{"product_id":"content-9781350543218","title":"Content","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI...think I mistake correspondence for contact sometimes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the course of a routine shift on the content moderation floor of an unnamed social media company, Alan and Alannah, two moderators, will have their lives forever altered when a particular video appears on their screens for deletion. A video that sends them on a pulsating search for answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan and Alannah will journey through Arizona eulogies, the comments section and parts of Naas only to unearth... even further questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA darkly comic new play that blends multimedia, movement and live illustration, \u003ci\u003eContent \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of the unseen people who are charged with scooping up the sum total of our daily online toxic waste. Armed with a teaspoon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe play was published to coincide with the world premiere at Dublin Theatre Festival in October 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoss Dungan\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the Advanced Playwriting Course in Trinity College Dublin, taught by Marina Carr. He is\/was one-third of the hugely successful Irish sketch comedy group A Betrayal of Penguins, who had hugely successful runs at the Edinburgh Fringe for the past two years. Ross's recent theatrical writing work includes \u003ci\u003eMinute After Midday\u003c\/i\u003e (Scotsman Fringe First Winner - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011, Project Arts Centre 2011); \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012, Dublin Fringe Festival 2012); \u003ci\u003eReckoners \u003c\/i\u003e(April 2014). He also writes for television: \u003ci\u003eFair City\u003c\/i\u003e (RTE, 2009-2014), \u003ci\u003e Roy\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC\/RTE, 2013-4), \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle\u003c\/i\u003e (IFB Film Adaptation, in development).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181260800274,"sku":"9781350543218","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e0b4ca4f-51fa-4e20-b11d-11b663146907.jpg?v=1744393715","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/content-9781350543218","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}