If I were you

If I were you is an interactive digital story about friendship, decisions - and trying to figure out the right thing to do in a fast-moving, often confusing world. 

Nat and Jamie share a birthday, sixteen years of friendship and a love of Oreos. But something is about to happen that will turn their lives upside down and force them to decide what they’re prepared to fight for. And that might not be something they can agree on…

Told through POV video, social media and evidence documents, If I were you is an immersive story for up to 30 people. Two groups play in different rooms, each following the story unfold from ‘their’ character’s point of view. They need to work like detectives, piecing a story together to help their character make choices about what to do. Messages sent between the two rooms also affect how the story develops. 

If I were you is a gripping contemporary story, told through the eyes of two young people. Set against a background of climate emergency, it explores protest, citizenship and gender identity. By placing players at the heart of the story, it invites the young people to take the perspective of someone else - first ‘their’ character, and then the other character when the two groups are reunited at the end. The project exists on two levels - firstly an interactive story demanding critical thinking and evaluation of evidence, and then secondly as an exercise in perspective-taking and encouraging empathy.

If I were you is a collaboration with Seven Stories, where fanSHEN worked have with the Young Adult literature archive and a group of young people, the Young Producers, to co-create the storyline.

Upcoming shows:

Will be announced soon…