FLIP! (Modern Plays) - Softcover

Racheal Ofori

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350457442 ISBN 13: 9781350457447

Publisher: Methuen Drama (UK), 2023

Synopsis

Call my narcissism whatever you want. And while you're at it; like, comment, subscribe, worship - fucking bow down.

Meet Carleen and Crystal. The influencers with cultural commentary that will have you in stitches. Love them or hate them, there’s no stopping their fast-growing online following.

Offline, Carleen has her reservations about their cyber personas, but she idolises Crystal and would follow her anywhere… even to FLIP!, the new social media giant that has everyone hooked – and Carleen and Crystal are no exception; especially when it seems that their videos could make them famous.

Superstardom, followers, fame, influence, money: it's all just one click away. FLIP! is the answer to everything they've ever dreamed of. But is it too good to be true?

FLIP! is a powerful new satire from critically-acclaimed writer Racheal Ofori that probes what it means to live freely under the shadow of social media, encroaching on every aspect of our lives. How can we be our authentic selves in a world of algorithms intent on proving just how disposable we all are?

Originally produced by Fuel in association with Alphabetti Theatre and co-commissioned by Fuel and Soho Theatre, as part of Soho Six, this edition was published to coincide with the world premiere and UK tour starting in October 2023.

About this title

About the Author

Racheal Ofori is a writer and performer. She was one of The Guardian’s 12 Theatre Stars For 2020" as well as one of Theatre Weekly’s "10 Rising Stars of 2020". TV writing credits include Here Again (lead writer, in development, Balloon Entertainment), Dysfunctional (lead writer, in development, Balloon Entertainment), and Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys (writers' room, Red and Endor Productions). Her play So Many Reasons, produced by Fuel Theatre, transferred to the Soho Theatre in March 2020 after opening at Camden People’s Theatre in 2018. Her previous one-woman show Portrait was performed to sell-out audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 before heading off on a UK tour, finishing at the Bush Theatre as part of the Radar Festival, and then at the Southbank Centre as part of the Women Of The World Festival. Racheal has appeared on BBC’s Artsnight and has given a TED talk under the title Utopia: Breaking The Rules. She is currently under commission with Cultural Cooperation and Fuel Theatre."

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen Drama (UK)
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350457442
• ISBN 13: 9781350457447
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80