Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography
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'They met online. She’s a nurse in her forties, brats for kids, trapped in a loop of catastrophic debt. He’s in IT, miserably married and trapped in his own loop of nightly porn-trawling. Both of them crave something else – but not necessarily each other.

'Take the plunge into the Too-Much-Information Age. Funny and fiercely written, 'Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography' is a deceptively compassionate cringe-comedy of mid-life loneliness, hidden zip folders and barely concealed desperation.' (Source: Griffin Theatre Company website)

Production Details

  • Produced as a performed reading by MKA Theatre at MKA Pop-Up Theatre, 73 Nicholson St., Abbotsford, Victoria, as part of the MKA: Theatre of New Writing - Open Season 2011, day fifteen, 13 November 2011. Directed by Leticia Cecares.


    A co-production with Perth Theatre Company and Griffin Theatre Company. Performed at SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross.

    Preview: 2-6 May 2014.

    Season: 9 May - 14 June 2014.

    Director: Lee Lewis.

    With Steve Rodgers.


    Produced by the Tasmanian Theatre Company as part of their 2018 season, 6-16 June 2018 (excluding 14 June), at Moonah Arts Centre.

    Director: Melissa King.

    Cast: Jane Hamilton-Foster and Matt Stolp.

    Designer: Jill Munro.

    Lighting Designer: Max Ford.

    Composer/Audio Designer: Heath Brown.

    Stage Manager: Adam (Gus) Powers.

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First known date: 2011

Works about this Work

Enter the World of Inner Demons Deborah Jones , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 May 2014; (p. 14)

— Review of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography Declan Greene , 2011 single work drama
Human Weakness Exposed in Honest Tale Jason Blake , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 May 2014; (p. 18)

— Review of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography Declan Greene , 2011 single work drama
Hot Topic : To Warn or Not to Warn Elissa Blake , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 May 2014; (p. 13)

— Review of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography Declan Greene , 2011 single work drama
Fringe Benefits Elissa Blake , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 May 2014; (p. 20)
'A young playwright's take on life's messy truths is controversial and compelling, writes Elissa Blake.'
Magic Stripped Bare : Watching the Making of a Play About Porn Reveals More Than Dirty Secrets John McCallum , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 May 2014; (p. 17)

— Review of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography Declan Greene , 2011 single work drama
Magic Stripped Bare : Watching the Making of a Play About Porn Reveals More Than Dirty Secrets John McCallum , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 May 2014; (p. 17)

— Review of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography Declan Greene , 2011 single work drama
Hot Topic : To Warn or Not to Warn Elissa Blake , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 May 2014; (p. 13)

— Review of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography Declan Greene , 2011 single work drama
Human Weakness Exposed in Honest Tale Jason Blake , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 May 2014; (p. 18)

— Review of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography Declan Greene , 2011 single work drama
Enter the World of Inner Demons Deborah Jones , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 May 2014; (p. 14)

— Review of Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography Declan Greene , 2011 single work drama
Playwriting Award 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 May 2012; (p. 10)
Williamson Classic a Surprise Starter in Griffin Program Jason Blake , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 September 2013; (p. 14)
Fringe Benefits Elissa Blake , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 May 2014; (p. 20)
'A young playwright's take on life's messy truths is controversial and compelling, writes Elissa Blake.'
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