Don't Kill Your Darlings

"Don't Kill Your Darlings" is a humorous performance where the audience can participate. This show is incredibly festive and contains an important message. This is the show for those who want to laugh!

At the start of the performance, we meet a lady in the audience who interacts with us in the auditorium. Personally, I think it's a lot of fun when the action takes place outside the auditorium, and not just on stage. That's why I particularly liked the start of "Don't Kill Your Darlings".

Furthermore, the audience also gets to participate in the performance by, among other things, getting up on stage, putting on costumes and helping with props. Sometimes this can get silly, but in this play it was very cool and festive. In addition, all the participants are treated with respect, and they were all given good guidance on what to do. The use of the audience made the performance a thousand times better and gave a humorous twist to the whole thing.

However, it wasn't just fun that was included in this performance. There was also an important message woven in; that it's fun to start things, but that it's boring to finish things. One example they used was relationships, namely that it's fun at the start of a relationship, but not at the end. Love is a theme that is consistently woven into the performance, and we learned what the consequences are if one of the parties dies in the relationship.

Something I can nitpick about is that some of the important things get lost in all the humor, and it was difficult to understand what the message was. At the start, the message was quite clear, but towards the end it became much harder to decipher. There were also a number of times during the performance when I didn't quite understand the plot, but rather that the emphasis was on the humor. Of course, these things are not something you usually notice when you're having so much fun.

At the end of the performance, everything fell into place. All the sounds that previously came from the "neighbors" were explained, and we were told short stories about their lives. I think this gave a sense of wholeness to the performance, and everything was given a kind of context. Again, I missed a slightly clearer ending along with the message.

As I said, a lot of humor is used in this performance, and at times quite crude humor. Therefore, I would recommend "Don't Kill Your Darlings" to young people aged 16 and up. Even without the crude humor, I think the show is a little too mature for young children, and can be difficult to understand.

All in all, I thought this performance was great fun, and I really enjoyed it. What I particularly liked was how authentic and simple it was, and that it got an important message across. This show is suitable for those who want to laugh!