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4.48 Psychosis
Composer Philip Venables, text Sarah Kane

ROH Linbury 17-25 October 2026

directed by Ted Huffman
conducted by Naomi Woo

Cast:
Jacqueline Stucker
Hannah Edmunds
Sophia Burgos
Veena Akama-Makia
Lauren Young
Marta Fontanals-Simmons

CHROMA:
Sarah O'Flynn - flutes
Sarah James, Sally MacTaggart, Sarah Field - saxophones
Ben Smith - piano/synth
Ilona Suomalainen - accordion
Kay Stephen, Ella Beard - violas
Chihiro Ono - viola doubling violin
Lucy Shaw - double bass
Catherine Ring - percussion (“patient”)
Delia Stevens - percussion (“doctor”)
Producer for CHROMA Claire Shovelton

Composer Philip Venables

Text Sarah Kane

Director Ted Huffman

Designer Hannah Clark

Lighting Designer D. M. Wood

Video Designer Pierre Martin Oriol

Sound Designer Sound Intermedia

Revival Video Designer Gillian Tan

Revival Sound Designer Simon Hendry

Original Movement Director Sarah Fahie

Movement Directors Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown

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Phil Venables writes about the making of the piece in the Guardian