Open Source Intelligence and Counterinsurgency for the Jobbing Hater

This hilarious new comedy follows a woman with anger issues as she stalks another woman to feel better about herself.

Lili is emotionally over-literate. She’s gone through every single psychiatry textbook, WikiHow page and subreddit dedicated to anger management. Somehow, no amount of reading or talking could tame her urge to undermine people’s self-confidence and break furniture. After one particularly intense outburst, Lili decides to try a different approach…

This unpredictable three-hander charts one Chinese woman’s convoluted journey towards healing with anime music, puppetry, Shakespeare and Muay Thai. This is a story about generational trauma and the absurd and cyclical nature of recovery.

Presented by Brava Guava, “Open Source Intelligence…” at The Space is a longer, fuller, even more unhinged version of the 4-star reviewed production at Brighton Fringe.

Previous Reviews

“Absurdly comic, yet surprisingly moving insightful” “This innovative production had a great combination of absurdist comedy, physical theatre, anime cartoons, Chinese culture and hard-hitting drama that lurks under the surface.” “Everyone involved from start to finish was extremely engaged, focused and extremely mindful of the harder issues that were explored in Open Source Intelligence” ”Authentic, powerful, and extremely detailed” – ****, Theatre in Brighton

“Thought-provoking comedy” “the narrative is powerful” “engaging, very funny at times and yet never far from the rawness of Lili’s pain at the intersection of anger and unhappiness” – British Theatre Guide

Book your tickets at https://space.org.uk/event/open-source/