Surfacing

Asylum Arts presents Surfacing, a new play from Stephen Bailey, director of The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man.

THIS SHOW WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE BLACKPOOL GRAND STUDIO 

What if you came up for air and the world you knew was gone?

NHS therapist Luc is fine. Honest. She’s definitely not overwhelmed by meeting Owen, a new client, definitely not freaked out by what she’s started seeing, definitely doesn’t think her reality has been punctured and something else is leaking in.

Luc feels a hand dragging her down to the bottom of the lake… When she surfaces, her reality is different.

She’s haunted by tormented mice, shape-shifting shadows and her own vicious thoughts. As she hunts for answers through this upside-down world, she comes dangerously close to the secret she tried to bury.

Papatango & Offie Winner Tom Powell’s breath-taking new thriller Surfacing, examines hallucinations, neurodivergence, and the state of mental health care. With innovative creative captioning and haunting music, the production uses new motion sensor technology to create responsive light and sound, evoking a very real and lived experience of disassociation.

Presented by ASYLUM Arts. All performances are presented in a relaxed environment, captioned and have integrated audio description.

Supported by Arts Council England, Pentabus, Unlimited and The Barbican Centre.