Are You Watching?, Under the Shadow & The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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This episode explores three powerful productions addressing significant societal questions through the lens of technology, war, and human resilience.
In this episode, we explore three powerful productions that tackle some of the biggest questions facing society today. From the dangers of deepfake technology and online voyeurism to supernatural terror during wartime Iran and an inspiring true story of ingenuity in Malawi, these are shows that challenge, move and ultimately stay with you long after the curtain falls. Are You Watching? What happens when technology blurs the line between reality and exploitation? Georgie Dettmer makes an impressive professional playwriting debut with Are You Watching?, a bold new world premiere directed by Jess Edwards, whose acclaimed work includes Conversations After Sex. Exploring deepfakes, pornography, online voyeurism and the commodification of grief, the play asks difficult questions about consent, responsibility and our growing desensitisation to digital abuse. As stories intertwine and perspectives shift, audiences are forced to confront their own relationship with the content they consume and the systems that profit from it. Timely, provocative and deeply unsettling, we discuss whether this powerful new work succeeds in holding a mirror up to our increasingly online world. Under the…
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