- Rating:
- 2
Reviewed by: newwithhashtags
Summary:
Image from edfringe.com
This play sounded really interesting in the description. It explores the use of technology in our lives, and what happens when things go wrong. As someone who couldn’t live without my phone, laptop or internet, I was keen to see what this show had to offer.
Sadly, it was one of the greatest let downs of my Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 experience. As we walked into the venue it was completely dark, and yet we were handed 2 pieces of paper and a pen. It was too dark to be able to read these so I was distracted throughout the performance trying to read the blurb when there was enough light to do so.
The performance itself was performed by (far too many) young people. Some were acting, others were filming (ridiculously distracting) and another was playing the guitar live. These additional elements only subtracted from my ability to concentrate.
The play looks into the lives of 6 teenagers and how their online comments can affect them offline too. It tries to show how ‘selfie’s’ aren’t just vain attention seekers, but people who genuinely need help and friendship (didn’t really change opinions, I’m afraid). It encourages us to see friends in real life and not online. A nice idea but completely impossible, unrealistic and overdramatic. This play forgets it’s showing extremes and doesn’t represent the normal, which is why it’s so disappointing to watch.
