YOUR CONNECTION IS NOT PRIVATE

How does it feel to have your privacy invaded?

Commissioned by Free Word and Camden People’s Theatre, in association with Coney, YOUR CONNECTION IS NOT PRIVATE was presented to an invited audience at the Free Word Centre (March 2017) with plans for the work to be further developed for a wider audience in the future.

It’s London 2018 and a revised bill on state surveillance powers is about to be voted. Secret activists look to protect you and the public but risk being outed. State agents use tools to keep tabs on us via our access to the internet and smartphones. You are players in the system of surveillance.

Following the passing of the Investigatory Powers Bill by UK parliament in November 2016, audiences were invited to play an immersive game to highlight the ways in which authorities and corporations are accessing our private data.

This work draws on the latest research and was developed in conversation with leading free expression organisations including Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, Liberty, English Pen and ARTICLE 19. It incorporates a tail of online tools and tactics made by Coney.

Devised by the company.

Tassos Stevens, William Drew, Michelle McMahon WRITING

Michelle McMahon and Tassos Stevens DIRECTION

Alejandro De Mesa, Angela Clerkin, Dan Ford, Richard Popple, Segen Yosife, Tom Lyall PERFORMERS

Kieran Lucas SOUND DESIGN

Natalie Adams for Coney PRODUCER

Adam Robertson PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | STAGE MANAGEMENT

Robert Fletcher STAGE MANAGEMENT PLACEMENT (RWCMD)

Rowan Spray PHOTOGRAPHY