Best Life is the latest performance by one of Vancouver’s most innovative and experimental theatre companies. A new relational work, Best Life is performed by the audience for the audience. It is inspired by the machines that make our lives better, and ponders the question, “What if these domestic machines could whisper to us the stories of the people they are caring for?” It tells the story of a suburban neighbourhood over a span of 50 years—an origami of everyday objects, building a shared narrative of longing. This intimate and participatory audience experience simultaneously transports you back to the past as well as forward into the distant future. Best Life also asks a much bigger question, “What it is we are leaving behind?”
