Making interactive theatre The ‘D’ Word - what is dramaturgy? What does this term even mean, and -if that weren’t complicated enough, what is audience-centric dramaturgy?
Making interactive theatre Theatre without actors: alternative audience interfaces in interactive theatre How to communicate with audiences in different ways - here are some practical exercises to start thinking about alternative sensory channels.
Making interactive theatre Do’s and Don’ts of making audience-centric theatre Here’s some pointers on how to devise theatre and look after the audience while you’re putting them at the centre of what you’re creating.
Making interactive theatre Creating theatre: 10 principles of devising For anyone who’s devising theatre, here’s some principles to make your life easier and your work better.
Making interactive theatre How to make immersive theatre: the 7 big questions to ask yourself Distilled from years of thinking about different types of theatre and how to make them, here are the seven questions that underpin our process.
the ethics of interactive theatre Risk in theatre: self-discovery, not a form to fill in when people go up ladders If you’re asking audiences to take risks in your artworks, building care into your interactive experiences as a creative consideration makes the work better.
the ethics of interactive theatre What is the responsibility of the artist? Audience-centric theatre outside its comfort zone A ‘literature review’ of audience-centric work that sits outside the comfort zone, including artworks by Davis Freeman and Jamal Harewood that are some of the most powerful experiences I’ve had in theatres.
the ethics of interactive theatre Preparing for the worst: the Chaos list (what to do when theatre goes wrong) The Chaos List is a way of preparing for theatre going wrong - and having a plan for when it does. Like every scout knows, the key is to Be Prepared.
the ethics of interactive theatre With great power comes great responsibility: the ethics of interactive theatre How should we care for audiences, what are theatre companies responsible for, and what do we discover when we start asking questions about the ethics of interactive theatre?
Role of the audience The future of immersive theatre: 2022 and beyond Commercialisation, neoliberalism and immersive technologies, what will immersive theatre look like in 20 years?
Role of the audience What is immersion? Beyond the buzzword… Here we draw on perspectives from games and psychology to ask ‘what is immersion, and how do we achieve it?’
Role of the audience The power to choose: adventures with interactive audiences In traditional theatre, the audience’s main job is to watch. But when you’re making experiences for interactive audiences, there’s a whole lot more to consider.
interactive theatre and technology Hello, you’ve reached tech support - or 10 things we learnt about digital theatre and access online Moving digital theatre piece The Evidence Chamber online entailed a lot of thinking about access online and how to work with online audiences.
interactive theatre and technology It's a kind of magic: multimedia theatre and digital performance The how and why of multimedia theatre - and a few tips on what we’ve learned while making digital performance (face-to-face and online).
immersive theatre The Ultimate Guide to Immersive Theatre: nearly everything you need to know This ultimate guide covers the important aspects of immersive theatre for audience members and aspiring theatre-makers. Get curious in a deep dive with Fast Familiar.
collaborator interview Collaborator interview: Clemence Debaig In the first of our collaborator profiles/ interviews, Joe and I caught up with artist Clemence Debaig, who we worked with on The Curse of the Burial Dagger.
Scapegoat Return of the Cybergoat The Cybergoat is back. And this time it's wearing a badge saying 'pingdemic'.
audience What language please What happens if you apply start-up logic to being an arts organisation? Turns out that looking at what you do through the lens of another sector shows up the baggage you're carrying.
process Travelling without moving Thinking about inward-looking islands, and what the last year has taught us about actively making space for international encounters.
process Making shows, taking care Devising online has made us all think more about how we care for the folk we're working with... here's some stuff we've learned.
audience Convenience culture and exclusive events At a time when all kinds of performance are available at the click of a trackpad, it isn't 'liveness' that we should be talking about. It's event-y-ness.
audience What kind of art do we want right now? Sometimes we make art to prod the belly of corporate greed; sometimes we make art to frolic with elves at the North Pole. Both these things are fine – and necessary.
access Describe your current appearance in one sentence... When Rachel chaired a panel recently, she asked speakers to describe their appearances for the audio transcription. It was really hard. Here, she and Al try to unpick why – and how to change that.
process 10 things we learnt about access (in the broadest sense) while making The Evidence Chamber We wanted to share what we learned, in the hopes that it will be of use to other people trying to make for digital space in an equitable/ inclusive way. We got some things right and some things... less right.
process Six crime novels that inspired our new show, The Evidence Chamber This summer we're inviting audiences to become jurors at a murder trial in our new online courtroom drama. We made the show in collaboration with real-life forensic scientists, but also took a lot of inspiration from fiction – here are six books that really stuck with us.
