Our online Legacy explored across the generations at York Theatre Royal

Our online Legacy explored across the generations at York Theatre Royal

Legacy is a new play written by Paul Birch for the York Theatre Royal as an intergenerational collaboration: its cast is made up of Youth Theatre members as well as actors aged 65-plus from the local community.

Exploring themes of corruption and the uses—and misuses—of individuals' online identities, the play uses a sci-fi thriller lens to examine some extremely timely questions.

Mark Smith talks to director Kate Veysey and performers Hannah Brown and Shirley Williams about the development of the play, as well as the different attitudes to technology brought into stark contrast by the intergenerational nature of the cast.

"It's not an anti-technology play, but it does start you thinking about how much can be changed of what you've said, and how it can be taken out of context."

"It's a very topical issue but for us it's become very personal."

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