"I read that if you fold a thousand origami cranes you'll be granted a wish. At least some people believe that. It's nice to have something to believe in. I've made your first one. I dare you to fold the next"

It's 2010. Think pink iPods, Lady Gaga's meat dress, a catastrophic general election - and austerity. Yay. Summer has just turned eighteen. She's grateful to have the rest of her life to look forward to but something doesn't feel right. She's full of angst and she's not quite sure what to do with it. What is there to look forward to exactly? Slimy men in blue ties are squeezing the country dry with austerity, deepening inequality for young people all over the country. And they're coming for your education next. She dreams of becoming a photographer - but it's hard to dream with the world is on fire. The future feels so fragile. 

The answer? Change the world. Duh. How, might you ask? By going to a protest against increasing student fees. Obviously.

Armed with a brand new camera, her oldest friend, and her favourite Maya Angelou quote. Summer throws herself into her first ever demonstration, and has the best day of her life, literally. She's unstoppable. She's fearless. She knows this will go down in history. Life is going to be different - she can feel it. 

And she's right. It changes everything. Just not in the way she expects. 

A debut play by Demi Wilson-Smith, Cranes is an intimate and urgent reflection on the power of protest, the cruelty of the criminal justice system, the fragile weight of hope, and heroes who don't get commemorated by statues. At least not at first.