Company: Paracosm.
Venue: Theatre works.
Created and Directed: Chris Patrick Hansen
Vision and Lighting design: Jacques Cooney Adlard
Set design: Josh McNeill
Photography: Sarah Clarke.
REVIEWS:
“This remounting of the 2025 Theatreworks/Paracosm show, written and directed by Chris Patrick Hansen, combines razor-sharp writing, bleak stage design and intricately unnerving performances to create a scintillating dissection of incel culture and the men who fall into its black holes.” - Oscar Bray, Whats The Show
“Josh McNeill’s black, cold, angular set design, as well as Eli’s entirely black bed, visually embodies the sinkhole Eli is falling into. A screen hanging along the back of the stage, covered in a tangle of cables like a multi-tentacled octopus, displays all of Eli’s Hinge, Discord, and other social media interactions, creating an effective representation of his digital entanglements and growing isolation.” - Myron My, My Melbourne Arts.
“A large video screen with a surfeit of electrified cords hanging from it provides a striking backdrop.” - Alex First.