Morning everybody! So, for those of you who went to the Sandpit last night and played my game, "Watch your back" you will have discovered that Violet was in fact a fictional character.
The reason she had a profile and was interacting on this site was an experiment to see how ARG (Alternative reality gaming- check out my other discussion post for more information) and theatre can merge/co-exist/collaborate to create a brand new medium.
Of course, this raises an awful lot of questions- for the 'gamers' that usually interact with the ARG's they know to question everything that appears on the internet. But for us who don't play, how do you explain it without losing the game of figuring out what's real and what isn't? Basically, the hard core 'gamers' trawl through the internet looking for clues to solve which will then open a door to a new Alternative Reality Game.
I really believe that this merge has the potential to bring brand new audiences to the theatre and it also allows the world of a play to exist for more than an hour and a half. The play starts the second the writer creates a profile for the characters on social networks and doesn't finish until the writer removes all profiles, websites, emails and virtual identity.
Is it just me that's excited about this?
Do you see the potential?
Tv companies have had to accept that they need an online presence in order to compete with today's entertainment and I think theatre needs to join in too.
What do you think?
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