You’re Safe

In 2019, David interviewed 30 different scientists and asked each of them one question: What’s the biggest change happening in the world today?

The stories the scientists told were a mix of the surprising, the scary and the beautiful.

Scorched sand from Australian nuclear tests, million year ice cores, feathers from a goose that has been through a plane engine, and many more.

David and musician Reuben Ingall wove these stories together to create a snapshot of the planet, a behind-the-scenes tour of the strange ways humans are remaking the earth. A live documentary told in stories, beats and sounds.

The show launched at the Griffin Theatre in 2019, before touring to the Sydney Opera House, Straits Clan Singapore, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Bunjil Place Melbourne and the Pleasance Edinburgh.

‘Finnigan’s power over the audience is palpable. He moves a rapt crowd through stages of understanding the threats facing the planet, and thencautiously, towards the slivers of hope we have left. Ingall’s layered soundscapes manage to turn networking function chatter seamlessly into dread and pandemonium.’
TimeOut Sydney

‘The whole exercise clicks.‘
The Guardian