IRL
6 – 25 November 2023
La Boite Theatre, Kelvin Grove.
The final show of La Boite’s 2023 mainstage season is the world premiere of Lewis Treston’s IRL, which promises to be “a pop culture fuelled romp full of big laughs, sharp dialogue, iconic costumes, and just enough romance to set hearts racing.”
The play follows Alexei, a seventeen-year-old with a passion for cosplay who gets lost in the lies – or stories – he tells about himself. As he and his long-time internet crush, Thaddeus, prepare to meet IRL (in real life) at the Supanova pop culture convention Alexei, in a moment of regrettable self-sabotage, assumes a false identity to test the authenticity of his would-be boyfriend.
Fuelled with equal parts humour and heart, IRL is a fierce and funny reflection of what it means to be a teenager searching for love, acceptance and community.
For ticketing and further information, visit the La Boite website
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