QLD Aussie Theatre writer Jemma Lanyon had the opportunity to chat with playwright Richard Jordan about his newest play, Machina (pronounced Mack-een-a, not Machine-a), which just finished a highly successful premiere season playing as part of La Boite’s Indie program.
"A man with a desire to expand his mind has his consciousness uploaded to the cloud. His physical body dies, and the loved ones he leaves behind must wrangle with the ethical dilemmas sparked by this brave new world."
"In Richard Jordan’s disturbing new play, the machine is a world-wide social networking called Machina, where all communication is via technology, mostly with on-line conversations. It literally takes over the lives of the participants, who rarely communicate face to face, or have any physical content."
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