Future Me

Synopsis

Peter often works late. A promising young barrister, he is about to move in with his girlfriend. Then one day his computer sends out an email to everyone he knows, with an attachment that no one can bear to look at. From the strange alliances of a prison segregation unit, to the trials of life on the outside, Future Me tells an epic story of ordinary monsters. With unflinching honesty, the play examines the destructive power of unlawful desire, and asks whether someone who crosses the line can ever really have a 'future me'.

Our Review:

3 April 2009

Only Connect Theatre, King's Cross

Have you ever played the future me game? You project all that you are capable of into a potential - rather than dealing with the reality of the actual - you who makes mistakes, trades in deliberate misunderstandings and hurts the ones you love. In this play, our protagonist has to deal with the consequences of past-me actions that become more horrifying as the play opens out.

Peter is a high flying lawyer, living life high on the hog and thinking of moving in with his journalist girlfriend, Jenny, when his computer sends a disturbing and illegal picture to everyone in his email contacts.

What follows is a slick and intelligent drama for grown-ups willing to think clearly about forbidden desire, rehabilitation and forgiveness; and while not explicit - audience imagination stands in for actual facts - it feels like an honest exploration of the issues surrounding paedophilia and the eas...

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