Theatrical remix

[pozorvlak]

Thought for a sketch, to be performed near the end of a show:

A guy walks on, looking/acting like a DJ. He walks over to a set of decks at the side of the stage, pulls out some records, inspects a couple, puts one on. Another actor walks on and starts performing part of one of the previous sketches. The DJ shakes his head and takes the record off. The second actor exits quickly. The DJ selects another record and puts it on. I'm sure you see where this is going... actors come on and start performing another sketch. The DJ's digging this, and starts headbanging slightly to a beat only he can hear. He starts scratching the records, with a predictable effect on the actors ("You can't get a colon ZZZRP can't get a colon ZZZRP can't get a WAKAWAKA colon pregnant, darling"). Then the DJ takes out another record, and starts mixing... the dialogue from the two (three? more?) previous sketches is layered together, Arcadia/Play on Words-style, revealing new and unexpected hidden comedic meanings. Or possibly just makes no sense, but in a comedic manner.

[Theatre 2.0?]

Of course, the fun really starts when he takes out the record labelled "DJ sketch"...

Comments

[sable-veins.livejournal.com]

As excited as I aint by the scientisation of art, mightn't "metaskit" be a more appropriate description than "Theatre 2.0"? Am under the impression that 2.0 implies increased user input, not reality transcendant self-reference.

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. The "theatre 2.0" bit was in reference to a horribly underprepared "talk" I gave at the TV Un-festival, on the "idea" that all the increased user interaction implied by Web 2.0, TV 2.0 and all the other stuff under discussion was already alive and well in theatre.

[mi-guida.livejournal.com]

Straws on the Wind, by Harold Simpson.

2 sketches are played out.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have come to the conclusion that these sketches are so bad that the only thing to do is play them both at once"

Hilarity ensues.

Sadly, it's still under copyright... I enquired as to prices when I wanted to perform some in Exeter in the second year (it never happened).

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Sounds rather cool... as I mentioned above, the last scene of Arcadia (and much of Play on Words) relies on this kind of inter-scene cross-talk too :-) I imagine it's fiendishly difficult to do well, but brilliant when it works.

[totherme.livejournal.com]

That does sound pretty cool :) Could it be yet another option for the birdshot doomsday device?

A guy walks on, looking/acting like a DJ.

s/walks/moonwalks/ ? :)

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

s/walks/moonwalks/

Maybe not at first, but there should definitely be some moonwalking in there :-)
[And when he's playing the DJ sketch, the other DJ should have to moonwalk backwards :-) ]

[androidkiller.livejournal.com]

Argh, must get this sketch out of my head before I go and help ICE write some stuff for their first non-improvised show.


But it sounds really cool!

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Nonono! Get them to do it! I'd much rather see this done by someone else than have it languishing here for ever!