Coca Life Martin 33 cl

Finalist’s script for the 11th Ado Prize for Contemporary Theatre 2019, Maison du Théâtre d’Amiens.

Once upon a time there was Coca Life Martin, a 33 cl can of Life.
From its birth in a factory in Bierne, in northern France, to its misadventures at Châtelet-Les Halles metro station, this is the story of a peaceful odyssey.

Or how a can’s long existential journey in the middle of the ocean leads it to encounter all manner of flotsam, people and whales, to the rhythm of a song by Sia – 1,623,794,650 views on YouTube. All the way to the seventh continent?

Once upon a time, there was a new modern Bible – that of a Coca-Cola advert – whose key verse would be: ‘Savour the moment’.