Landline by XO Secret

Two strangers text while doing a tandem audio-walk in two different cities.  
Attended at Magnetic North in Summer 2016 in Whitehorse, YT.
Created by Adrienne Wong and Dustin Harvey
A collaboration with Canada's National Art's Centre 

An audio guide prompts you to drift through the city and stop at a series of well-chosen locations. You conjure a city thousands of miles away and, in it, your scene partner. You are invited to begin a conversation via text message about themes like memory, absent loved ones and massive change. You return to home base where you find a table set for two. The mental image you’ve made if your scene partner is contrasted by their real-time image on a video screen. Now face-to-face, only you can determine how much you reveal and how far the conversation will go.
Awards & Press
“A curious exposure to the feeling of being alone together” -Audience participant, October 2013 

“This is the kind of interactive performance that takes ‘audience participation’ to a whole new level where everything that you can take out of it is entirely dependent on what you put into it” - Mooney on Theatre

Presentations
  • UNO Fest / Halifax Fringe Festival: Victoria-Halifax, 17-19 May 2018
  • Nakai Theatre / The Imperial Theatre: Whitehorse-Saint John, 15-17 September 2017
  • SummerWorks / Hamilton Fringe: Toronto-Hamilton, 11-12 August 2017
  • High Performance Rodeo / RCA Theatre: Calgary-St. John's, 24-28 January 2017
  • Magnetic North Festival / Arts Court: Whitehorse-Ottawa, 11-12 June 2016
  • OFFTA / Contemporary Aboriginal Scene: Montréal-Mashteuiatsh & Wendake, 4-5 June 2016
  • MT Space's Impact Festival / Micro Performance Series: Kitchener-Vancouver, 23-27 September 2015
  • Forest Fringe / LÓKAL International Theatre Festival: Edinburgh-Reykjavik, 25-30 August 2015
  • Zuppa Theatre / Experimentica Festival: Halifax-Cardiff, 7-9 November 2014
  • Prismatic Festival / Arts Court and STO Union (full production): Ottawa-Dartmouth, 21-24 August 2014
  • City of Halifax's Public Art Program (prototype): Halifax-Vancouver, September 2013