Boca del Lupo’s Red Phone

Red Phone takes place between two hand-crafted, fully enclosed phone booths outfitted with a vintage red phone and an integrated teleprompter. Two at a time, audience members engage each other in a five-minute conversation written by a Canadian writer. 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 and open Thursday – Saturday, 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. Drawing on their experience with Micro and Immersive performance and taking every precaution to keep audiences, staff and artists safe, Boca del Lupo devised two unique ways to breathe “liveness” into theatre during these extraordinary times.