101010 Festival
The fourth annual festival of performances in UpStage will be held on 10 October, 2010, featuring a record 18 shows made by artists from around the world.
Download the publicity pack (September 2010). The schedule of performances will be finalised and available at the end of September.
There are dance-based performances, theoretical meditations, comedy, explorations of sexuality, conceptual works, stories, creative interpretations of technology and numerous interactive works. Several performances include participatory contexts prior to the festival and some are part of larger projects. Click here to read about the performances.
Just over half of the shows are by artists who have previously made work in UpStage, with nine shows coming from artists new to UpStage. Many of the new artists are established in other disciplines, including theatre, dance, music and visual arts, and are interested in exploring the extension of their practice in cyberspace.
There will be RL access nodes in several locations including Wellington and Auckland (NZ), New York (USA), New Hampshire (USA), Oslo (Norway), Nantes (France), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Calgary (California) and Vietnam. If you are interested in hosting an RL access node, contact info@upstage.org.nz for more information (also see the pages for previous festivals where there is information about hosting a node).
Making Time
Last year, the 090909 UpStage Festival ran for 20 hours, beginning at 2pm New Zealand time on the 9th of September; this equated to 5am in Istanbul, for example. We haven’t made the schedule for 101010 yet but if you’re already thinking about blocking out time in your diary, click here for a time converter.
Supporters
The 101010 UpStage Festival is supported by the voluntary efforts of many people, most especially the adventurous, innovative and imaginative artists creating the performances, and the enthusiastic organisers of the RL access nodes. THANK YOU!
The festival is also supported by Creative New Zealand, CityLink (providing free server hosting and traffic), Auckland University of Technology (software maintenance and development) and Stray Media (video editing and support).
