Super Connected READING
Schedule
Thu May 30 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
South Street Arts Centre | Reading, EN
Is it time to break up with our phones?A stage adaptation of the critically acclaimed new album by Tim Arnold, ‘Super Connected LIVE’ is an art rock Black Mirror-esque show fusing film, live music and theatre, about the ticking time bomb of social media and big tech.
“A conceptual lyrical narrative taking aim at big tech’s insidious footprints across our lives” – Mojo ★★★★
As the film rolls, Arnold performs on stage and screen accompanied by pianist Sarah Kershaw (The Irrepressibles) and ballerina Daniela Maccari (The Lindsay Kemp Company). With the scale of Radiohead and panache of Bowie, Super Connected LIVE is a digital age-take on the silent movie. With narration by Stephen Fry.
Full of wit, wisdom & terror, the show explores a family’s struggle with addiction to technology. Being pulled in and out of the screen by the attention-grabbing characters, Arnold grapples with what connection and intimacy mean in a digitally distracted world.
Lock your phones in our pouches, pocket them, & break free from the digital grind before the show. Join us after for a Screenless Social to chat with each other and the creative team.
“Super Connected is like a warning from the future... remarkably poignant, funny, ominous and heartrending” - R n R ★★★★
“A lush, dynamic and dramatic piece about the enslavement and surveillance of our phone and computer screens” - Mojo ★★★★
Get Super Connected! Explore the album before you watch the show here: https://superconnected.technology/the-album/
Full credits:
• Writer & Performer | Tim Arnold
• Piano | Sarah Kershaw
• Sound design | Jim Warren
• Choreography and dance | Daniela Maccari
• Film director | Tim Arnold
• Stage adaptation, direction and development| Kate Alderton
• Producer | Nim Arnold for The Tim Arnold Company
https://superconnected.technology/
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Tickets: £16.50/£13.50 concessions
Age Guidance: 15+
Running Time: 90 minutes