SÉANCE
Presented by DARKFIELD
We will not prey upon the paranoid, the bereaved, the credulous, the wide-eyed, the weak or the inbred... in return we ask you proceed with an open-mind
Séance is an entertainment only and we cannot hold the medium responsible for the outcome
‘The most important thing in this world is the destruction of superstition. Superstition interferes with the happiness of mankind. Superstition is a terrible serpent, reaching in frightful coils from heaven to earth and thrusting its poisoned fangs into the hearts of men. While I live, I am going to do what little I can for the destruction of this monster’ - Robert Green Ingersoll (1886)
Séance is the third collaboration between David Rosenberg and Glen Neath, the first working as D A R K F I E L D. Sited in a shipping container, Séance is a 15 minute presentation in complete darkness
Cast (preview): Angela Clerkin and David Rosenberg
Thanks to: Phoebe Hitt, Ewa Owsiak, Georgina Thomas
Cast: Tom Lyall
Thanks to: Isobel Algar, Taragh Bissett, Melissa Chambers, Alexandra Donnachie, Caroline Gray, Sigrun Gudmundsdottir, Dani Jacobs, Stanley Lin, Beverley Matthews, Manna Mostaghim, Alexander Mugnaioni, Lydia O’Sullivan, Helen Paszyn, Siria Rutstein, Becky-Dee Trevenen, Emily Walters, Charlie Vickers-Willis, Aidan Yorath
Cast (Spanish language premiere): Eduardo Arcelus
Thanks to: Anna Alvarez, Neus Cáceres, Valeria Giusti, Dayana Tellerias, Alejandra Pareira, Dolores Reynals, Mario Ruiz, Sahba Saberian
Mexican version translated by Esteban Garza
Cast (Korean language premiere): Jun Kim
Thanks to: Ranhee Yoo, Jun Noh, Moo Yi Kim, Sangeun Lee, Soyeon Kim
Translated by Taeheum Yeon
Special thanks to Sun Park
Creators: Glen Neath & David Rosenberg
Producer: Andrea Salazar
Production Assistant: Sara Codrington
Technical Designer: George Tomlinson
Performances:
Preview: Derelict Festival, Preston Flag Market, 11-16 April 2016
Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Southwold, Sussex, 14-17 July 2016
The Future Laboratory Global Futures Forum, Shoreditch Town Hall, 12 October 2016
Birmingham REP Centenary Square, 18-29 October 2016
Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2-26 August 2017
Warwick Castle, 21-31 October 2017
Jubilee Square, Brighton, 27-29 October 2017
Fed Square, Melbourne, Australia, 26 October - 12 November 2017
The Rocks, Sydney, Australia, 22 November - 10 December 2017
Elizabeth Quay, Perth, Australia, 19 January - 10 February 2018
Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, Australia, 15 February - 19 March 2018
Dartington, Totnes, Devon, 28 February - 5 March 2018
Almeida Theatre, London, 3-6 April 2018
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, Australia, 11 July - 29 August 2018
Brisbane Festival, Australia, 8-29 September 2018
Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, 3-8 October 2018
Theatre Deli, Sheffield, 10-16 October 2018
Manchester Royal Exchange, 19-31 October 2018
Warwick Castle, 20 October - 4 November 2018
Geelong, Australia, 25 October - 4 November 2018
Monterrey, Mexico (Mexican language premiere), 21 November 2018 - 1 January 2019
Parque Centro, Saltillo, Mexico, 5 January - 3 March 2019
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, Australia, 9 January - 6 February 2019
Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, Australia, 15 February - 17 March 2019
Vault Festival, London, 23 January - 17 March 2019
Yagan Square, Perth, Australia, 27 March - 14 April 2019
Globofest, Saltillo, Mexico, 6,7 April 2019
Museo del Desierto, Saltillo, Mexico, 16-21 April 2019
Corredor Cultural Alejo Peralta, Santa Fé, Mexico, 27 April - 9 June 2019
Red Square, Hobart, Tasmania, 6-30 June 2019
Autocinema Coyote, Insurgentes Sur, Mexico City, 13 June - 27 July 2019
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, 1 August - 15 September 2019
Canary Wharf Montgomery Square, 16-21 September 2019
Reddacliff Place, Brisbane, Australia, 19 September - 5 October 2019
Fiestas de Octubre, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1 October - 1 November 2019
Bram Stoker Festival, Wolfe Tone Square, Dublin, 25-31 October 2019
Parque Centro, Saltillo, Mexico, 18 December 2019 - 25 January 2020
Perth, Australia, 17 January - 16 February 2020
Tijuana Cultural Centro, Mexico, 1-28 February 2020
Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, 14 February - 15 March 2020
Lewis Cubitt Square, King’s Cross, UK, 28 February - 22 March 2020
Perth Festival, Australia, 15 January - 14 February 2021
Adelaide Festival, Australia, 19 February - 21 March 2021
Bullring, Birmingham, UK, 27-31 October 2021
Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, Australia, 28 October - 14 November 2021
Perth, Australia, 14 January - 13 February 2022
Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, Australia, 18 February - 22 March 2022
Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia, 26 May - 31 July 2022
Arts District, Brooklyn, New York, USA, from 28 July 2022
Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK, 3-28 August 2022
Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK, 27 September - 9 October 2022 - POSTPONED
Warner Bros’ Movie World, Gold Coast, Australia, 1-31 October 2022
LG Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea (Korean Language premiere), 22 October - 19 November 2022
Palace Theatre, Watford, UK, 25 October - 5 November 2022
Guadalajara, Mexico, October - November 2022
La Isla, Merida, Mexico, 25 November 2022 - 26 January 2023
Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia, 16 December 2022 - 5 February 2023
Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, Australia, 17 February - 19 March 2023
Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK, 21 March - 2 April 2023
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia, 13 April - 2 July 2023
Sejong Arts Centre, South Korea, 16-28 May 2023
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh, 1-28 August 2023
Pachuca, Mexico, from 6 August 2023
‘Séance is Rosenberg and Neath’s best collaboration to date, a creepy and manipulative miniature which unsettles and makes you question not just your senses but what you actually believe’- Lyn Gardner, The Guardian 4★★★★
’It was brilliant, mischievous audio trickery’ - Harriet Fitch Little, Financial Times
‘Seance felt perfectly contained and completely absorbing, spine-tingling’ - Lauren Mooney, The Stage 4★★★★
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Photo by Fiona Blyth
Click here for trailer by Susanne Dietz
Click here for WIRED article ‘You can watch this play in the dark - just don’t forget to wear headphones’
Click here for ‘Into the darkness: an interview with Glen Neath’ by Edwina McEachran
Commissioned by Latitude Festival & Derelict. Funded by Arts Council England
