Set at the turn of the millennium, Plastic sees Franz Henrik Schulz, a young physicist, make an extraordinary discovery. This discovery has the potential to revolutionise information technology in the 21st Century. He becomes a legend in his field, a hero to his peers, a rock star. Two years later he’s in disgrace, an exile, hated by the people who had catapulted him to fame.

Plastic tackles the high-stakes world of science publishing to create an allegory for a world in crisis. One-third satire and two-thirds psychodrama, the work sinks its teeth into morality, modernity and a fierce desire to succeed at all costs.