Fear has perfect pitch.
THE VIOLINIST / THE PRODIGY
Technically flawless and quietly terrified, Felix stopped trusting his own hands the night they failed him onstage. Tonight is supposed to be his comeback, but part of him has already begun to wonder whether he is walking back into the same moment.
THE AUDIENCE / THE THREAT
He bought the best seat in the house for reasons that have nothing to do with music. Patient, precise and difficult to read, Caspian seems to know something Felix does not - including how the night is likely to end.
Felix Aubert has not finished a performance in two years.
Once the youngest soloist his conservatory had ever produced, he watched his career collapse after a breakdown onstage left him unable to trust his own hands. Tonight, a sold-out concert gives him one chance to return. Somewhere in the audience sits Caspian Lowe, a stranger with every reason to make sure Felix never plays again - and no intention of waiting until the end of the performance to act.
La Coda unfolds over a single night in one concert hall, where stage fright and genuine danger begin to resemble each other. Felix is trying to prove that fear no longer owns him; Caspian arrives knowing exactly how close he is to breaking. Between them is a performance neither can afford to get wrong, and a final movement neither of them can leave unfinished.
"I didn't come to listen. I came to watch you break."
Caspian / La Coda
