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Money, Southwark Playhouse online review - ethical dilemmas for the Zoom generation
A vivid and credible production that is also limited by its form
by Rachel HalliburtonMonday, 03 May 2021
To accept or not accept a donation: that’s certainly the burning political question of the moment.
To accept or not accept a donation: that’s certainly the burning political question of the moment. So Isla van Tricht’s play
Money – specially designed for Zoom – has proven more timely than even perhaps she suspected, though the question is made infinitely more complex by the fact that the target of the donation is not curtains but charity.
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Itâs a classic question: what would you be willing to overlook in exchange for a big chunk of cash? If money can be put to good use, does it matter where it comes from? In represent. theatre companyâs lightly interactive online show, presented by Southwark Playhouse, weâre cast as trustees at the Zoom AGM of the Nyoni Youth and Community Project.
After a Covid-impacted year of plummeting donations, the small charity is on the brink. A million-pound donation from the Anders Corporation (with a fun cameo from Mel Giedroyc as the companyâs CEO) seems like the miracle it needs to survive. But when it emerges that the company is responsible for large-scale deforestation, a heated debate is sparked about whether to accept this tainted cash, with the audience casting the final vote.