Joaquim has just been left after a long relationship, his first and only love story that he expected to last a lifetime. Fortunately, Suzanne, with her experience and good advice, is there to set him back on the path to flirting – or back onto the market. Like a sentimental education in the age of the mobile phone, Short Message Service unfolds stories, practical experiences and songs across seven chapters in which romance is never far away.
Conceived as a re-reading of Roland Barthes' Fragments d'un discours amoureux, the piece is also the product of documentary work. Suzanne de Baecque and Joaquim Fossi collected testimonies and snatches of conversation from their circle, from the street or from their own phones. At various moments, the audience is invited to send messages to a number, which appear on stage like a series of love haiku.