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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Machina
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'One month ago, David Sergeant made the ultimate commitment to social media, choosing to forever separate mind and body by uploading his consciousness into social networking site Machina. An experimental and irreversible new process known as ‘going inside’, the user discards their need for a physical body and attains a kind of digital immortality in the cloud.

'Now, as David’s family, friends and ex-lovers struggle to come to terms with his physical absence, questions are being asked about why this promising young man committed the equivalent of social suicide. Did he go willingly? Or was he pushed? David’s mother is determined to find out, even if it means reaching out to her son from the other side...'

Source: La Boite website (http://www.laboite.com.au/cms/page.asp?ID=131). (Sighted: 29/4/2014)

Notes

  • Additional reviews of Machina include the following:

    • Bobbi-Lea Dionysius, 'La Boite: Machina', Aussie Theatre, 15 May 2014 (http://aussietheatre.com.au/reviews/machina#.U3qN1yjd2mF).
    • Kate Foy, 'Machina – La Boite Indie and Mad Cat Creative Connections at the Loft', Greenroom, 10 May 2014 (http://actorsgreenroom.net/archives/9081).
    • Tim Passmore, 'Machina @ The Loft, La Boite', Same Same, 12 May 2014 (http://www.samesame.com.au/reviews/10898/Machina-The-Loft-La-Boite).

Production Details

  • First produced at La Boite Theatre, Brisbane, between 8 and 24 May 2014.

    Cast: Kaye Stevenson, Luisa Prosser, Liam Nunan, Jack Kelly, Peter Rasmussen and Judy Hainsworth.

    Writer / Producer: Richard Jordan.

    Director / Producer: Catarina Hebbard.

    Production Manager: Lucy Kelland.

    Lighting & Set Designer: Andrew 'Panda' Haden.

    Composer / Sound Designer: Phil Hagstrom.

    Costume Designer: Susan Marquet.

    Dramaturgy: Errol Bray & Stephen Carleton.

    Stage Manager: Nicole Goulter.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2014
    • Brisbane, Queensland,: Playlab , 2014 .
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      ISBN: 9781921390708

Works about this Work

Everyone Chasing Ghost in Machina Baz McAlister , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 May 2014; (p. 39)

— Review of Machina Richard Jordan , 2014 single work drama
Machina Review (La Boite, Brisbane) Alison Cotes , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Crikey , May 2014;

— Review of Machina Richard Jordan , 2014 single work drama
Machina Review (La Boite, Brisbane) Alison Cotes , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Crikey , May 2014;

— Review of Machina Richard Jordan , 2014 single work drama
Everyone Chasing Ghost in Machina Baz McAlister , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 May 2014; (p. 39)

— Review of Machina Richard Jordan , 2014 single work drama
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