a few interactive theatre links

November 23rd, 2008 • research, social gaming, teaching

A minor link-dump of companies and performances I’ve been mentioning in lectures and workshops over the last few weeks:

1. The Neo-Futurists: Chicago-based company, regularly staging new work but probably best known for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind - 30 plays in 60 minutes.
2. Who Wants to Be? - an audience-led interactive show created by London-based company The People Speak. Applied drama students take note:

Did you know that in the ‘Ask the Audience’ bit of the TV game show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionnaire‘, the audience is right 98.9% of the time? ‘Who Wants to Be’ was born when we realised that if the audience could set the questions, as well as giving the answers, and and making up the rules - we’d have a recipe for social change.

3. Superstruct - the massively-multiplayer collaborative performance forecasting the world in 2019.

the looming squid of pornography

November 14th, 2008 • comedy, culture, research

twitter updates for 2008-11-08

November 8th, 2008 • twitter

• Loving that Wanted makes no real attempt to explain why a guild of weavers should suddenly decide to become assassins. They just DO, okay? #
• “This cross stitch is particularly tricky. Fuck it - let’s become killers for hire.” #
• But it looks like it was filmed in Chicago, so ten points for that. #

twitter updates for 2008-11-07

November 7th, 2008 • twitter

• Ingeniously unclear status report from UPS, equivalent to stating “your parcel is monkey delivery backwards jam confirmation Frankfurt.” #
• @Uncleking I’m amazed it’s taken this long for real Russians to turn up. #
• One of the election coverage absurdities you might have missed - live interviews from Chicago “via hologram” : http://tinyurl.com/5romh4 #

twitter updates for 2008-11-06

November 6th, 2008 • twitter

• Any game design with the phrase “antagonise florist” is worth your time. Original Grim Fandango design doc: http://tinyurl.com/5gyhm6 #
• Quote from last page of Grim Fandango design doc: “To protect this document, please restrict your fallen tears of joy to this box.” #
• You know what’s awesome? A job where you can pitch an academic course on comedy and have someone take you completely seriously. #

twitter updates for 2008-11-04

November 4th, 2008 • twitter

• Waiting for Americans to vote. Amazed I’ve spent the entire day marking essays. Realising I’ve spent £100s on books this year. #
• Off to see 1st student production of new job: programme promises God Speed You Black Emperor, which I take as a good omen. #