HuM Theatre’s production of “The Nether” brings American playwright Jennifer Haley’s prize-winning 2013 play to Singapore, offering a whodunnit for the AI age. Set in a dystopian 2045, the story follows a detective investigating a deviant crime—child abuse committed through avatars in a virtual reality realm called The Nether, where people indulge their darkest fetishes. The play’s tone is less Agatha Christie and more Black Mirror, exploring how internet fantasies translate into real-world harm.