Two at a time, audience members engage each other in a five-minute conversation in the booth. The act of having the conversation with an unseen partner provides an anonymity that adds to the intimacy of the performance, encouraging participants to be the actor in their own theatrical experience. Red Phone is a one-of-a-kind performance that has been described as the theatrical equivalent to singing in the shower.

Free of charge, anyone can walk up and into the booths with a friend or family member and spend 5 minutes engaging in some of the most urgent, touching, thought provoking conversations written by some of Canada’s most exciting writers. With a catalogue of over 2 dozen scripts and tour stops spanning from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland, Red Phone continues to grow and expand.

Red Phone in Harstad will premiere new texts in Norwegian from Siri Broch Johansen and Kasper Munk.

Red Phone manages to break down the boundary between artist and audience; it unifies the moments of production and consumption of art.

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