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Handle with Care is a theatre performance in a box. No actors, no technicians. Just a box. And you.
A box is mailed to the theatre.
The instructions are clear:
Invite a group of people, on a specific date, at a specific time.
Let the audience take their seats.
Place the box at the centre of the stage.
The audience is waiting.
And then an audience member stands up and opens the box.
The show has started.
In Handle with Care, the audience is in control. The artists provide the structure; you shape the experience. Choose your role—take the lead or observe as others make choices. Together, you create something special: a shared experience filled with reflections on time, transience, and togetherness. And don’t worry—there are no wrong choices. For one hour, you’ll live something unique, fleeting, and unrepeatable. Here. Now. Together. No one is watching.
219 S 6th St
General Admission: $20
219 S 6th St
General Admission: $20
219 S 6th St
General Admission: $20
The Belgian theatre-performance-group Ontroerend Goed (a punning name, roughly translated as “Feel Estate”) produces self-devised work grounded in the here and now, inviting their audiences to participate as well as observe. Whether they are performing Backwards, turning spectators into voters who eliminate actors, guiding strangers through a labyrinth of mirrors and avatars to meet themselves, or placing the audience at the controls of the financial system, the company has made it its trademark to be unpredictable in content and form.
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Audience Interaction
This event does not require masks to be worn