Work
Theater on-Call
Maker Dopolavoro Teatrale · Work date 2020 · Medium telephone · Role work
Description
A festival of phone plays, including Bedtime Stories, offered in English, French and Italian and bookable in any time zone. Drew on The Decameron — stories told while the world outside is closed.
Source. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47312-8_8
Documented in Robert Motum, "Calling from Canada" (2024). Thin evidence beyond the naming; most cells unresolved.
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 phone call.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
The participant answers where they are.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesP
Delivered entirely by telephone.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
Offered in three languages and any time zone, which argues against specificity of any kind.
- Engages with the history of a sitenoI
No real place's history referenced.
- Created for an urban environmentnoI
No urban dependence.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoI
Presented by a theater company as plays.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
Named as a festival of phone plays.
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
Not addressed.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateunknown?
Not established; the documentation does not say whether the listener speaks.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Has live performers other than the participantsyesI
Performers deliver the stories; nothing indicates recording.
- Involves game playnoI
No rules or objective described.
- Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
Not addressed.
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