Drømmespillet (Dream Game)
completedPlayOn!
SummaryThe dream game: a magical journey of discovery
A mysterious journey where adventurous costumes, lighting, music and technology create exciting surprises. What is dream and what is reality?
Agnes is almost a teenager. She has ended up in a huge house where a strange little family lives. How did she get here? Inside the house, the strangest things happen, and Agnes meets strange characters - like in a dream. She also meets Alfred and Jenny, who are her own age. Together they discover puzzles and problems that need to be solved. As the pieces fall into place, their view of their surroundings - and themselves - is changed forever.
In The Dream Game, you are invited on a journey into a universe of colorful characters, where most things are turned upside down. We get the chance to see reality in completely new ways. Life's big and small questions are answered with a child's curious view of the world; accepting life's challenging twists and turns, but at the same time having faith that a miracle can happen.
Welcome to a theater experience out of the ordinary!
Creative Process
With Dream Game we wanted each character to have their own soundscape that moved with them.
We discussed how to do this in workshops and with ourselves in detail, and after considering and testing microcontrollers we chose to use a system of Ipod touches connected to a portable wireless access point.
Then we used OSC to trigger each Ipod. Using Ipods also enabled the actors to control their own sounds if required. Portable lighting was also embedded in some costumes and props using small portable wireless LED controllers.
This also enabled us to integrate the lighting into a show where each character carried soundscape together created one overall atmosphere of lighting and sound.
