The tongue-in-cheek We Work Together on This, a rendition of an early interview by Oprah Winfrey with Mark Zuckerberg and his now wife Priscilla Chan, is made to seem even more ludicrous, especially when juxtaposed against the sombre Nine Minutes to Cry. The tragic figures represented, now synonymous with social media – from “lifestyle guru” Millie struggling with burnout to the self-deprecating teenage live-streamer – are represented with both scorn and subtle empathy.Īt its best, the production provokingly interrogates the hypocrisy at the heart of the social networking platform. Immediately triggering an eerie sense of déjà vu, the show incisively draws on characters and tropes, creating an uncanny valley shooting gallery of identikit online personalities. The musical uses lyrics and lines lifted entirely from tweets, Instagram posts, YouTube videos and opens with Facebook Ad, a stage reimagining of the tech giant’s 2018 advert. Performed by the brilliant Jordan Paul Clarke and Francesca Forristal, Public Domain is really the story of Facebook and the glaring gap between the utopian ideals of its founder and the disturbing contradictions at the company’s core. The searing musical is a shock of scathing satire, with an intensity akin to having an ethernet plugged straight into your frontal lobe. For those looking to disconnect from the ever-online world of the past year, Public Domain is perhaps one to miss.
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