The show that we saw on Wednesday was not at all what I was expecting. Before even entering the performance space the established conventions of theatre were abruptly and forcefully broken down. The ushers asked us to write down our phone numbers and encouraged us to keep our mobile phones switched on throughout the performance. This caused both excitement and anxiety from the audience, they were excited at the prospect of a new form of interactive theatre and nervous because of the potential for humiliation: What if you received a call in the show?

The way that the performers handled the audience interaction was in my opinion truly inspired. They found the perfect balance of familiarity and distance; performance and conversation; seriousness and comedy. It put me at ease, I found myself letting my guard down and truly engaging and listening to the performance. The messages they left were profound but not in a bullying or patronising way. I didn’t feel like they were force all these opinions about technology upon the audience. They produced a piece of theatre that was more effective because they were giving both sides of an argument, in this case the pros and cons of technology.

Overall I feel that it was one of the original and evocative performance I have seen in a long time. They had the courage to break those theatre conventions and completely engage with the audience, enough to make the audience trust them. The inclusion of personal stories that made them vulnerable made it easier for the audience to allow their phones to be laid out on the floor, for their messages to be read and for their private phone calls to  be public. That is not something I have ever seen before and I am doubtful I will ever see its like again. That in my opinion is the highest compliment a performance can receive.