NEON
By PATRICK SWAIN
Caged Bird, UK Tour (2018)
"How would you feel about restoring some faith?"
Jude, a therapist, meets her girlfriend's reclusive flatmate. He spends his time inside drinking Capri Suns. He also claims to be God. But when one of Jude’s patients comes to her having had visions of a strange man in his flat, she finds herself caught up in the birth of John’s new religion.
What lies beyond death? What lay before life? Neon is a bold new play that explores loneliness, death and transcendence, and the potential to find faith in the unlikeliest of spaces.
Neon was first performed at Roborough Studios in Exeter on 4 June 2018, before moving to StuFF Festival at Nottingham New Theatre on 17 June 2018, and finishing a sell-out run at the Camden Fringe, London, on 8 August 2018. The cast was as follows:
Jude Olivia Denton
Thomas Ben Mallett
Matthew Stuart Duncan
John Doe James Murphy
Sarah Siobhan McAuley
Freya Molly Barber
For the 2018 Camden Fringe, Samuel James took over from Stuart Duncan and Patrick Swain took over from Ben Mallett.
Director Jasper Frost
Playwright Patrick Swain
Producer Jonathan Taylor
Assistant Producer Bridie Shine
Sound/Lighting Designer Seb Clarkson
Tech Operator David Taylor
Poster Photographer Stefan Hanegraaf