Twenty years ago today, 9 January 2003, UpStage was officially launched in Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ, and online. Today we celebrate this auspicious artistic anniversary with parties in UpStage!
Happy Birthday, UpStage!

Twenty years ago today, 9 January 2003, UpStage was officially launched in Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ, and online. Today we celebrate this auspicious artistic anniversary with parties in UpStage!
On 9 January 2024 we celebrate 20 years of UpStage!
The result of practical research for the MA in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies at NOVA University Lisbon, The Backyard of Strange Creatures explored the union of cyberformance with media generation by Artificial Intelligence software. It was presented twice, on 6th and 7th December 2023 […]
Documentation of a presentation introducing the new UpStage.
We’re delighted to be entering into a relationship with Tutanota, a secure email service.
UpStage is excited to be included in the curriculum of a new MA in digital performance.
The lecture/performance “Cyberformance in UpStage” is a time-travel from the very beginnings up to the planned space flight to demonstrate against mining the moon.
Meta Theater #Digital’s “Open Improv UpStage” has received a comprehensive review in the Suddeutsche Zeitung.
At yesterday’s walkthrough we focused on the drawing tools and the new “individual Jitsi” streaming method.We also enjoyed relaxing on the beach with cocktails.
Our amazing developers are releasing so often that it’s hard to keep up! Today’s release is UpStage v1.19.0 – code-named Rheineck-19, and as well as some security fixes and geeky back=end stuff, here’s a summary of the things that artists creating UpStage will want to know about.