De Profundis consists of a series of readings from local and international authors, as well as original music and sound design pieces based on the theme 'from the depths'. Inspired by Oscar Wilde's description of human suffering in his famous letter titled De Profundis, this production moves through moods of despair, death, and rejuvenation.

Featured writers include Ajith C. Herath, Shehan Karnatilaka, Jean Arasanayagam, Mary Oliver, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Shakespeare, Mahmoud Darwish and more.

The readers include established English theatre practitioners Sean Amarasekera, Steve de la Zilwa and Tracy Holsinger, and also Thusitha Jayasundera who graduated from RADA in 1993 and has an extensive career in theatre, film, and tv, most recently as Malva in series one of the Rings Of Power and as Poncia in Lorca's Bernada Alba at the Royal National Theatre.

Music and sound will be created by Simon Allen, a British compose and disability advocate, whose theatre score credits include the Royal National Theatre (London), Royal Shakespeare Company, Young Vic, National Theatre Wales and Köln Shauspiel, and also Brian Allen - a multimedia, musicology, and trombone artist currently visiting Sri Lanka as a music researcher.

This Mind Adventures production is in solidarity with the people of Palestine, and the Free Palestine Movement in Sri Lanka. In addition to extracts from Wilde's writing, De Profundis includes the works of prominent Palestinian poets such as Mahmoud Darwish, Kamal Nasser, Dareen Tatour, and Rateef Ziadah.