Lightbulb Weekender
Would you like some time and space to think collaboratively and creatively about how to do something about the relationship between tech and people?
Join us for a Lightbulb Weekender?
Following the fun and excitements of the Lightbulb Sessions last year, Rupert and Clare are charging up a whole weekend of Lightbulb moments with special guests.
The theme is Digital Activism: Changing the World
There will be a £1000 award for the performance idea that the group thinks will most benefit from continued development at the end of the weekend.
There will also be plenty of pizza and sweet treats!
Lightbulb Weekender Details
When: 22nd – 24th January 2027
Where: CodeBase, 37a Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2EL.
Who: Creative tech people, theatre/live performance people (you might be both and more!)
Age: Over 18
What: Develop a new creative tech performance collaboratively with other participants
Perform or present 5 minutes of your idea
Decide who should win the £1000 to develop it further with ongoing support from Civic Digits
Experience:
– Expert mentoring in digital making, vibe coding, craft making, cyber security/ethical hacking and dramaturgy.
– Have access to making materials and tools.
– Explore the role of tech in new writing for performance.
– Find your ‘creative tech-in-theatre’ community.
– Try out Swish. A new platform designed to interact with and immerse live audiences.
Bonus: Hang out with world famous hacker Rupert Goodwins!
Cost: £45 per participant for the whole weekend.
There are grants available for members of groups such as SSP, FST, or a local community writers group, a CodeBase group etc please get in touch if you think you should receive a bursary for participation.
Send us an expression of interest: contact@civicdigits.com
Lightbulbs and Theatre
In 1879 Thomas Alva Edison created the first commercially practical incandescent light. A lightbulb. In 1881 the Savoy Theatre in London replaced limelight and footlights with the first complete electric theatre. Lightbulbs quickly became the dominant theatre technology in the 20th Century. This had a profound impact on the form, style, even reasons for making theatre. Actors acted differently. Writers wrote differently. The world was looked at and understood differently because of the humble lightbulb. Data-driven technology such as smart phones, social media, AI has revolutionised our everyday lives at least as much as the lightbulb. So how is it going to change theatre and live performance? Come to this Lightbulb Weekender and imagine what making theatre/performance could and should mean in the twenty-first century.