The Nether

The Nether, by Jennifer Haley, is a an award-winning sci-fi thriller that explores the consequences of exploring our darkest dreams.

[netherplay]

Unable or afraid to access resources like therapy and support groups, some pedophiles insist that virtual sex with child avatars helps them mitigate their desires. Professionals think it's more complicated than that.

[netherplay]

Playwright Jennifer Haley and director Jeremy Herrin discuss The Nether and the process behind creating Headlong and the Royal Court’s production of the show.

[netherplay]

[netherplay]

Es Devlin has won the Olivier Award for Best Set Design, for the West End transfer of the Headlong and Royal Court Theatre co-production of The Nether. 

[netherplay]

[netherplay]

But as a parable for where we’re headed on that big old highway in the digital sky, “The Nether” exerts a viselike grip...

Review: New York Times

[netherplay]

Jennifer Haley’s drama about the darker side of the internet is more riveting than ever in this West End transfer.

Review: The Telegraph ★★★★

[netherplay]

THE NETHER in New York City. Lucille Lortel Theatre, MCC producing. Feb-March 2015. Directed by Annie Kauffman. Photos by Jenny Anderson.

[netherplay]

The Suicide Girls Video Interview — Jennifer Haley on The Nether

On SuicideGirls Radio, host Nicole Powers interviews award-winning playwright Jennifer Haley, whose mind-blowing play, The Nether, explores second life morality and virtual criminality.

[netherplay]

West End's THE NETHER to Play Duke of York's Theatre, Jan. 30

Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott M Delman and Tulchin Bartner Productions present the West End transfer of Jennifer Haley's critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning The Nether. In a Headlong and Royal Court Theatre co-production directed by Jeremy Herrin, The Nether previews at the Duke of York's Theatre from 30 January 2015, opens on23 February and is booking for 12 weeks only to 25 April 2015.

[netherplay]

Scientists Found a Way to Email Brain Waves

An international team of researchers was able to use electroencephalography (EEG) to convert the words “hola” and “ciao” from a person's brain waves into binary.

[netherplay]

Jennifer Haley on The Nether, her play about virtual reality – Tech Weekly podcast

American playwright Jennifer Haley discusses The Nether, and our tech team discuss whether the internet of things means the end of privacy online. Starts at 32:30.

[netherplay]

[netherplay]

The Nether is a tremendous production, a cold, hard look at human behaviour.

Review: Huffington Post

[netherplay]

THE NETHER in London. Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court. A co-production with Headlong. 17 July–9 August 2014. Directed by Jeremy Herrin. Photos by Johan Persson.

[netherplay]

In Jeremy Herrin’s creepily gripping production, the play has all the fascination of a whodunit.

Review: The Telegraph ★★★★

[netherplay]

Jennifer Haley talks about her award winning play The Nether – a disturbing work about the internet and personal responsibility in virtual worlds. Starts at 20:55.