Locked In

When the only key is imagination.

Locked In is a multidisciplinary, physical performance exploring human connection, communication and our sensory and extrasensory experience of the physical world.

Locked In follows the experience of a man who is a prisoner inside a useless body and his wife who cares for him at his bedside. The scene shifts between the harsh and painful reality of the hospital bed and the vibrant, heightened reality of his internal World.

It takes its inspiration from two true stories “Ghost Boy” by Martin Pistorius and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” by Jean-Dominique Bauby who both shared their experiences of living with Locked-In Syndrome in memoir.

“Locked In gives us a dreamy, poetic and haunting dive deep into the mind of a person who suffers a fate worse than death.…an extremely well performed, beautiful and innovative piece of theatre.” — Kristian Rødvand, Rana Blad (Norway)

Shock Therapy Productions is proudly supported by City of Gold Coast