In Real Life – Darlinghurst Theatre Company
A candid discussion about our devices, which have become extensions of ourselves.
Overview
Even if you're reading this on a device, it's probably about this point in the article (I don't take it personally) that you've started groping around absentmindedly for your secondary gadget – a mobile, tablet, whatever, as your attention span announces that it's finished grazing here and is ready to migrate to the next digital savannah. In part, this behaviour is driven by a glut of choice. But what if you were using it as a way to deal with your child disappearing?
Darlinghurst Theatre's latest show tells the story of Theresa, CEO of the company responsible for creating the Drum, a device which is leaving the iPhone in the dust. When her daughter vanishes while they're on holiday, Theresa finds herself bereft of one of the only meaningful human connections she has. Initially, social media is purely a means for Theresa to find her daughter. But gradually she finds it becoming something more. Not a replacement, necessarily. A bridge, perhaps. But why am I telling you this? It seems ironic to not just give you the link.
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