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Interactive
theatre
Interactive theatre is a
theatre-form in which the audience experiences a personal meeting
and a verbal or non-verbal dialogue with one or more actors.
Within this dialogue, they have the opportunity to affect the
course of the performance through their actions.
An
interactive actor’s task is to read the audience that
they meet, for example by paying attention to their posture, mood
and their behaviour. Starting from these observations, the actor
changes his/her behaviour so as to create the best possible
contact, and thus open the dialogue. The direct, interactive
contact with the audience is a way of opening them to new
experiences, and a way of awakening their senses and thoughts in a
way that, in our experience, conventional stage-art mostly doesn’t
achieve.
Our goal is to give our audience an experience,
and reflections upon this experience, which they will hopefully
carry with them into their life and the society they live in. We
aim to give our audience additional ways of viewing the world and
their lives.
To make this kind of constructive reflection
possible, it is important that the performance is accessible to
everyone regardless of culture, religion and social status, since
our goal is never to force our personal or political points of
view onto anyone. We aim to open people to thoughts and
reflections of their own.
Interactive
labyrinths
An interactive labyrinth is a
scenography consisting of a series of room-installations. The
audience is guided into the first room and are then left to find
their own way through a labyrinth in which approximately half of
the rooms are inhabited by actors, each of whom tries to give
every member of the audience a personal experience through the
meetings that occur. In this way, every member of the audience
leaves his/her mark, and thus participates in making the
performance a living forum.
To give the audience a chance
to reflect and find themselves, approximately half the rooms are
uninhabited and contain thought-provoking installations.
The
last room in a labyrinth is what we call the reflection zone.
This is a place in which the audience can talk with each other
and/or with a representative from the company, have a cup of tea
and write their thoughts in a guest-book. If they wait till the
end of the performance, they will have a chance to meet the actors
and to discuss their experiences with them.
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