Studio 18’s WIRES is a new piece penned by two-time Francis Ebejer Award winner and National Book Award for Drama Simone Spiteri and directed by RCS graduate and Prickly Pear Productions Co-founder, Chantelle Micallef Grimaud. The play, while originally intended to be live theatre, is now being professionally filmed in accordance with COVID-19 regulations and will be broadcast live to ticket holders with bonus footage of an interview with the playwright and director. WIRES holds up a mirror to how we as a society interact – how we wade through the plethora of information that is at our fingertips, how we make judgements as to what we believe and engage with, and what we dismiss. The poignancy of the piece sits not only within the treatment of topics like data, algorithms and decision making, but how these apply to and impact younger generations. They are not only tech savvy, but intrinsically understand the power they wield with a single comment, post, or even message; consequently, the inevitable impact that these actions have on others’ mental health is not always visible. “It’s been a really interesting process because the stories we’re exploring are all based on...