#ME&U review

ME&U is a two-part performance that examines questions about the body, sexuality, communication and life as a young person in general. Through the performance, you get to think about what kind of problems you might encounter at this age.

What exactly is #ME&U?

As I said, the performance is divided into two. In the first part, the audience is asked questions and given tasks to perform, they got the audience gently out of their comfort zone and this became a kind of "warm-up". The tasks are linked to the themes that return in the second part. We get to discuss and think together, which makes it easier to understand what comes later.

In the second part of the show, it becomes a more classical performance where the performers present what they have prepared to the audience. Nevertheless, this takes place in different ways. First, you sit in groups with one performer each presenting a problem or a theme, such as training pressure. Then the audience gathers in a large circle around the performers where they perform a type of story mixed with dance and colored light, both with and without music.

The message

One of our interpretations of the show is that they wanted to show us some of the problems young people face today. This may seem strange given that the show was recommended for this particular age group, but we think they wanted us to recognize ourselves in something. If it wasn't ourselves we recognized, it could be a friend or buddy. We think they also wanted to show us that no person is just one thing, but that a person can be so many things. We really liked the way they showed this.

Our feedback

Very good concept, cool to make the audience feel included and as part of the play itself. A bit much happening at once in some periods and we wanted to take it all in. You could tell that the dancers wanted us to join in, that they wanted us to understand.

The dancers seemed to understand that young people can't sit still for too long at a time, and they solved this in many clever ways, such as getting us to move around on the stools and swap places with others. In addition, I had the feeling that they had a meaning with everything they did and made us do.