Posted on 05 May 2011 by Jake Orr
I’ve been using Twitter for the past two years, and as an individual it has offered a wealth of communication and interaction within the theatre industry. It’s connected me to those that I would have met somewhere along the line of communication between organisations, but its allowed it to happen now, instead of months later. [...]
Posted on 16 February 2011 by Jake Orr
It’s 8:30am on a Sunday morning, and I find myself opening up my laptop and logging onto Twitter from the comfort of my bed. I note that, considering it’s a Sunday morning, there is buzz of commentary from a number of UK based artists/collaborators about all things digital and the arts. A little investigating and [...]
Posted on 03 February 2011 by Jake Orr
Back in 2009, I wrote an article proclaiming that a technology revolution had taken place and finally theatre was embracing a digitalised medium – and us as the audience could no longer ignore it. Since then, there have been increasing amounts of experimentation, delivery of high-tech multi-million pound productions and a blurring of the boundaries/lines [...]
Posted on 02 February 2011 by Erykah Brackenbury
Gulf Stage, an innovative new project broadcasting Arabic theatre online for free, launched on Monday. The result of a unique collaboration between The British Council and Digital Theatre, where each of the six plays comes from a different Gulf country. Subtitled into English, they can be found online via a dedicated section of the Digital [...]