Zombiegate

Part of Pitch Your Play 2018: A series of staged readings. Starts at 2-30pm, free.

Image: Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass

Event type: Free event, Performance

About this event

Sophie and Jamie are on their way to a fancy dress party dressed as zombies when a misjudged selfie makes them the centre of a social media storm.

Battling online abuse, internet trolls and the consequences of a viral recognition, their friendship is pushed to its very limits.

A funny and thought-provoking play, Zombiegate is a razor-sharp satire about the rise of internet trolls and the return of public shaming, exploring social media, mobs and toxic masculinity.

Matthew Gabrielli

Matthew Gabrielli is a playwright and a founding member of Liverpool based Theatre Company Writers LABB, his work has been performed in Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh.

Recent writing credits include Reflections (Birmingham Camera Obscura), Baristas (Birmingham Comedy Festival) and Removed and Destroyed (Lion Tamers Theatre Company).

He has also written for BBC Radio Comedy and has an MRes in Playwriting Studies from the University of Birmingham.