Suzanne de Baecque and Joaquim Fossi give of themselves to offer a funny and sensitive X-ray of love life in our era.
Joaquim emerges crushed from a long relationship, his first and only love story, which he expected to last a lifetime. Fortunately, Suzanne, with her experience and good advice, is there to set him back on the path of flirting – or back onto the market.
Deploying stories and practical experiences, Short Message Service is a theatrical manual for romantic survival, like a sentimental education in the age of the mobile phone. Collecting messages, exploring dating sites, visiting swingers' nightclubs, all methods are good for drawing up this inventory of contemporary love practices. On stage, Suzanne de Baecque and Joaquim Fossi try to understand this strange, desperate desire to love and be loved in return.