by Alan David Perkins

Our entry in the Harold Jolliffe One Act Play Festival 2009

Nobody Knows I'm a Dog is a play about six people who are unable to connect to other people in real life.

They find the courage to socialise by joining a singles forum on the Internet, taking comfort in the fact that they won't be seen. Instead of facing what prevents them from connecting though, they choose to hide behind lies and false personas to achieve their ultimate desire - connection with other people.

This morality tale explores the notion that though people try to manufacture fantasy personas in cyberspace, their real personality eventually comes through.

Once exposed, they must now deal with their embarrassment, though they can now face their own issues that brought them to the Newsgroup in the first place.

Cartoon by Peter Steiner. The New Yorker, 5 July 1993, page 61

OTTC is delighted to be bringing what it believes is the first UK performance of this play to the Harold Jolliffe One Act Play Festival 2009.

We'd also like to thank its author, Alan D Perkins, for being so helpful in adapting it for the one act arena!

Performance Details and Tickets

7.15pm, Saturday 14 February 2009
Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Swindon