Chatroom by Enda Walsh – Presented by Jopuka Productions and Hyde Entertainment

CHATROOM is a dark comedy by award-winning Irish playwright, Enda Walsh. Fast paced, moving and poignant, the play is an emotional roller coaster of shifting power dynamics, sociopathic social experiments and physiological warfare.

Online, words are more powerful than anywhere else, especially when the identities of those typing them are hidden.

In a quiet corner of the internet, a group of bored and restless teenagers spend their time deconstructing children’s literature and the messages in modern pop music. But when a new member joins to share his depression and thoughts of suicide, no one will realise just how close this virtual platform is to the real world, and when one vulnerable individual is manipulated, the virtual world may soon become a reality.

From this chilling premise comes a blackly comedic, compelling, and unexpectedly uplifting play that tackles the issues of teenage life head-on and with great understanding.