Theatre

I Watched Someone Die on TikTok

A dark and hilarious infinite doom scroll from multi-award winning artist, Charlotte Otton.

Dates 15 - 20 Oct
Time 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 4:00pm (60 minutes)
Venues La Mama HQ

$20.00 - $35.00

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A person in a suit has a extendable presentation pointer on their forehead, surrounded by glitch graphics, error messages, and a green grid background.

Theatre

Image Credit: Darren Gill

Written and Performed by: Charlotte Otton
In Collaboration with: Lindsay McDonald
Directed by: Maddie Diggins

I Watched Someone Die on Tik Tok is a 60 minute live infinite scroll that combines raw data, raw emotions and raw comedy. A pixelated and picaresque solo show about “the algorithm”—that vague, shadowy, inhuman entity and the unsettling experience of navigating today’s digital hellscape.
On her commute to work, Charlotte watched a Tik Tok of a 5-year-old girl dying. Then a Princess Polly clothing haul, then police body cam footage of a shooting. Devastated by the whiplash of content at 8am, she got off the train, sobbed and clocked on at her minimum wage job.
On her lunch break she scrolled again. Entering the digital dystopia once more. After clocking off, the cycle continued.
I Watched Someone Die on Tik Tok didactically yet darkly yet delicately dissects what happens when we’re not able to be left to our own devices.

Is Tik Tok just an app? Or is it the newest gateway into us micro dosing life's horrors mixed in with the occasional animal video and sponsored ad?
This new work explores the history, addiction and exploitation of our current digital desires and fears. Connecting the personal to the global.
Utilising the rapid fire short form of Tik Tok, the audience will be drip fed the byte-sized, tender morsels of the dark and light in comprehending the screen hellscape most of us are subscribed to.

Developed through Brand X and Performance Space

Duration: 60 minutes
Age suitability: M
Event warnings: Some Nudity, Moderate Coarse Language, Both Sudden And Sustained Loud Noises, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.
Content warnings: Violence, Drug References, Sexual References, Death, War, Mental Health, Distressing Audio And Visuals, Loud And Abrupt Audio And Visuals, Mention Of Suicide.
Please note: this event includes images, voices or the name(s) of deceased Indigenous persons.

Please find the Relaxed Guide for Thu 17 Oct, 7:30 pm session - HERE

La Mama HQ
205 Faraday St, Carlton, VIC, 3053

Wheelchair Access

La Mama HQ is wheelchair accessible. There are 6 steps to enter through the main entrance. Step-free entry is via a platform lift, also found at the main entrance.

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Full: $35.00
Preview: $20.00
Blak Tix: $10.00
Concession: $25.00

Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date	Time	Venue
Tuesday, 15 October 2024 Sold Out	6:30pm	La Mama HQ Sold Out	Past Event
Wednesday, 16 October 2024 Sold Out	6:30pm	La Mama HQ Sold Out	Past Event
Thursday, 17 October 2024 Sold Out	7:30pm	La Mama HQ Relaxed Performance Sold Out	Past Event
Friday, 18 October 2024 Sold Out	7:30pm	La Mama HQ Sold Out	Past Event
Saturday, 19 October 2024 Sold Out	7:30pm	La Mama HQ Sold Out	Past Event
Sunday, 20 October 2024 Sold Out	4:00pm	La Mama HQ Sold Out	Past Event