UNLESS: A Theatre Production
2019
After Single Thread's sold-out performance of Ambrose in Bangkok's Chinatown in 2018, the Canadian company came back with another original immersive theatre experience.
Unless is the story of a young daydreamer, who, in an attempt to escape the drudgery of life, searches for meaning in any story but their own. What happens when they break out of their everyday routine and launch themselves on a quest in search of meaning? What would happen to us if we did the same?
In this interactive style of theatre, the audience became the protagonist with the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of the historic Nang Loeng neighbourhood as the stage, beginning with Bangkok 1899. Multi-sensory, daring and thought-provoking, Unless was fevered, celebratory and intimate.
Because Unless was a solo audience immersive show, only two people could begin the experience at a time. For this reason, start times are staggered every 15 minutes. Everyone who bought a ticket was given a specific start time and met at Bangkok 1899. From there they will encounter characters all around the Nang Loeng neighbourhood, including Matdot!
Audience members were asked to dress comfortably and be prepared to be both inside and outside and to wear shoes that they could easily remove. We didn’t tell them much in advance because we wanted them to be surprised!
We didn’t publicize the actors or the locations but we made sure to capture good photos to share after the show is over.