Overshare review – provocative tour inside a livestreamed breakdown

Greenwich Theatre, LondonExpanding her Edinburgh hit, Eleanor Hill replicates her Instagrammed mental health crisis and confronts the destructive compulsion to broadcast it all onlineSocial media is a place for sharing, but as we lead more of our lives online, when does the urge to connect become destructive? The question permeates writer and performer Eleanor Hill’s show, a tour through personal crises, mediated by the compulsion to broadcast it all online.Hill livestreamed her very real breakdown on Instagram in 2020, when she was struggling to access mental health support during the Covid pandemic. She turned that experience into video monologues, which became a 2023 Edinburgh fringe show. This expanded version, pertinently re-branded as Overshare, tells us “90% of these stories are real”.At Greenwich Theatre, London, until 25 MayIn the UK, the charity Mind is available on 0300 123 3393 and Childline on 0800 1111. In the US, call or text Mental Health America at 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. In Australia, support is available at Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, Lifeline on 13 11 14, and at MensLine on 1300 789 978 Continue reading...

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