Taliesin, Swansea
Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product; it's called The Substance. IT CHANGED MY LIFE. With The Substance, you can generate another you: younger, more beautiful, more perfect. You just have to share time -- one week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days each... Easy right? If you respect the balance... What could possibly go wrong?
A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
‘The Substance plunges us into the deranged, disorienting emotional carnage of menopause in a way that few other films have managed.’ Wendy Ide, Observer
‘It's absolutely full of moments of really full-on -- and I mean REALLY full-on -- theatrical gasp-inducing horror that makes you go [GASP].’ Mark Kermode, Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
‘If Moore’s extraordinary, best-of-career performance doesn’t kick off a full Demi-aissance, there is no God -- this riff on The Picture of Dorian Gray goes ballistic in the best possible way.’ David Fear, Rolling Stone
Taliesin, Swansea University , Singleton Campus, Swansea SA2 8PZ