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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. 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 are continuing to work hard in the background and are still accepting submissions which will be complete in Autumn 2023. The group is torn between those who want to help and those who see this as a chance to create a martyr for the teenage population.

Undoubtedly, one of my favourite modern plays, Chatroom comments on the all too tangible reality of cyberspace bullying in a visceral, scary and yet somehow humourous way. All of the characters have their own insecurities, their own ‘issues’ and they use an internet chat room to blow off some steam and express their thoughts of the world. Chatroom was originally performed as part of the 2005 NT Connections season, produced by Boomerang Theatre Company, Cork and directed by Donal Gallagher. Mo believes himself to be a pedophile because he is attracted to his friend Si's prepubescent sister, Keisha.William Collins is a depressed teenage boy recovering from self-harm and regularly goes online to chatrooms. 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 film follows five teenagers who meet on an online chatroom and encourage each other's bad behaviour.

A very important message which is current and will be relevant for the duration of this technology-driven age. A great play nonetheless which is difficult to actually enjoy because of the nature of it, but Enda highlights the dangers of conformity and what can happen if a joke is taken too far.

I think some of the characters are a little too 1D and appear as devices for the story's advancement, however 1D characters aren't uncommon on the internet so I can let it slide.

When William gets it and comes back, Eva punches him and the rest of the crew comes, followed by the police. 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.Chatroom is a 2010 British psychological thriller drama film directed by Hideo Nakata [3] from a screenplay by Enda Walsh, based on Walsh's 2005 play of the same name. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.