Content Advisory
Content Advisory
The Nether by Jennifer Haley contains mature and potentially distressing subject matter, including themes of online exploitation, surveillance, power and control, and the ethics of digital consent. The play includes explicit discussion of simulated harm involving minors within a digital environment, as well as strong language and intense interrogation scenes. No acts of violence are depicted onstage, but the material may be challenging.
This University of Waterloo Theatre and Performance production approaches the material with care, embracing theatre as a space to safely explore dangerous ideas while inviting thoughtful critical reflection. Audience members may step out at any time and are encouraged to consult the support resources listed on this page if needed.
Viewer discretion is advised.
The Nether by Jennifer Haley contains mature and potentially distressing subject matter, including themes of online exploitation, surveillance, power and control, and the ethics of digital consent. The play includes explicit discussion of simulated harm involving minors within a digital environment, as well as strong language and intense interrogation scenes. No acts of violence are depicted onstage, but the material may be challenging.
This University of Waterloo Theatre and Performance production approaches the material with care, embracing theatre as a space to safely explore dangerous ideas while inviting thoughtful critical reflection. Audience members may step out at any time and are encouraged to consult the support resources listed on this page if needed.
Viewer discretion is advised.
Content Advisory
We acknowledge that this theatre and the university that holds it stand on the traditional territories of the Attawandaron (also known as the Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is in Block 2 of the Haldimand Tract, land promised in 1784 by the British Crown to the Haudenosaunee of the Grand River in recognition of their alliance during the American Revolution.
This territory, which includes six miles on either side of the Grand River, is governed by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, an agreement that teaches that the land is a shared dish from which we all eat, and that we carry collective responsibilities: to take only what we need, to ensure there is enough for others, and to keep the dish clean for those who come after us. It is an agreement rooted in care, reciprocity, and stewardship.
Gathering here in this theatre, on this land, within this agreement, means recognizing that welcome comes with responsibility. It asks us to consider how we move through shared spaces, how we care for one another, and how the systems we build shape access, safety, and belonging as equal partners.
We acknowledge that this theatre and the university that holds it stand on the traditional territories of the Attawandaron (also known as the Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is in Block 2 of the Haldimand Tract, land promised in 1784 by the British Crown to the Haudenosaunee of the Grand River in recognition of their alliance during the American Revolution.
This territory, which includes six miles on either side of the Grand River, is governed by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, an agreement that teaches that the land is a shared dish from which we all eat, and that we carry collective responsibilities: to take only what we need, to ensure there is enough for others, and to keep the dish clean for those who come after us. It is an agreement rooted in care, reciprocity, and stewardship.
Gathering here in this theatre, on this land, within this agreement, means recognizing that welcome comes with responsibility. It asks us to consider how we move through shared spaces, how we care for one another, and how the systems we build shape access, safety, and belonging as equal partners.
