The 121212 UpStage Festival of Cyberformance features 36 live performances created and presented in a variety of online platforms. UpStage, the Tap, Second Life, Visitors Studio, Skype and purpose-built interfaces are the sites for these innovative shows created specifically for the real-time interaction with online audiences.

There are two sections to the festival:
Walking Backwards into the Future
A retrospective of 19 remounted cyberformances from the first five UpStage festivals celebrating the large and diverse body of work that has been generated through the festivals.

Testing 1 2, 1 2, 1 2
Seventeen new works that experiment with real-time performance in online environments; Wednesday 12 December 2012 (with a bit on the 11th or 13th, depending on where you are in the world).

Download the full media release here, or check out the whole menu on the UpStage Festival of Cyberformance Page