''The Wider Earth'' is a play by David Morton, a fictionalised account of

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...

's five-year journey and encounters on . The original production opened in Brisbane at the Bille Brown Studio in 2016, directed and designed by Morton and produced by

Queensland Theatre Queensland Theatre, formerly the Queensland Theatre Company and Royal Queensland Theatre Company, is a professional theatre company based in Brisbane, Australia. It regularly performs in its own Bille Browne Theatre and the Queensland Performi ...

and Morton's company Dead Puppet Society. It incorporated puppets and other visual theatre elements. ''The Wider Earth'' was also performed at the

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec ...

. It was nominated for Best New Australian Work and Best Set Design at the 2017 Helpmann Awards. A London production was presented by the National History Museum in a temporary theatre in the Jerwood Gallery. It was nominated for Best Entertainment and Family at the 2019 Olivier Awards.

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