On 27th and 28th July, the young people of Liverpool’s Unity Youth Theatre will perform a new play exploring the perils of the technology that increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our lives. Directed by Laura Campbell and Carl Cockram, The Uncomfortability of a Made Up Wor(l)d questions the alternate realities that we create for ourselves online, and takes the trend of constant uploading, sharing and Liking to frightening new heights.

Developing the play from scratch has allowed the 14-18 year-olds – sometimes branded tech-obsessed and addicted to screens – to share their own views on technology’s effects on society, and their fears about the dangerous territory which could lay ahead.