Work
Home — Paignton by the Sea
Maker Will M Watt · The Drey · Work date 2026 · Medium telephone · Role work · Experienced by the compiler 2026-04-07
Description
“I had a dream last night about home, and the sea.”
Source. https://stories.willmwatt.com
Presented under The Drey, Will M Watt's remote interactive theater imprint, which describes itself as “Remote, interactive theater.” willmwatt.com is his voiceover and audiobook site; the phone work lives at stories.willmwatt.com. Watt also performs on Candle House's Lennox Mutual, per the compiler.
Anatomy
Thirteen criteria after Lauren R. Beck. Each carries a source grade: M maker-confirmed, P published, F first-hand, I inferred by the compiler, ? not yet established. Definitions are on the anatomy page.
- Participants listen through headphonesnoI
A telephone work; headphones neither required nor mentioned.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
No relocation is directed.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesI
Structural: delivered by call.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificunknown?
Paignton is a real coastal town in Devon, and the title names it — but whether the work requires that place, or only invokes it, is not established.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Engages with the history of a siteunknown?
The title names a real place; whether its documented past is engaged is not established.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Created for an urban environmentnoI
A seaside town rather than a city, and no urban dependence is described.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoP
The Drey presents itself as theater, not as another art form.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
The Drey's own description of its work is “Remote, interactive theater.”
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
Not addressed.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateunknown?
Not established.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Has live performers other than the participantsyesF
Performed live by Will Watt.
- Involves game playnoI
No rules or objective described.
- Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
Not addressed.
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