“There’s a detailed map of your personality out there and companies you’ve never heard of are getting rich off it.”
Welcome to Octopus Inc., the internet giant that allows users to exchange their personal data for currency. But not everyone is prepared to sacrifice their privacy quite so easily…
A teenager subverts the system in an attempt to save her mother, a visionary tech exec takes shortcuts to get ahead and a cybercriminal makes a choice between two kinds of freedom.
Rose Lewenstein’s topical and provocative play grapples with a burning issue of our time – the right to control our own data. Darknet navigates through the world of data commodification and the uncharted deep web, shining a light on the things we choose to share and the places we go to hide.
By Rose Lewenstein
Directed by Jay Zorenti-Nakhid
Designed by Amanda Mascarenhas
Lighting design by Hugo Dodsworth
Sound design by Joseff Harris
Darknet is performed by graduating students of Bristol School of Acting.
- RUNNING TIME2 hours (plus a 20 minute interval)
- AGE RECOMMENDATION14+
- TICKETS£12 / £10
- VENUEFactory Theatre
Content warnings: adult themes, drug use, violence, swearing and scenes of a sexual nature
19:30 + 14:30 matinee (Friday only)
Standard from £12 / Concession from £10 (Tickets and prices subject to availability)
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