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Explores the dangers of defining oneself through the internet, and the importance of remaining grounded in reality
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Presented by: Youtheatre | part of the C ARTS digital global fringe
From: Montréal, Québec, Canada
What starts as an innocent search quickly escalates for 16-year-old Pandora, as the world of online porn unfolds before her. Conflicted yet drawn in by what she sees, Pandora begins to feel the impact on her real-world relationships. Drawing inspiration from the Greek myth of Pandora’s box, this piece for young people and adults explores the dangers of defining oneself through the prism of the internet, and the importance of remaining plugged into the real world.
‘Unlike almost any show I’ve seen... barefaced and unapologetic in its language and themes. Yet it’s also poetic, suggestive and nuanced, a clever variation on the Greek myth of Pandora and her monster-filled box’ Now Magazine
‘Berthiaume’s script is remarkable in raising many important issues in our attitude towards cyberspace through its open-ended nature and allegorical features’ TheTheatreReader.com
‘The text is laced with metaphor, the staging highly stylized and the context surreal. Such a combination could have spelled disaster in less capable hands. But [the] world premiere of Pandora, a Youtheatre play about a teenage girl’s troubling encounter with online pornography, was an unmitigated success’ Montreal Gazette
‘Unflinching, Vital and Important Theatre for Young Audiences’
MooneyOnTheatre.com
Written by | Sarah Berthiaume
Translation | Nadine Desrochers
Cast
Pandora | Cara Rebecca
Alex/Firefox | Gabriel Richardson
Direction | Véa
Director of Photography | Martin Amiot
Production Manager | Maude Lafrance
Technical Director & Assistant Director | Emlyn VanBruinswaardt
Editing & Colour | Elodie Lorrain-Martin
Makeup & Hair | Maude Lafrance
Assistant Camera | Ivan Peloquin
Sound Operator | Samuel Carrier
Technicians | Andrew Scriver, Emily Soussana French
Subtitles | Elodie Lorrain-Martin
Set Documentation | Théo Gagné
Set Designer | Martin Sir
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/907296772
Part of the C ARTS digital global fringe season at Dunedin Fringe Festival 2025, brought to you be the Edinburgh Fringe's C ARTS – for more of our year-round curated digital programme of theare, dance, music and performance see www.CtheArts.com.
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