Company: Paracosm.

Venue: Theatreworks.

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.

Creatives:

Created and Directed: Chris Patrick Hansen

Movement Director: Sian Quinn Dowler

Production Manager: Tijen Irmak

Vision and Lighting design: Jacques Cooney Adlard

Set design: Josh McNeill

Sound design: Paracosm

Dramaturgy: Nick Jay and Rosa Ablett-Johnstone

Dance Captain: Natasha Bowers

CAST:

Oliver Tapp: Eli

Bailey Griffiths: High Value Male / Eli Alternate

Eleanor Golding: Carina / Ditsy

Lilian Hudson: Ditsy / Carina

Seon Williams: Gemma / Onecel

Natasha Bowers: Onecel / Gemma

Amelia Pawsey: Pickme / Twocel

Jessica David: Twocel / Pickme

Eddi Asher: Hugh / Murphy

Conagh Punch: Murphy / Hugh

Veronicka Devlin: Kat / Fysh / Hinge

Sian Quinn Dowler: Hinge / Kat / Fysh)

Photography: Sarah Clarke.