Diagnosis
Author(s):
Athena Stevens
Company:
Sarah Lawrie for Aegis Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre
Running time:
1h 15min approx
Age recommendation:
14+ years
Set over the course of one night in a police interrogation room, a vulnerable woman with a disability is brought in for questioning after an altercation in a bar.
As the evening unfolds and she reveals more about her job piloting surveillance drones through the tunnels of London’s Underground from her bedroom, as well as her visions of glowing words above people’s heads predicting their future injuries and diagnoses, the police try to determine if she’s making a confession, if she’s a threat or just unwell.
But when the woman issues a chilling warning about an imminent disaster, the situation starts to spiral out of control.
Diagnosis is an unsettling thriller which asks if any of us could change the future, would we?
