First notes on "The Most Horrific"

It is produced by a company called Theatre Uncut which responds to political issues in hopes to evoke change. Working with a group of playwrights this year they explored the idea:
"Knowledge is power, knowledge is change."

The play is written by Vivienne Franzmann, who's first play was Mogadishu which was based on racism. She then later wrote "The Witness", with themes focused around a war photographer.  

My first notes on the play:

• A & B focused heavily on the child abuse scandal, maybe Rolf Harris
• D addresses many of the worlds issues, eg. racism, human rights...
• shows peoples ignorance as A & B stop listening
• with A & B zoning out, it maybe suggests they only listen to what excites them or is glamorised by sex and celebrities (which is highlighted by C trying to get D to change the stories)
• emphasises how the west doesn't listen/doesn't want to listen
• deals wit the issues quite humorously
• A & B copy what each other are saying to show their reluctance to stand out and have own opinions
• the mentioning of glamorising stories with celebrities suggests how the media relies on entertainment instead of knowledge