Intriguing take on the ‘afterlife’ concept. Everyone who dies has six days in a facility where they get to choose what happens to them next. Guides help them figure out what was the memory they want to live in for the remainder of infinity. But that’s hard to figure out, and sometimes there are rebels against the system.
Lively, well choreographed, often with many on stage performing multiple actions and dialogues. Engaging. Simplistic, but not too much so for a 75 minutes performance. The leads were generally competent, with a stand out performance by Amelie Berry as the Guide supervisor, who also acts as a narrator. Her off-the-ball acting was excellent.
There’s not much of a point being made, except that we need to keep our good memories alive. And that it can be difficult to recall what really were the best moment sin a life.
There was an unusual gimmick of giving all audience members a ticket with a number on. When numbers were called and individuals emerged from the audience, it made audience think they might be. They weren’t, but I found this distracting from the play itself - I started to think about which memory I would wnat to live over and over!
Interesting.
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