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Themes:
Due to the unusual nature of the play, there are many underlying themes throughout the play. Examples of such are:

• Religion
• Moral dilemmas
• Modern day life
• Depression
• Love

Caryl Churchill's intentions:
Throughout the play, it becomes increasingly obvious that Caryl Churchill simply wishes to portray an account of the modern world we live in. I believe that she wished to make a fast- paced, unusual play that shows the changing modern world that we live in. To do so, She takes a mixture of scenes, some very relate able and ordinary, and some more unusual. She mashes up everything that makes us human in our modern world- family, Facebook, email, friends, religion and uses these topics to portray how chaotic yet exciting the world it nowadays. Throughout the play, she never expresses how she feels about the world- she never states if she dislikes or likes it, yet simply creates short snapshots of those who have such opinions.We see the lives of many seemingly ordinary people and observe how the themes of the play effect them as people. 
How successful is the play:
Overall, I think that the play is largely successful. This is because the short scenes portray how short life is. Each piece has a deeper meaning and affects the whole play and each scene, no matter how short, has an impact upon the audience. Because of this, I believe that this play is successful in making the audience think about their lives and how each scenario would play out if it happened to them.
Also, the characters are not developed throughout their small scenes. This is usually ineffective, however, in this case, it allows the audience to simply think of the meaning in each fast-paced scene. Rather than becoming absorbed in the characters emotions, they simply observe the actions and focus upon what each piece means.

On the other hand, the play may leave the audience with questions, but this may not be a good thing. They may be confused about the fast paced nature of the play and may have misunderstood the intentions of the short scenes. Moreover, due to the length of the scenes, the audience are not able to feel attached to the characters portrayed. This may be effective in a Brechtian way, as they simply observed the action rather than becoming immersed in the play. However, they may not feel any sympathy and may feel almost bored at the end.
Key evets in 2012:
There were several key events that occurred in 2012:

• The Queens diamond jubilee, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the queens reign. This sparked celebrations throughout the year in the UK and the citizens celebrated their pride of being British. 
• The London 2012 Olympics. The top three medal winning countries were- the USA, China and Britain.
•  Barack Obama was re-elected as president in the USA.
• Many believed that the world was supposed to end in 2012, as the Mayan calendar mysteriously stopped on December the 21st. The idea that the world would end erupted and was a much discussed topic throughout the media. Luckily, the world did not end.
• Hurricane Sandy moved over the USA and nearly 300 people were killed. This resulted in over 50 billion dollars damage.