Generation FOMO
What is Generation FOMO?
Generation FOMO is a verbatim play created from interviews conducted by Isabelle Defaut, Artistic Director of Portrait Theatre, Graduate Theatre Company with the Drama Dept at Kent.
The research and development of Generation FOMO was commissioned by our Outreach and Widening Participation team.
Portrait Theatre - a Graduate Theatre company in the School of Arts and Architecture at the University of Kent, presented the first development phase of the verbatim play Generation FOMO with a script-in-hand performance in 2024 followed by a tour of schools across Kent, most recently performing to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in 2026.
Cast list - Ashton Phillips, Chris Gradwell, Claudia Gregory, Emma Wedge, Rebecca Millar.
Writer and Co Director - Isabelle Defaut
Co Director - Dylan Poirot Canton
Producers - Portrait Theatre
Could you live without a smartphone for a week?
The Social Experiment, research run by Dr Lindsey Cameron and Dr Katie Goodbun at Kent’s School of Psychology asks students and their headteachers to swap their smartphones for dumbphones to see if they can they last a week. BBC met staff and students at the Canterbury Academy to find out more.
Expert comment
Young people’s insights and ideas for solving societal problems are crucial for shaping future mental health policies and services, and we need to listen.
Dr Lindsey Cameron, Reader in Psychology
Generation FOMO takes to the stage
Behind the Scenes
Dominic King from BBC Radio Kent interviews Generation FOMO creator Isabelle Defaut about her inspiration and hopes for the project.
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