His plans are halted though when his computer and phone are taken away from him by his father, who when looking through William's computer, finds one of the suicide videos. But when a new member, Jim, joins to share his depression and thoughts of suicide, the conversation takes a dark turn. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

William Collins is a depressed teenage boy recovering from self-harm and regularly goes online to chatrooms. A group of bored and restless teenagers - William, Jack, Eva, Emily and Laura - spend their time deconstructing children's literature and the messages in modern pop music.They devise ways in which Emily could be more violent and make it look like somebody is harassing her family, which makes her parents try to protect her more. A very important message which is current and will be relevant for the duration of this technology-driven age.

But when a new member joins to share his depression and thoughts of suicide, the conversation takes a darker turn. We are continuing to work hard in the background and are still accepting submissions which will be complete in Autumn 2023.I am a teacher and my initial plan was to do some of this this with my students (all around 17 years old) but none of them knew what a chat room was. A powerful depiction of modern-day isolation and the dangerous power of technology, Enda Walsh's play Chatroom formed part of the National Theatre's 2005 Connections season, an annual festival of new plays for youth theatres and schools. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Even though they only really communicate through text, they are depicted in an old hotel-like room and actually having contact. From this chilling premise is forged a funny, compelling and uplifting play that tackles the issues of teenage life head-on and with great understanding.From purely reading it, the ending felt a little flat but I can imagine it being a much more powerful thing to witness than to read. The very last line pisses me off, but that aside this is a well written, through my provoking piece that shows off teen-angst but not in a way that makes it appear any less real.

Mo believes himself to be a pedophile because he is attracted to his friend Si's prepubescent sister, Keisha. Chatroom was originally performed as part of the 2005 NT Connections season, produced by Boomerang Theatre Company, Cork and directed by Donal Gallagher.A group of keyboard warriors- nameless, faceless and masked by a computer screen find comfort in antagonist William. Conversations range in subject from Britney Spears to Willy Wonka to — suicide: Jim is depressed and talks of ending his life and Eva and William decide to do their utmost to persuade him to carry out his threat. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Principal photography took place in early 2010 at Shepperton Studios in Shepperton, Surrey, [5] with some outdoor scenes shot in Camden and Primrose Hill. A very thought provoking play, although I think I am going to have to either read the ending again or watch a staged version of it to fully understand.