Miasma is a medical detective story set in the London of Charles Dickens’s time. It’s the story of a lone doctor who thinks he can stop the most frightening and fatal disease of his day: Cholera. But to do so he will have to defeat popular superstition, the medical profession, the political and media elites… and the disease itself. This is a story about bad science and good science… about groupthink and dissent… about insiders and outsiders… and about one man taking on the system. Told with five actors playing multiple parts in a fast-paced, comic format, Miasma illuminates key challenges still at the heart of science and public health today.
Presented offsite in Tallaght University Hospital (Trinity Lecture Theatre)
Cast:
Jack Gavin
Niamh McGrath
Robbie O’Connor
Karl Quinn
Peter Rothwell
Presented By: Verdant Productions
Duration: 60 mins. No interval
