David Adjmi begins writing a play about a band falling apart in a recording studio.

Where analogue tape and personal excess met, a playwright found his perfect storm.
Playwright David Adjmi, already known for works such as Elective Affinities and Marie Antoinette, began developing what would become Stereophonic. Fascinated by the dynamics of creative collaboration under pressure, he set the piece inside a recording studio during the mid-1970s, a period when analogue technology and personal excess collided in spectacular fashion.












