An elegy to the closure of the local video shop, Coil is about loneliness, nostalgia, friendship and viability. Blurring the boundaries of theatre, film and ceremony, Coil draws on our collective memories to pay tribute to the glory days of the video store, and commemorate the communities we made within them.

In a new live cinema experience, re:group reflects upon the joys, perils and pitfalls of nostalgia; outsourcing their own labour to technological replacements and grappling with goodbyes.

Created by: Mark Rogers, Solomon Thomas, Steve Wilson-Alexander and Carly Young
Performed by: Solomon Thomas, Steve Wilson-Alexander and Carly Young
Video design: Solomon Thomas
Automation programming: Chris Howell
Screenplay: Mark Rogers
Sound design: Liam Halliwell
Set design: Carly Young
Set build: Alistair Davies
Accessibility Training: Nilgun Guven
Creative Producer: Malcolm Whittaker

2022 Performed at Sydney Opera House, Mona Foma / Salamanca Arts Centre, PACT, Next Wave
2023 Australian national tour produced by Arts on Tour

Developed with the support of Arts Tasmania, Australia Council for the Arts, Next Wave, PACT, Salamanca Arts Centre, Mona Foma, MERRIGONGX, Punctum, Regional Arts Fund Tasmania and Creative Partnerships Australia through MATCH Lab. Images by Rosie Hastie