Cyberspace: The Theatrical Experience
Posted by Shannon
If I were to tell you that a theatrical version of William Gibson’s famous novel Neuromancer was going to be performed in a rural Missouri town, starring a radical leftist activist and members of an amateur theater troupe from a local Baptist church, what would you say? It probably wouldn’t be: “Yeah, and wouldn’t it be great if all the cyberspace scenes were done with cardboard cutouts that people move around on stage, accompanied by Indonesian Gamelan music?” And yet that’s exactly what Brody Condon is going to do, next summer, with grant money from the Rhizome Foundation. I know it sounds insane, and that’s precisely the point.
Oh my god. This sounds amazing. Read on.
Tags: cyberpunk, neuromancer, science fiction, theatre, william gibson