Landline
Two audience-players in two different cities are paired by text messaging as “scene partners.” Accompanied by synchronized audio narration, the two drift in parallel through their respective cities.
Production Credits
Created by: Adrienne Wong and Dustin Harvey In collaboration with: National Arts Centre Production History
UNO Fest/Halifax Fringe Festival: Victoria-Halifax, 17-19 May 2018
Nakai Theatre/The Imperial Theatre: Whitehorse-Saint John, 15-17 September 2017 SummerWorks/Hamilton Fringe: Toronto-Hamilton, 11-12 August 2017 High Performance Rodeo/RCA Theatre: Calgary-St. John's, 24-28 January 2017 Magnetic North Festival/Arts Court: Whitehorse-Ottawa, 11-12 June 2016 OFFTA/Contemporary Aboriginal Scene: Montréal-Mashteuiatsh & Wendake, 4-5 June 2016 MT Space's Impact Festival/Micro Performance Series: Kitchener-Vancouver, 23-27 September 2015 Forest Fringe/LÓKAL International Theatre Festival: Edinburgh-Reykjavik, 25-30 August 2015 Zuppa Theatre/Experimentica Festival: Halifax-Cardiff, 7-9 November 2014 Prismatic Festival/Arts Court and STO Union: Ottawa-Dartmouth, 21-24 August 2014 City of Halifax's Public Art Program (prototype): Halifax-Vancouver, September 2013 |
Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation: DRIFT, SECRET WEIRDOS, ASYMMETRY, ONTOLOGICAL DUALITY
Press
“A curious exposure to the feeling of being alone together” -Audience participant, October 2013
“This is the kind of interactive performance that takes ‘audience participation’ to a whole new level where everything that you can take out of it is entirely dependent on what you put into it” - Mooney on Theatre
“This is the kind of interactive performance that takes ‘audience participation’ to a whole new level where everything that you can take out of it is entirely dependent on what you put into it” - Mooney on Theatre
Articles
Adrienne Wong and Dustin Harvey, “Landline: Halifax to Vancouver,” Canadian Theatre Review 159 (Summer 2014): 68-80.
Adrienne Wong, “Sound Immersion,” Canadian Theatre Review 173 (Winter 2018): 48-52.
Adrienne Wong, “Sound Immersion,” Canadian Theatre Review 173 (Winter 2018): 48-52.