In real life (14+)

Jeugdvoorstellingen

New tech performance about online and offline encounters, with matching app

Two young people are done with reality. What kind of fun is there to have there? Is online better than real life? While the audience at Rabbit Hole (2023) could respond via their smartphone, we are now going one step further: visitors can communicate directly with each other during and after the performance. Will you meet your online match afterwards? This innovative and daring tech performance (12+) will tour theaters throughout the Netherlands from February 19. In any case, away from IRL: that whole dictatorial outside world full of panicky parents who invade your room, exhausted teachers who want to teach you useless knowledge and a whole army of adults who mainly show you HOW YOU DON'T WANT TO BE. But 24/7 online, is that it? Will you convince Ras and Boh to come back IRL, or would you rather go with them?    NRC wrote about this: 'Rarely do you, as an adult, get such direct insight into the dialogue between teenagers' (★★★★). De Toneelmakerij also experiments with direct digital interaction at In Real Life (IRL): an app links you to a fellow visitor with whom you play mini-games and work together to score points. Will you meet your online match afterwards? After each performance there is a discussion about the blurring of boundaries between offline and online relationships: recognizable for teenagers, educational for teachers or parents.