- 112 pages
- English
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Interference
About this book
Can you ever really trust a machine? It is the near future. A couple are struggling to conceive, but fortunately their company has the perfect solution. A woman waits in a VR metaverse to do homework with her young daughter. In a care home staffed by advanced AIs, a woman struggles to make a connection with her android carer. Interference is a trilogy of near-future plays. Staged in an empty office block transformed with vivid projection and atmospheric soundscapes. It asks the question: will technology interfere with what we really need from each other? This edition was published to coincide with National Theatre of Scotland's 2019 production.
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Darklands
Morna Pearson
Darklands by Morna Pearson was first performed within a trilogy of plays, Interference, alongside work by Hannah Khalil and Vlad Butucea, directed by Cora Bissett and presented by National Theatre of Scotland at City Park, Glasgow, on 16 March 2019.
Characters
Logan, mid- to late twenties
Brie, mid- to late twenties
Moira, a voice
Setting
Aberdeenshire, 2045.
Intro
Logan and Brie occupy different spaces.
LoganIt can only happen fae vaginal intercourse. That’s the first, and maist important ’hing tae mind.
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BrieIt’s negative. It’s fine. We’ll try again next month.
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LoganSo we’re taegither, and we’re deeing the ’hing. And it feels right, right good.
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BrieNegative. Negative. Negative.
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LoganThen boom! Seven billion sperms, gie or take, come flinging oot o my wee mannie and they swim up her vagina.
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BrieI’ve got my period. Better luck next time.
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LoganAnd sittin up there is an egg wi oot a shell. So a blob really. A sexy blob.
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BrieIt’s negative again.
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LoganThere’s jist one egg and seven billion sperms. A’ hell breaks loose. The sperms are like footie fans abroad. Chuckin wicker chairs and full pints at each ither.
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BrieApril is going tae be the month. I can tell.
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LoganAnd one built sperm, the Dwayne-The-Rock-Johnson-back-in-his-heyday o the sperms; he kicks the pish ooto them.
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BrieNext month then. Look at the state o my airms. I fuckin hate needles.
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LoganSpermy-Johnson swims up tae the egg, he’s nae even got a sweat on.
Eggy-Sue swoons intae his airms – or tentacles or whitever – and they kiss.
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BrieHow many mair doctors need tae look up my fanny?
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LoganAnd that, Moira, is how you mak a baby.
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BrieI kain. We’ll keep trying.
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LoganIt’s pretty simple really.
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BrieI’m nae pregnant.
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LoganShe’s nae preggers.
Scene One
Brie and Logan occupy different spaces.
Brie notices a bowl of nuts on the table.
BrieWhit the fuck’s this?
Beat.
Ay?
Beat, looks about and above her.
Look.
Beat.
Look.
Beat.
Pff.
Beat.
I mean. Yous. Whit the (beat) nuts?
Beat.
Yous really are beyond the pale.
Beat.
Nuts?
Beat.
I wis promised a beef burger, you fucks.
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Logan notices a bowl of sweets on the table.
LoganOh. My. Daisies.
Beat.
Dinna mind if I dee, like.
Chuckles to himself as he stuffs handfuls of sweets into his pockets.
MoiraHello, Logan.
Logan (startled)Fu-ckin hell, Moira!
Beat.
Quit deeing that.
Beat.
You literally flegged the shite ooto me.
Sighs.
So. Whit hiv I done this time, ay?
Beat.
Is this aboot the ’hing in the canteen this morn? Aw min, first day back and I’ve alriddy mucked up.
Beat.
All I did wis lean ower tae grab a banana at the same time as the wifie spun roond wi her frappuccino. I tried tae gie her a dicht doon but she telt me tae back the chuff up. I logged the incident. And I said sorry.
Beat.
There’s nae banter anymair. I unnerstand the changes increased productivity, and I think that’s fantastic, and I am really really chuffed for yous, but . . . I miss the conversation.
Beat.
Once they’ve put in their orders they jist stare at me or stare at their interfaces. I feel like I’m some sort o . . . cappuccino monkey.
Beat.
So, is it a’right if I help ma’sel?
He picks up the last of the sweets he didn’t manage to pilfer away.
I flippin love these sweeties. You dinna kain how much I’ve bin craving these.
You dinna kain.
Beat.
I havna seen them for years. Far did you get them?
MoiraWelcome back, Logan.
LoganDid you miss me, Moira?
Beat.
Ay?
Beat.
Ha ha!
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BrieFuckin nuts?
MoiraWelcome back, Brie.
BrieHello, Mo...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Interference Cast and Credits
- Director’s Note by Cora Bissett
- Contents
- Darklands
- Metaverse
- Glowstick
- eCopyright