In this darkly comic drama, social media content moderators lose their mind at work as they struggle to perform well enough to get a better job at the Company, whose mission is to “Connect the World” but whose platform is increasingly becoming an unruly tool for global discord and the worst the human Id can devise. MODERATION is a ripped-from-the-headlines, doom-scroll thriller about the effect social media has on our increasingly fractured society. "As someone who recently extricated himself from the clutches of social media after years of trying, I couldn't help but connect deeply with the content of this play … I now want everyone to see it: bring friends, family, even your pet goldfishes (trust me, you'll get it when you see the play)… Kautzman's carefully crafted script quickly cracks open the claustrophobic basement world of HE and SHE to reveal a thrilling mystery that works on so many levels … The sense that they are trapped by all too familiar circumstances into being moderators, creators and users of social media content, as well as disposable human parts of a merciless capitalist organisation, is distressingly familiar and more than a little uncomfortable … While the play offers plenty of philosophical food for thought (which, frankly, is what gets me out of bed in the morning), don't mistake that for a lack of drama. The relentless 80 minutes that somehow mirrors the hideous working conditions of the two main characters is impeccably paced. It enthralled and thrilled me in equal measure … MODERATION is a wake-up call, illustrating the personal and political consequences of an unmoderated, addictive digital landscape. Its timing is impeccable … It holds a mirror up to us all, challenges us, and never once lets us off the hook." —Simon Finn, Everything Theatre (UK)"The action takes place in a pre-Orwellian corporate world, where social media content moderators trawl through conspiracy theories, anti-semitic rants, and snuff films … Like a Beckettian pair, they trudge through their dismal lot while still finding room for mundane conversation and the odd dad joke during their strictly-timed break periods. It's a very current work in the age of disinformation and AI … Kautzman's interest in the psyche within this world make[s] for … a thrilling piece of palm-sweat-inducing theatre." —Eoin Fenton, A Young(ish) Perspective (UK)"Kautzman's searingly topical new play, MODERATION is the darkest of dark comedies. It is unmistakably an American work, but its themes resonate across the world, just as the actions of the techbro oligarchs of Silicon Valley do … This is a tightly written gem of a play. Intelligent and engrossing on social media, it is equally astute on the politics of office life and what works when climbing the company ladder. Kautzman knows about the importance of human relationships, and conversely, the dire consequences of their absence … at once horrific, tragic and darkly comedic." —Simon Ward, The Peg (UK)