This New Play Is Giving Us A Black Mirror Episode In Rural Ireland
This New Play Is Giving Us A Black Mirror Episode In Rural Ireland
The Delirium Archive is the newest play from Rough Magic running in Project Arts Centre in Dublin. Written by Shane Mac an Bhaird and directed by Eoghan Carrick, the play is available to see now and running until 9 May. The work is an unsettling depiction of a rural family’s choice on how to survive in a dystopian future. You can grab your tickets here.
The line between humanity and technology continuously seems to be blurred. Reality is now a mishmash of machine learning and original human creation. Every day Black Mirror seems more of a reality. ‘The Delirium Archive’ draws on that Black Mirror energy and imagines a not-so-distant future where the O’Connor family has to decide between staying in the uninhabitable County Mayo or uploading their consciousness to a “digital life raft”. A breakthrough memory-collection technology could be the only hope to escape an Ireland submerged in a toxic, yellow fog.
Reminiscent of the beloved dystopian TV series, the play sits in that uneasy space where innovation promises salvation while ominously unravelling what it means to be human. As the family begin to question whether technology can truly capture the depth of their lives and relationships, a deeper tension emerges: if memory is fragile and selective, can it ever be fully preserved? When we give ourselves to technology, what agency do we retain over our humanity?
“The Delirium Archive interrogates our faith in technology, the fragility of human recollection, and the stories we choose, or refuse, to tell.”
For those who are a fan of the uncanny, unsettling and dystopian. This one’s a must see.
The Delirium Archive is running in Project Arts Centre, on now until 9 May, grab your tickets here.
