COMA

Presented by DARKFIELD

Imagine the moment of waking up is actually the moment when your dream begins. In light of this new, and strange reality how can we save you from the unspeakable horrors that lurk in the dark recesses of your own mind? The only cure we offer is a placebo and a promise.

Please remember when you leave to take your body with you.

‘How nice - to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive’ - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5

Cast: Simon Kane with Serena Bobowski, Noa Bodner and Christopher Brett Bailey

Very special thanks to Miila Dietz for the outro song

Special thanks to Kathryn Bond.

Thanks to: Taragh Bissett, Adela Bonoval, Anna Edwards-McConway, Bryn Fitch, Manna Mostaghim, Helen Paszyn, Emily Walters, Aidan Yorath

Cast (Korean language premiere): Ranhee Yoo, Minjeong Kim, Jun Noh, Lucy Park

Translated by Taeheum Yeon

Special thanks to Sun Park

Creators: Glen Neath & David Rosenberg

Producers: Andrea Salazar & Victoria Eyton

Production Assistant:  Sara Codrington

Technical Designer - George Tomlinson

Production Manager: Rich Irvine

Lighting Consultant: Sarah Readman

Set Builders: Callum Mercer, Thomas Shannon, Joe Iredale, Simon Bishop, Sam Thornber

Technicians: Liam Rudd, Greg Jordan, Eren Celikdemir, Adam Wileman, Francis Botu

Performances:

Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 31 July - 25 August 2019

Canary Wharf Montgomery Square, 16-21 September 2019

Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide (Australian premiere), 14 February - 15 March 2020

Lewis Cubitt Square, King’s Cross, 28 February - 22 March 2020

Perth Festival, Australia, 15 January - 14 February 2021

Adelaide Festival, Australia, 19 February - 21 March 2021

Perth Cultural Centre, Australia, 20 May - 20 June 2021

Perth, Australia, 14 January - 13 February 2022

Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, 18 February - 22 March 2022

Watermans, Brentford, UK, 8-12 June 2022

Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia, 26 May - 18 September 2022

Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf, London, 13-23 October 2022

LG Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea (Korean language premiere), 22 October - 19 November 2022

Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia, 16 December 2022 - 5 February 2023

Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, Australia, 17 February - 19 March 2023

Sejong Arts Centre, South Korea, 16-28 May 2023

Summerhall, Edinburgh, 2-27 August 2023

‘Coma is an injection of adrenaline that won’t leave you for hours’ - Frankie Goodway, Fest ★★★★

‘An immersive experience like no other’ - Phoebe O’Brien, The Sunday Times

‘A popular explanation of the enduring popularity of horror is that it provides “a rehearsal for death”. That’s just what Coma is’ - Rory Ford, The Scotsman ★★★★

‘COMA can lay claim to being the most unique production of the festival’ - Brett Herriot, ScotsGay ★★★★★

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Image by Stephen Dobbie