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Natalie Mackinnon鈥檚 new drama Lurker shows how social media fandom can become obsession. This urgent play exposes the void left online and offline when a teenage vlogger disappears. Has Verity McAlpine decided to do a digital detox, is she deliberately ghosting her followers, or could the more sinister conspiracy theories be true? As student journalist Anya Kine investigates, she turns the camera on herself. In blurring the lines between vlogger, lurker and stalker, this tense two-hander invites us all to examine our own addictions.

Following an intimate performance of the play, recorded at the world's biggest arts festival in Edinburgh, Natalie lets the listener in on the real events and personal experiences that inspired her to write about life lived online.

In Lurker by Natalie MacKinnon, Anya is played by Neshla Caplan and Josh is played by Alasdair Hankinson. The play was directed for the stage by Caitlin Skinner and for radio by Emma Harding. Lurker was commissioned by The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh for their Youthquake season.

Presented and produced by Kirsty McQuire

Photo: Internet Addiction- girl viewing two screens, sitting on a beanbag Credit: Kevin Candland/ Getty Images