Millennial Survival Show: Trapped in a World Without WiFi

A comedy will be performed at the Institut Français de Madrid where a phone with no battery is just the start of the problems. The protagonist of «Millennial Survival Show», Leo, aged 22, has to escape from a room set in 1990. He has one hour to find his way back, but this time Google won’t offer any clues.

Around him are video tapes, a bulky computer, a paper map, and a rotary phone. While Leo tries to manage with everyday objects from another generation, the narrator calmly comments on his attempts as if presenting a nature documentary. The audience can also lend a hand, and no one has to go up on stage.

The play invites us to remember what life was like without the internet and to discover just how disorienting an ordinary room from the past can be. For some, the objects on stage will be familiar from childhood; for others, they’ll require almost archaeological research.