--- title: "The Last Mad Man | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "The water wars have bled our cities dry. Ecological catastrophe has ripped society's flesh clean to the bone. And there is little left of Western Civilization but a rancid husk. From the ashes, one man rises, in search of purpose – an advertising copywriter. And he's got no one left to pitch but himself. Now to save his own sanity, he'll have to rebrand the apocalypse. But the end of the world is a tough sell." "og:title": "The Last Mad Man" "twitter:description": "The water wars have bled our cities dry. Ecological catastrophe has ripped society's flesh clean to the bone. And there is little left of Western Civilization but a rancid husk. From the ashes, one man rises, in search of purpose – an advertising copywriter. And he's got no one left to pitch but himself. Now to save his own sanity, he'll have to rebrand the apocalypse. But the end of the world is a tough sell." "twitter:title": "The Last Mad Man" description: "The water wars have bled our cities dry. Ecological catastrophe has ripped society's flesh clean to the bone. And there is little left of Western Civilization but a rancid husk. From the ashes, one man rises, in search of purpose – an advertising copywriter. And he's got no one left to pitch but himself. Now to save his own sanity, he'll have to rebrand the apocalypse. But the end of the world is a tough sell." --- # The Last Mad Man [**← **Back to What's On](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on) [ ![The Last Mad Man](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2F0756bf67-94df-4c41-9921-0f82d301952c?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) # The Last Mad Man The water wars have bled our cities dry. Ecological catastrophe has ripped society's flesh clean to the bone. And there is little left of Western Civilization but a rancid husk. From the ashes, one man rises, in search of purpose – an advertising copywriter. And he's got no one left to pitch but himself. Now to save his own sanity, he'll have to rebrand the apocalypse. But the end of the world is a tough sell. 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