This event in the Maria 'experimental' space at the Young Vic was not quite what I expected when I booked in the Winter. However, by the day itself I had read reviews and knew it was very much a participative evening. The' 'audience' sat at tables of about six people and, after some scene setting, were invited to make decisions as if we were running a Chinese textile factory. We were encouraged to choose between more or less 'ethical' choices and a sense of competitiveness between tables seemed to ensue naturally from the way things were set up.
Although the message was to do with the cost of consumerist textiles, the evening could easily also have been a management development workshop in having to get along or not with the others at one's table. Luckily, my table were all fine but it could have been tricky if there had been a right pain amongst us.
Overall, it was a good evening in getting us to confront what we normally choose to gloss over - in the same way that many do with where food comes from. However, it was rather odd as a part of a theatre season that also includes The Trial!
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