Alright, listen up. I know it’s tempting to spend your evening watching another Netflix series that you’ll have forgotten about in two weeks. But what if you actually went out and did something else?

Radical, I know.

How about live theater.

Yes, real live people performing before your very own eyes. No buffering, no skipping the opening. Just and other people in front of you.

Theater is human at its best

There’s a reason theater has existed for thousands of years. Long before your precious streaming services, before film, before even books, people gathered to watch stories unfold in real-time. It’s one of the oldest ways we’ve processed life—through performance, through storytelling, through shared emotion.

Theatre is not entertainment; it’s a mirror. It forces you to sit in a room with strangers and be faced with the raw, unfiltered human nature. No CGI, no algorithm controlling what you get to see next.

I know this firsthand because I’ve been on stage more than five years. I’ve been in the blinding lights, experienced the adrenaline rush of entering a scene, and delivered lines to the audience. It’s something that can’t be replicated—both for the actor and the audience.

It’s one of the last places where things are real

We live in a world where everything we know is filtered, chopped up, and produced. Half of what you’re reading is written by AI. Even so-called “reality” TV is a scripted show.

Theater? It’s happening right in front of you. If someone misses a line, they have to cover on the spot. If a show is electric, you can feel it in your bones. You can’t rewind it, you can’t fast-forward—it just happens. And then it’s done.

I understand the thrill of it—the improvisation, the high stakes. I’ve worked on shows where props have malfunctioned, where actors have forgotten their lines, where someone has sneezed at the worst possible moment. And yet, the show continued. There’s something magical about watching people improvise in that particular moment.

I have a feeling, that kind of authenticity is no longer appreciated, because we live on the online world, where everyone can be an actor hiding in his own scripted show.

You will feel things you didn’t expect

There is something to be said for sitting in a room with hundreds of people all laughing, or holding their breath at the same time.

It’s communal. It reminds you that even as the virtual world separates you, you’re still part of something bigger than yourself.

So, what are you waiting for? Close this tab, put down your phone, and go find a show. Whether it’s a big production or a scrappy, independent play in a tiny theater, it’ll be something that exists just for you, just for that night. It won’t be waiting for you on-demand. It will be unpredictable, messy, human—and completely worth it.

At the end I have a quote for you to remember: “A live performance is worth a thousand Netflix marathons.” – author: Me.