The Astonishing Comet Boombox
11 - 15 Feb
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AGES
14+ -
RUNNING TIME
75 mins -
CONTENT WARNINGS
Minor coarse language; themes of non-consensual sharing of sexual video; use of strobe lighting
Secrets, lies, and a motherboard odyssey.
Tech influencer Retro and her childhood robot, Comet, host a blockbuster relationship podcast, standing as beacons of hope for human and AI harmony. But a secret affair sparks a public meltdown, exposing the web of lies holding their relationship together.
The Astonishing Comet Boombox is a wild, multi-generational journey of two ex-best friends caught in a public fallout. Now on opposite sides of a human-AI conflict, they reunite on an Esther Perel podcast and embark on an ancestral journey to the motherboard factory where it all began.
Surreal, bold, and wickedly funny, The Astonishing Comet Boombox explores the bizarre, fragile moment when humans and AI attempt to talk peace.
Image by Vivian Nguyen
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Writers
Chenturan Aran
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Vivian Nguyen
Ruby Duncan -
Producers
Vivian Nguyen
Rachel Kamath
Ruby Duncan -
Director
Benjamin Sheen
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Performers
Ruby Duncan
Vivian Nguyen -
Stage Manager
Vivian Nguyen
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Designer
Eloise Kent
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Sound Designer
Saieesh Shanmugarajah
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Lighting Designer
Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
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Production Designer Assistant
Ella Napier
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Public Relations Manager
Georgia Rogan