The Arches' Behaviour Festival Gob Squad Western Society

"No one is where they are. They are talking to someone miles away. I miss them. But they are missing out." - Sherry Turkle, Alone Together

Western Society is a portrait of civilisation in the 21st century, like a frame through which we can peep into the living room of an unknown family, and recognize ourselves.

Fascinated with technology, Gob Squad zoom the camera directly into the centre of the western home. By exploring the internet’s remote darkness, Gob Squad have brought back a tiny satellite, a fairly unspectacular unwatched video of an anonymous living room, of a family gathering somewhere at the edge of the western world. There’s a party going on. A room full of people. Family, friends and strangers are all being held together by a karaoke machine: alone together and together alone.

"A thoroughly entertaining, intelligent and ironic evening"
Stage and Screen Blog

"It is absolutely fascinating how Gob Squad dismantle the images of our living room society and reconstruct them with such finesse. The show has an irresistible magic and is quite simply a barrel load of fun."
Berliner Morgenpost

"This is performance theatre in its purest and best form - ingeniously put together, extremely funny, entertaining, crazy and with a charming whiff of anarchy in the air."
Kulturradio RBB

Read an interview with Sharon Smith of Gob Squad here,

Supported by Arts Council England.

Presented as part of BEHAVIOUR 2015: The Arches’ annual festival of essential live performance, characterised by diverse, inventive local and international talent.

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