Word Play at CSIRO is taking place on Saturday 18th May to 1st June at 7.30pm at CSIRO Discovery Centre.
Something is wrong. In the last two years, a new disease has emerged that is transmitted not by water, by air, by contact – but by speech. Language. Via text messaging and email, telephone or video. This disease attacks thought itself, undermining our ability to think critically and resist other people’s influence. This is an epidemic of harmful ideas and broken logic. And it’s spreading.
So runs the scenario Canberra theatre ensemble Boho developed for their new immersive theatre experience, to be performed on-screen from across the city. The audience are situated in the CSIRO Discovery Centre lecture theatre, while the performers are live-streamed from a laboratory across the city using a high-speed video broadband connection.
Using text messages and a purpose-built phone app, the audience are able to interact directly with the performance, communicating with the performers and controlling them through a series of live computer game sequences.
Word Play is a performance lecture exploring concepts from epidemiology, a live cinema experience and a hands-on video game in the survival horror genre.
Bring your phone.
Tickets are on sale now for $20 each. Visit Click Here.
