Wat We Doen - The City She Loves Me

The City She Loves Me

In the performance, three young people are asked to collaborate on a film about their value to the city. Their fresh ideas quickly clash with the experience of the three filmmakers. Who is right? The young people with their open-minded view, or the adults with their years of knowledge?

With three actors and the voices of the young people, the performance switches rapidly between perspectives and characters. The boundary between fiction and reality blurs, and as an audience you feel the time is running out: how can the city win back its young people?

This performance shows how big the gap can be between young and old, and how rare the real conversations are that can bridge that gap. As the problems for young people pile up – from dropping out of school to housing shortages – the need for a dialogue that goes beyond assumptions and prejudices grows.

The City She Loves Me combines theatre and (short) film. This performance follows Angry Young Men and So Far So Good , but stands entirely on its own.