apologies for x-posting ...

UpStage is vibrating with anticipation!!!

http://upstage.org.nz:8084/stages/080808 The foyer has been cleaned and is ready for guests. The http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=159 performers are busy doing their dress rehearsals and technical checks; the http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=167 schedule has been finalised and links to the stages will be live from the http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=167 programme page when 080808 begins in less than 24 hours! ...

Stories of identity and histories that connect countries, cultures and centuries are among the performances selected for the 080808 UpStage Festival, which takes place on 8 August 2008. http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=130 http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=130 ...

Hi all! ActiveLayers have received Grand Uncle's latest broadcast - this time
he has been taking calls from Peter Smith in New Zealand and Lizzy in
England. He is also showcasing some original music by Brynne. Follow the link to have a listen:

We believe Grand Uncle will be broadcasting again next week and after
that he will be joining us at the Upstage 080808 festival - see you
there! ...

Hi! ActiveLayers recently received this email from Grand Uncle, which he
has asked us to forward on to you. CALLING HOME part 2 is now in
full swing, check it out and find Grand Uncle's broadcasts on http:// www.activelayers.net/callinghome2.html Your participation will feed the 3rd part of CALLING HOME which will
be performed during 080808 UpStage Festival.... ...

hi, come & join a performance in UpStage on tuesday 1 july. this is one of the shows that will be in the 080808 festival, they are doing a series of pre-showings to build up to the performance at the festival. ...

we invite you to our cyberformance "Calling Home - Part 1" on UpStage (online performance platform) Tuesday July 1, 2008, find your local time here: http://tinyurl.com/ 5f65a3 eg: 5am NY, 10am UK, 7pm Bris., Melb., 9pm NZ, ...

Please come to our Activelayers UpStage performance Calling Home on the internet. this Saturday April 19, 9PM GMT (London time), (find your local time here http://tinyurl.com/6g5d5j ) earlier in the States, later in Australasia. ...

Call for proposals: 080808 UpStage Festival http://www.upstage.org.nz ...

The next UpStage open walk-through will be held on Wednesday 2 April, at 7pm Brisbane time; find your local time here: http://tinyurl.com/38h35r - and please check carefully as it's that time of the year, when time changes ... !!! ...

hello & happy 2008 everyone : ) i hope you have all had at least a little holiday & are starting the new year with renewed energy! ...

turbulence are the people who do the networked performance blog, which is a pretty good resource for interesting online events, & they have promoted events in UpStage. they also do a networked music blog. the original turbulence email is at the bottom, below marc's email. ...

Avatar Body Collision will perform their current show, "Belonging", at 7pm UK time on FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER, at the opening of the conference "Intimacy across Visceral and Digital Performance" (http://www.intimateperformance.org ) at Goldsmiths College, London. ...

Avatar Body Collision will perform their current show, "Belonging", at 7pm UK time on Friday 7 December, at the opening of the conference "Intimacy across Visceral and Digital Performance" (http://www.intimateperformance.org ) at Goldsmiths College, London. ...

Couple of things to do online tonight for those of us without dates ..

http://window.org.nz/2007/11/second-life-and-upstage-walkthroughs.html ...

Hi everyone, There will be an open walk-through on Wednesday 7th November, at 9pm New Zealand time (find your local time here: http://tinyurl.com/2h8cp9 ). ...

DTN3 (Be)Longing by Avatar Body Collision Premiering at HTMlles 8 Wednesday 17th October 5pm Montreal Canada (find your local time here: http://tinyurl.com/2x47dn ) ...

"Please Stay Alert At All Times" will be performed again, on 29 September at 9.30pm UK time as part of the Emergency Weekend (http://www.greenroomarts.org/archive/events/emergency-07/ ). ...

Please Stay Alert At All Times will be performed again, on 29 September at 9.30pm UK time (find your local time here: http://tinyurl.com/2m4vq9 ). ...

hi everyone, next week we have the first wednesday of the month, the 5th, so we will be in UpStage for the regular walk-through at 9pm NZ time - find your local time here: http://tinyurl.com/3e2uwt.

as usual we'll be meeting on the Swaray stage, http://upstage.org.nz:8084/stages/swaray . if you want to come as audience, just click on the link. if you'd like to log in as a player, please email me for a log in. the walk-through is an opportunity for you to learn about how UpStage works, have a play, and chat about the 070707 festival and the shows that have been performed again since. ...

"the old hotel" was performed at the 070707 UpStage Festival with a
proximal component at a building site in London - the actual site of
a former hotel. This new work leads on from the 070707 performance,
starting with the same story but moving to a different perspective.
Once again on-site and online audiences will be connected in the
performance via UpStage. Here's the official invitation: ...