#MyWay

Modern break-ups involve more than just deciding what CD belongs to who and which of you should keep the dog. Today, heartache comes with an unwelcome custody battle over social media. Who gets the most friends, the most likes, the most photos showing they’ve moved on?

The passions and pitfalls of love online are the subject of the Young Pleasance’s light-hearted browse through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Their teenage protagonist, Frank Sinatra superfan Nathan, has quit social media after being dumped on Facebook. He’s enticed back online, however, after watching a fellow devotee of Ol’ Blue Eyes perform at a student union open mic night. She instantly gets under his skin, prompting a quest across the net to track her down.

The romcom storyline is paper-thin, but its telling is full of charm, wit and energy. The internet is a tricky thing to summon onstage, as many previous attempts have disastrously discovered. With their choruses of likes and cacophony of inane chatter, Young Pleasance come pretty damn close. They nail the forced cheeriness of millions of people keeping up the pretence of constantly having the time of their lives, while the frantic conversational movement of Twitter is brilliantly evoked by swarms of figures in electric blue wigs.

The predictable message—that real emotional connection might be found by logging off—could be arrived at via a less circuitous route. But while it’s a little lacking in depth, #MyWay is also inventive, entertaining and gloriously silly. Not unlike social media, really.