Piece Of Me

Claire always wanted to be a pop star—more specifically, she wanted to be the next Britney Spears—but creative differences with her year 6 playground pop group cut her career short.

Now, in 2024, they’ve buried the hatchet, brought in a real music producer and come together to stage their original songs in a co-devised, cross-arts, multi-disciplinary performance that lifts the lid on UK data privacy invasions.

Claire grew up consuming every bit of Britney content she could—music, videos, tabloid stories and paparazzi shots. She loved Britney—and wanted to be her.

Twenty years later, though, she sees the darker side of the Britney content she used to devour and the negative consequences for her musical hero of always being the centre of attention. How have invasions of privacy defined Britney’s life—and how do they define life for the rest of us?