DARE YOU WATCH.

LIVE
STREAMED.

DURATIONAL.

SOCIAL MEDIA
STORYTELLING.

IS EVERYONE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE ON THE INTERNET?

From ambiguous posters placed in the oddest of places to intriguing business cards scattered in public spaces. They all had one thing in common: a single statement ‘SHE is coming’, a website url and a date. Would you be brave enough to look?

Five fictional characters, existing through social media sites, provided audiences with a unique opportunity to interact, question and direct the way in which their stories unfolded in one 18 hour live feed.

The piece integrated writing, storytelling, digital cinema and online interaction in and around a live durational performance. 

The work spanned a range of cultural references from iconic cult film, online digital culture, open-world games, live art and contemporary dance with an understanding of our contemporary media landscape.

Supported by Arts Council England, SHP Live/South Hill Park, West Berkshire Council and Newbury College.

Polaroid photos of strange objects and writing.

INNOVATIVE FEATURES.

LIVE PERFORMANCE.

LIVE STREAMING.

SOCIAL MEDIA STORIES.

‘An art-house version of Big Brother’

Ron Mc Allister, Chief Executive of South Hill Park

INTERACTIVE ART GONE GLOBAL.

1,200+

ACTIVE VIEWERS

16

COUNTRIES

6,000+

LIKES ON FACEBOOK

13,000

REACH ON TWITTER

Over 1,200 people from 16 countries watched the durational performance on YouTube, the Facebook page gained over 6,000 ‘Likes’ and the characters’ Twitter feeds reached almost 13,000 people - taking NOCTURN to new viewers and telling a strange, macabre story in a unique way.

In addition to the online audience and at set times the public could enter our performance space to see the action happening live and themselves become part of the live streamed experience. For us, it was about exploring multiple entry and exit points and providing a transmedia dance experience. 

‘The high octane piece was like nothing I have ever seen before, and in a world where everything seems to be familiar, it was refreshing to be exposed to something new.’

Becky Barnes, Wokingham Times

OUR CREATIVES.

DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER | JOHN DARVELL

DANCED & PEFORMED BY

LUKE ANTYSZ

DEBORAH ANN CAMP

LAURA CALDOW

OLIVER SCOTT

STEPHANIE TOWNSEND

FIONA MILLWARD

WRITER | DAVID VARELA

VIDEO LIVE STREAM | MARTIN FRANKLIN

COMPOSER | OLI NEWMAN

SET & STAGE MANAGEMENT | PAUL BATTEN

OUR PARTNERS.