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Live link to the stage http://live.upstage.org.nz:8081/stages/Jeuxdemassacre

In 1970, absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco wrote Jeux de Massacre (known in English as The Killing Game or Here Comes a Chopper) – a dark comedy in which the plague ravages a small town and everyone dies. As a new pandemic overwhelms the globe and people rush to isolation and internet communication, it seems appropriate and timely to translate this work from the stage to cyberspace. Christina Papagiannouli has teamed up with Clara Gomes, Helen Varley Jamieson, Miljana Perić and Vicki Smith to produce Jeux de Massacre in UpStage and adapt it to current crises.

Performances take place on 9 July 2020 at 9am and 9pm UK time. Find your local time here (this is the first performance, add 12 hours for the second).

The venue is UpStage, and there will be a live link to the stage here on the day of the performance. UpStage does NOT work on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, you must use a browser on a laptop or desktop computer. You may also need to manually allow Flash in your browser – see this page for information on how to manually enable Flash. We are working on a new platform that will overcome these access problems!

For further details about UpStage, please visit: https://upstage.org.nz/?event=jeux-de-massacre

UpStage has been invited to participate in the Network Music Festival with a performance of Jeux de Massacre, followed by a presentation and discussion about audio tools in UpStage and how they might be enhanced. If you’re interested in the evolution of the UpStage platform, and particularly in the audio side of things, please come along! The performance will take place in UpStage on15 July 2020 at 11am UK time, followed by a discussion in Big Blue Button and live streamed.