When did you leave?

When did you leave? is a gripping piece of musical theatre that pulls you into a suffocating family dinner with no way out. Through sharp dialogue, oppressive silences and a soundtrack that makes the tension palpable, the performance exposes painful fault lines — within a family, and within society. If we no longer understand each other, how can we still find one another?

What begins as a seemingly harmonious gathering soon turns into a suffocating confrontation. The absence left by the grandmother’s death is palpable — not just in the empty chair at the table, but in the way each family member struggles to reclaim their role. The family dynamic is off-balance, and everyone fights for their own version of the truth. Words become weapons, the table a battlefield. But instead of truly listening to one another, they retreat into their online echo chambers — where beliefs are amplified and anger fed. The gap between their digital selves and their real identities widens, fuelling ever greater misunderstanding.

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A 300-meter walk along a forest path is part of the performance. The audience sits on tree trunks.