The Right To Disappear

A mother and daughter attempt to resolve their issues in a mediation session. Grace, the face of her mother Amanda’s family vlogging channel, wishes for her privacy back, but Amanda is reluctant to lose everything she has managed to build on social media, even if that risks her relationship with her daughter.Grace must force Amanda to see the exploitative nature of posting her online, in the hope that she will learn from past mistakes. Grace wants nothing more but her privacy - something she has always been denied. But with no legislation to protect these children, will she be willing to use her voice and therefore forgo her own right to disappear?A thought provoking play that delves into the murky world of family vlogging channels, a phenomenon that has largely passed under the radar until now. Children featured on these channels are often subject to constant filming within the home, have little privacy and cannot consent knowingly to being posted on the internet. There is an absence of legislation to protect the children of family vloggers in the UK, and a lack of attention to this topic in creative media. We hope our play can push this topic into the spotlight and spark conversa