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Girl in the Machine (NHB Modern Plays) - cover

Girl in the Machine (NHB Modern Plays)

Stef Smith

Publisher: Nick Hern Books

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Summary

'Do you want to live forever?
YES or NO.'
Polly and Owen have nailed it. Successful in their careers and wildly in love with each other, they feel ready to take on the world.
But when a mysterious new technology, promising a break from the daily grind, creeps into everyone's phones, their world is turned upside down. As the line between physical and digital rapidly dissipates, Polly and Owen are forced to question whether their definitions of reality and freedom are the same.
Girl in the Machine is a disturbing but compassionate vision of our potential digital future, and what it might mean for 'life' as we know it. The play premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2017, directed by Traverse Artistic Director Orla O'Loughlin.
Available since: 04/06/2017.
Print length: 80 pages.

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