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PRESS Play.

© Kurt Van der Elst

Grab the control knob and decide what happens on stage. PRESS Play. is an interactive show that takes you along the wondrous/treacherous path of freedom in a virtual world full of hidden algorithms.

You decide what happens on stage.
You decide how the world on stage changes, how the story pans out and what will be the outcome for the characters.
Audience becomes actor becomes audience.

We are fast becoming the directors of our own environment.
Social media decide what you see and what you don’t. 
The world, with us in it, seems increasingly ‘makeable’. 
That gives us a false sense of control and, most of all, burdens us with a huge sense of responsibility: Surely it’s up to you to determine who you are? 
Or is that just make-believe?
Are you manipulating things, or are you actually being manipulated?
What if you are not the only one holding a remote control?
And is there a pause button?

PRESS Play. by playField and KOPERGIETERY looks  for the land behind all avatars; 
the hidden algorithms which secretly steer us in a specific direction.
Time to put up some stiff resistance? 
Join us and let’s play …

Age 10

KOPERGIETERY, KGbe & playField. (Belgium)

60 min

During the performance
stroboscopic effects are used

Concept: playField.
Creation: Yemi Oduwale, Lana Schneider, Marthe Schneider, Ilja Van Autreve
Voice: Carine van Bruggen
Software Development: Jan Everaert (Crashlab)
Data Visualization: Genia Rappé
Remote Control Design: Jamie Goegebeur, Seppe Van Hecke
Lighting Design: Jeroen Doise
Sound: Frederik Van Onsem
Set Design: Kris van Oudenhoven, Polien Demeulemeester, Gielke Smet
Costumes: Leentje Kerremans, Katrien Baetslé, Eline Willemarck
Preliminary research: GEMH lab & Koontz Interactive
Preparatory process in collaboration with Nerdlab
Thanks to Tim De Paepe, Bavo De Kuysscher, Jens De Wulf, Brecht Lauwers
Co-production: Forum Freies Theater (D)
With the support of Tax Shelter measurement of the Belgian federal government

Landestheater Linz, Schauspielhaus:
20.06 17:30
21.06 10:00 (fully booked)

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