Rather than a showing of visually explicit material, Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography (Eight Gigs) is a play for those who can relate to the experience of finding love in the digital age.
Written by young Australian writer and theatre-maker Declan Greene, the piece follows a man and a woman who meet online in search of something better and to fill the void of loneliness. He’s addicted to porn. She’s addicted to spending. She’s self-conscious about her breasts. And so is he.
Local actors, and self-described comedy power houses, Bronwyn Bradley (Go Girls, Brotown) and Andrew Grainger (The Dark Horse, Top of the Lake), will be led by acclaimed actress Laurel Devenie, in her directorial debut with Silo. Silo has also assembled New Zealand musician Paul McLaney to compose the music after winning an Auckland Theatre Award for his work on Silo’s 2013 production Speaking in Tongues.
The performance follows a sold out run of Greene's Auckland Arts Festival production The Book of Everything.