Time and pace reenforces the reality effect of the types of theatre we discussed this week such as single tweet and multi-tweet twitter dramas, futurist pieces and durationals. It is interesting the role that time and pace has in twitter theatre. The time is always documented in a twitter drama and the place can be documented. Like mentioned in the blog prompt, it is real-time, which enhances the reality effect. Twitter is meant to be used on the go during everyday life, which makes twitter dramas feel real. For multi-tweet twitter dramas pace and time are important for the followers to stay up to date with. Futuristic theatre also focuses on shorter plays, which is done using pace and short time frames.
I think one cool idea to bring theatre into technology and the "right here, right now" aspect would be to record broadway plays. It would give people who aren't able to go see broadway a chance to see it from their home or TV. The Sound of Music broadcasted on TV, which made the broadway experience "right here, right now". A company called National Theatre Live is going to record a performance of Of Mice and Men to show in movie theaters across America. I think we could even localize this idea and film local plays to have showings after the performance has ended. I think this would achieve the goal of the "right here, right now" of theatre because it brings performance to theaters or even computers. It will make it more accessible.
http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/ntlout8-of-mice-and-men
I love the idea of having theatre be accessible to a wider range of people. However, I'm not really sure that filming it would be the best way to make that happen. I'd be afraid that the "right here, right now" of theatre would actually become lessened by watching what was meant to be a live (and possibly interactive) show on a screen. I believe that theatre's strongest attribute is its liveness.
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