“have you ever wondered who you might have met if you’d gone to that party you decided not to go to?”

would like to meet connects six participants to six different voices on six individual journeys. led by a voice heard through a pair of headphones, participants actively explore different environments, encountering scenarios where they are encouraged to have live interactions with their surroundings, performers and each other.

participants may be asked to slide a note to a person sat behind them, to wait patiently for someone to arrive at a secluded café table or to log on and chat anonymously to someone online via an abandoned laptop, each moment heightening their awareness that they are not just responsible for their own experiences but also the experiences of those around them.

as the connection grows between participant and voice and the trace of the voice in the space becomes more vivid the question arises: can you miss someone you’ve never met?

would like to meet is a site-specific performance event that takes place in several spaces across a venue - such as bars, cafés, foyers, toilets, private spaces and perhaps outside on open streets.

would like to meet was first performed at Royal Holloway, University of London’s Boilerhouse complex in may 2009. it has since been shown as part of the Southwark Playhouse Secrets Programme in july 2009. the piece was then commissioned as part of BITE ‘10 at the Barbican Centre in april/may 2010.

for would like to meet at the Barbican:

★★★★ "intelligently crafted and totally engaging" Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard

"this assured work is a logistical triumph" Lyn Gardner, Guardian

"like a grown up treasure hunt, it makes you think about your surroundings, about the people you meet, and might have met if things had been different" Miranda Sawyer, The Culture Show, BBC2

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