Exploring the End of the World

September 26, 2025

The 2025 Senior IMPACT Ensemble, Empire Theatre, present their self-devised new work ‘When I Think of The End’, and Year 12 Drama student, Emmi Lange, is one of the lead characters...


Tell us about the character you are playing…

My role is Millie Morgan. She is hosting an ‘end of the world’ theme party… literally. She has a huge secret about her parent’s evil plan to restart humanity by wiping out the human species at midnight of the party. While her parents left her alone in the house where she will see out the catastrophe, she invites a random group of classmates in order to save them from the event.


How would you describe the play?

The play is very funny. Whilst it uses humour, it also reveals how we treat each other as teenagers when we know the end is closer than expected and how these connections can diminish or expand once we realise our time is almost up. It mixes comedy with darkness all the while seeing the light even through the murky.


What’s been the most challenging part of the whole process?

The most challenging part is coming up with a single idea with a million and one sub ideas from our research. Our prompt was ‘the end of the world’. While we were in the writing process, we looked at stimulus from poetry, media, movies and TV and analysed their end of the world scenarios: supernatural, political, environmental, rich vs poor and much more. We also used sources from news and current events and many deep conversations were raised about our stance in society in relation to these topics. From here, we explored us as students in Toowoomba facing the end of the world to which created some condensed ideas for the play!


How do you get into character before a performance?

Before each performance, of course, there is nerves. However, overcoming this, I relay my purpose in the story. Understanding who am I? What are my values? My reactions, my opinions, my relationship with other characters? This helps me understanding what my character is saying and why.


How do you and your castmates support each other on and off stage?

The cast has become a tight group... like a big friend group! Like-minded, close friends. I love the cast with all their different acting styles and opinions to contribute. We frequently do group building exercises/games at the start of each rehearsal and check-ins. With the help of Grace, our director, we are well looked after and becoming close friends, we all care for each other.


What have you learned about yourself through this process?

I have learned throughout IMPACT the importance of working in a group. It is easy to bounce off other people and, being an extrovert, I love working around other like-minded people. Another thing is for my character, she faces many reactions to everyone finding out the end is near and two very different energies contrasting from the beginning to the end of the performance. So, through this, I have learnt how to distinctively differentiate my reactions and how I say my lines to project my feeling towards the end of the world situation which isn’t an easy skill. For example trying to hide this huge secret from a group of people but project to the audience my anxiety towards this big revelation VS the end of the play when everyone knows.


Is drama something you would like to pursue after school?

Drama has been a dream for me since I was in Year 5 when I started Speech and Drama lessons. Whether its on the movie screen or on a small stage, I want to pursue my love for entertaining through performing. Wherever this takes me, I will enjoy every bit of it if I’m acting. I have started applying for drama schools for next year.


Any advice for someone who wants to get into an impact play?

My advice for wanting to apply for IMPACT is to be prepared to contribute immense ideas and writing. Writing has never been my strong suit but coming to IMPACT I’m able to get assistance and corroborate ideas with others to grow my ideas. Therefore, don’t be discouraged if writing isn’t your best talent, because like me, IMPACT will help grow your creative writing skills.


Tickets are on sale now for the October performance of ‘When I Think of the End’ at the Empire Theatre starring Fairholme’s very own Emmi Lange, Adeline Hamilton and Eliza Kinniburgh.

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