantin Dichtl appears as 'The Intern'.