PHOENIX SCRATCH

PHOENIX SCRATCH IN SECOND LIFE®

What’s so special about theatre in an age dominated by the TV? Who’s making live performance now? Why do they bother? And what’s in it for the audience?

Eleven Phoenix Scratch nights in 2005 & 2006 saw dozens of artists test and discuss new performance ideas with audiences, resulting in four commissions from Andrea Turner, Search Party, Low Profile and Neil Callaghan/Simone Kenyon.

Now Phoenix Scratch is back. And throughout 2007 & 2008 it is based in Second Life.

What is Second Life? It's a 3D online digital world imagined and created by its 15 million plus residents. Many big businesses now have islands there, Suzanne Vega's played live there, you can book holidays through tour operators, and Sweden has even opened an embassy there.

There are four new commissioned works and a series of events with open-calls for artists to try out new performance experiments.

Drifter Rhode (a.k.a. Stephen Hodge)

Theatre, Dance & Live Art Programmer / Phoenix Scratch Producer

Phoenix Scratch is supported by Arts Council England (Lottery Funded).

Second Life® and its creator Linden Lab® are registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc.

For further information about Scratch events visit 2NDLIVE.ORG/SCRATCH.HTML