YORK MYSTERY PLAYS ONLINE
THE SPACE
PILOT THEATRE
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n the weekend of 11/12 August, Pilot Theatre will enable people all over the world to watch York Mystery Plays through a video livestream on www.thespace.org. The Space is a new way to access and experience all of the arts – for free. It is funded by the BBC and Arts Council England. Available on computer, tablet, Smartphone and connected TV, The Space invites you to take part in the biggest summer of arts the UK has ever seen, whenever you want it and wherever you happen to be. You can watch full performances, catch unmissable live events, delve into rare archive and explore interactive collections. The Space is also a place where everybody can experiment with ideas and play with images, text and sound. Working alongside livestream company Kinura on this exciting project, viewers will be able to watch a performance of York Mystery Plays 2012. This event will take place on the weekend of 11/12 August, when viewers will be able to watch the performance through multi-camera livestreams. After the livestream performance, visitors to The Space website will be able to create a playlist of the project, following the narrative from different angles using the multi-camera stream which will be archived. Your own version of the piece will then be available to watch and share. More than 30,000 people are expected to attend the York Mystery Plays 2012, which is set to be one of the cultural highlights of the summer. We hope to enable many more people around the globe to experience this truly incredible project.
ilot Theatre is an international touring theatre company based at York Theatre Royal. Pilot Theatre’s dedication and commitment to exploring new ways of engaging young people and new ways to use technology in the arts has enabled the company the ability to adapt to the changing world, constantly offering a product that is relevant and exciting for their audiences. In Autumn 2012, Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal present Alan Sillitoe’s The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner – adapted for the stage by Roy Williams – which will premiere in York before embarking upon a national tour. www.pilot-theatre.com @pilot_theatre
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