Would you die for me?

To be or not to be?

That is the question.

There are heroes who die in the name of their country, in the name of justice and humanity. Usually in the movies, the soldier is beautiful, strong, brave. He risks his own life to save someone else. And incidentally, in general, never dies. The hero cannot die.

There are the super-heroes, special and invincible, destined to stake their own life to save humanity from evil. The super-hero cannot die.

Then there we are. Us and our lives, certainly less exceptional and spectacular. And facing a question like that we stop and say, why me? No one wants to die, especially for someone else.

Would you die for me? This question is explored by a group of young people in a physical theatre performance created in just seven days, directed by Antonio Tagliarini (Italy) and Filipe Viegas as part of BE FESTIVAL’s BE Next project. The performers are young people from across Birmingham, many of whom speak English as a second language.