Long live the new flesh : six plays from the digital frontier / edited by David Owen.

x, 406 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Alien contagion : rise of the zombie syndrome / story by Tyler Clarke, Finn Ghosh-Leudke, and Andy Thompson, play written by Andy Thompson ; 15 characters (7m, 8w). -- Avatar / by Freya Björg Olafson ; Variable cast. -- Helen Lawrence / story by Chris Haddock and Stan Douglas, screenplay by Chris Haddock ; 13 characters (8m, 5w). -- Town choir / by Theatre Replacement ; Variable cast. -- Muse / by Barbra French ; 3 characters (1m, 2w). -- You are very star: a transmedia exploration / by Electric Company Theatre ; 13 characters (4m, 9w) ; 8 characters (3m, 5w).

"In this companion anthology to Digital Performance in Canada, six works of digital theatre illustrate how audiences are forced to re-evaluate definitions of performative space, bodies, and relationships. In Avatar, Freya Olafson uses contemporary dance paired with the ambiguities of virtual social networks to navigate the digitally altered notions of exhibitionism, orientation, and identity. You Are Very Star by The Electric Company is a virtual site-specific treasure hunt between the height of the Space Race and the dawn of new humanity. Helen Lawrence by Chris Haddock and Stan Douglas is a hard-boiled tale of loyalty and money that uses both filmed and live sequences to create "live cinema. " Barbra French’s Muse tells a story from inside an institutionalized young woman’s imagination with the help of a nurse, the audience, projections, and light. Theatre Replacement’s Town Choir featured text that was transmitted live from across Canada to the Vancouver Youth Choir, who then transformed the text into songs. And Alien Contagion: Rise of the Zombie Syndrome by Andy Thompson, Tyler Clarke, and Finn Ghosh-Luedke is an immersive theatrical adventure in which audience members need to work together to save the world and conquer the undead."-- Provided by publisher.

9780369102508

C812.608 L848 2021