The creative development last year gave us the chance to throw in a range of material and see what resonated. We found a huge amount of info on private information in public media (sexting, bullying etc). We also generated a little material looking at relationships between parents and children - the notions of 'good' and 'bad' parenting. You can see that in the story that Sean tells about the boy's 18th and Saskia's story about her friend with strict parents.
Fraser Corfield, atyp Artistic Director
I think the 2Day FM incident is a critical, discussionprovoking moment that is crucial to the framing of the show. It speaks to the relationship between adults and young people, raising the question of good/bad parenting and still circulates in the public memory in a productive way. Parenting, responsibility, power and violence thread through the current thematic interests and this incident creates opportunities to discuss these.
David Williams, CEO, Version 1.0