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Everything in Extremity
experiments in live-stream theatre  

Live online performance
Sunday 19 & Monday 20 September 2021

'Everything in Extremity' explores the theme of mis/communication in a plague state through the character point of view of Friar Laurence in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Performed via Zoom
This short live online experience features professional stage and screen actor Peter Hambleton who is bringing his love and knowledge of performing Shakespeare to this live-streamed format. Co-created with researcher and performance maker Paula van Beek with technical wizardry from Isaac Kirkwood. Created and streamed from Wellington Aotearoa/New Zealand in Lv.3 lockdown conditions. 
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Performance documentation

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Pre show ritual
Front of House host
Small talk 
​Programme notes
Building anticipation 
Audience interactivity via Mentimeter app.
Opening Ritual: A Prayer to the Gods of the internet to keep us connected 
Live webcams
Activating the imagination - listening over looking 
Embodied camera and POV
Recontextualization 
Exit rituals 
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Post show foyer experience 

​Return to the social world
Feedback
Small group (break out rooms) chat with the actor 
'Everything in Extremity' is a key output of a larger research project 'Expanded performance: blending stage and screen in a performance of a theatrical text'
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Supported by the Whitireia and Weltec Research & Innovation fund.

Made in Wellington, NZ & Melbourne, Australia
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