In 2005 the BBC aired an episode of Dr Who called Bad Wolf. This episode saw the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack being forced to take part in deadly gameshows. The rules are very simple – if you lose you die! Thankfully our game show won’t be quite so brutal ( or is it?). Granted we … Continue reading “Deadly Game Show”
Once our group had decided on final ideas it occurred to me that this work has similarly been produced by the production company Blast Theory. In their work A Machine to See With, their work shows members of the public entering online and participating with activities which they have no control over. In our performance … Continue reading “A machine to take a risk with”
During the initial ideas stage of piece we looked at the work of a number of theatre companies to see if we could use any aspects of their work in ours. We had already looked into the possibility of mixing live theatre with prerecorded film. One such company I looked at was Kneehigh Theatre and their adaptation of … Continue reading “A Brief Encounter with the Game Show Kind.”
Shrouded in the usual secrecy, each of the stand-alone episodes takes the form of a giant social experiment. Some have been inspired by classic psychology tests, others concocted by Darren himself to illustrate how easily our behaviour can be manipulated. Darren will attempts to explore the darker side of what makes us tick as human … Continue reading “Example Questions”
27.2.2012 Dan the theatre technician came in to tell what the possibilities were within our multi-media performances. If we were to show our performance outside of the LPAC it would either Dan or another technician would have to come with us. Also there are two cameras available. The information we received was very insightful and … Continue reading “Our production”