How far will two teenage boys go to be seen online in our algorithmically-determined attention economy? After acclaim in India, Gen-Z dark comic thriller Live from the Warehouse, written and directed by Shashwat Srivastava, gets its London premiere at the White Bear Theatre.
Live from the Warehouse is a gripping two-hander about boyhood, betrayal, and the algorithmic hunger for attention. Equal parts raw, funny, and haunting — it asks: What are we willing to lose to be seen?
Two seventeen-year-old boys, classmates and dreamers, break into an abandoned warehouse after a prank reel involving a stolen gun spins out of control. Chased by the police, hunted by a school drug dealer, and suffocating under the pressure to be someone, they turn the camera on themselves.
Inside this decaying space, they confront fear, ambition, friendship, and failure — reimagining their future as actors, singers, podcasters… fugitives. As night deepens, so does their obsession: if they can’t escape their reality, maybe they can frame it.
Live from the Warehouse is performed in English by Aryaman Krishna Aggarwal and Vrishab Wig. It’s presented by Joy Of Drama Stage Work in association with Mythologyworkshop UK.
Following the 90-minute performance at 7.30pm on Thursday 9 July 2026, I’ll chair a discussion with the Live from the Warehouse writer/director Shashwat Srivastava and the company.