Handle With Care – Leeds Playhouse
Most theatre productions start with the lights going down as some actors walk onto the stage….not this one.
Instead, the audience are faced with an empty stage where a white box sits because tonight Belgian theatre mischief makers Ontrogrend Goed are challenging a bunch of strangers to make their own show.
In the box are a series of prompts and instruction cards that help guide us, but the genius of this immersive experience is that this show will be unique because every audience is different. All it takes is one hardy soul to get up and open the box, so full marks to the woman who took up the challenge, and we were off making our own show.
Each step encourages audience members to join in, so one participant is asking all of us what our favourite drinks are as others in this a...