Through the personal stories of experts as performers, Some Viewers May Find This Distracting is a documentary theatre piece that focuses on the hidden mechanisms of the online realm, how we can find a voice in it, and the commodification of attention. All this is done through the medium of theatre, where the audience is granted the rare luxury of focusing on one thing only: events that unfold on an empty stage.

Drawing on Bertolt Brecht’s play ‘Die Maßnahme’ (The Measures Taken), the experiences of a journalist, a TikTok influencer, an Instagram blogger, a podcaster, an actor and an activist invite us to reflect on what it means to be an agitator of our time, fighting for a more just society within the online realm that was once about freedom and the accessibility of information and has since become the playground of Big Tech.

On what terms can an idea be granted visibility under these circumstances? In what way is global capitalism moulding the discourse of an Eastern European autocracy? Can the hegemons of the internet be tackled, outsmarted – and if so, how? Staying true to the spirit of Brecht, we attempt to remind the audience of the simple truth that our perception of reality can be altered, especially in the age of the internet.

Place: Trafó Budapest

Address: 1094 Budapest, Liliom utca 41.