Update on visit to Exeter Campus yesterday #PlayPosium

 Tomorrow the PlayPosium will take over the City. So getting ready I checked out the campus ahead of a talk by Prof Lisa Forbes. At the Communications building I found T3 Journal , Student Writing in Drama Issue 5. Emma Gibbon exploredhow "the world of magic and illusion has influenced the modern theatre scene". She includes Briar and Roses from 2023 with 250 augmented reality headsets for a live audience.

Later one of the questions for Lisa Forbes was from Alistair Aitcheson. Coming back to the question later. He is a video games designer gradually moving into live performance. "My Date With Pierce Brosnan" has headsets that allow the audience to contribute to the dialogue. i don't understand enough about this but will know more later. There will be performances in Edinburgh August 16 -30. 

What is interesting me is how drama relates to the ideas around play in the Playposium . This event is in a playful circus tent but in the grounds of a business school. Mostly the talk seems to be in a professional context. 

Also Alistair Aitcheson is showing how video games / social media can work with live performance in theatres. He is finding out more about clowning theory as a live host . I will be looking for more views on how #PlayPosium26 relates to drama and how social media can promote theatre. I will be in the Phonic FM studio basement of Phoenix for #wenotno show 10 -12.

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