Turn Your F***ing Phones Off

Turn Your Fing Phones Off is at Theatre@41* on Saturday 25 July. It's an interdisciplinary, interactive, mixed-media theatre show that looks at human connection in the Information Age — the kind of thing that asks what happens to the way we relate to each other when we're always plugged in.

Being interdisciplinary and mixed-media means it doesn't stick to one way of telling its story. It pulls in different forms of performance and blends them with digital elements, and the interactive side means you're not just sitting there watching it happen from the dark. It's a work in progress, so what you'll see is a show still being shaped and refined rather than a finished, polished production.

That's a good thing to keep in mind if you're into contemporary theatre and interactive art, and if you've spent any time thinking about how technology changes the way we connect. It's the sort of thing that works best if you're coming to it with an open mind and a bit of curiosity about where it's going.

It's on at Theatre@41 in York on 25 July. The venue lists it as TURN YOUR F*ING PHONES OFF (Work in Progress), so you'll be seeing a piece of theatre while it's still being worked on.