We’re recruiting: Creative Technologist (contract)
We are looking for a Creative Technologist to support the development of a ‘data driven actor’ using Viz Blocks (https://vizblocks.creativeinformatics.org) and to deliver workshops with Civic Digits for schools and informal education environments. This is building on a workshop we developed in 2020 where Viz Blocks were used by young people to create their own […]
What does the future hold for online events?
This is a big question for us at Civic Digits. As a company which plays with performance and digital technologies, we strongly believe that we can connect with audiences, and each other on a creative level online. But how? Are audiences willing to pay for digital experiences? What can we learn from the gaming industry? […]
CyberScotland Week 2021
If you’ve experienced The Big Data Show, you’ll know that we’re big on cybersecurity. As our lives become more digital, from banking to entertainment, it’s important to be aware of online safety. Right, Cy and Bug?! So we’re delighted to be taking part in this year’s CyberScotland Week, from 22-28 February. On Thursday 25, we’ll […]
Talking gaming at Tinderbox’s PlayAway Festival
This month, we’re playing our part in the inaugural PlayAway Festival of gaming in February 2021, run by Tinderbox Collective. Running from 22 February to 5 March, the online festival showcases and celebrates the creativity, diversity, innovation, and imagination in games and interactive media. As well as enjoying the festival as attendees, taking part in […]
Your chance to take part in The Big Data Show Online!
This October, we’re offering two opportunities to take part in The Big Data Show at home, or as part of your Youth Group. Sign up for our free, online sharing events being held on Friday 9 October (2pm) and Thursday 22 October (2pm). These shows are usually reserved just for school groups, but we know […]
The Big Data Show goes online!
Press release: 26 August 2020 Civic Digits Theatre Company is pleased to announce that its ground-breaking, interactive production The Big Data Show, reshaped to a purely digital form, will be presented in Scottish schools this September. Originally scheduled as a live show for June 2020, The Big Data Show was cancelled in light of the […]
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Big Data Show team has been closely monitoring the ever-changing COVID-19 situation. In light of the latest guidance, we are sorry to announce that all planned schools and public performances of The Big Data Show are now cancelled. When the situation becomes safe again, we plan to deliver the workshop element of the project at […]
The Big Data Show in TES
New show hacks pupils’ phones to teach online safety The Big Data Show – featured in tomorrow’s Tes Scotland magazine – is an interactive theatre production about being a citizen in the digital age…
An interview with Clare Duffy
What is your vision for The Big Data Show? I imagine a large beautiful traditional theatre full of young people all playing games on their mobile phones and engaging with a story about the first prosecuted hack in the UK. I love the idea of making a show for young people for that kind of traditional […]
Staging Money: Theatre and Immateriality following the 2008 Financial Crisis
By Philip Watkinson, for Theatre Journal. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press (March 2013). This essay examines the use of money in contemporary theatre, and the recent trend of spectators being encouraged by practitioners to interact with physical currency during performances. It analyzes Clare Duffy’s MONEY the game show (2013) as an indicative example, in which spectators […]
