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Fallout 76 roleplayers formed a theatre company and performed Macbeth"Out, damned spot"? Sounds like someone picked the Bloody Mess perk
“Out, damned spot”? Sounds like someone picked the Bloody Mess perk
I recently finished the novel Station Eleven, set after a global flu pandemic, where a troupe travel the post-apocalyptic USA performing Shakespeare plays. Yep, picked a great time to read that one. But I’m delighted to learn that a group ofFallout 76roleplayers have formed a troupe of actors performing plays inside Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic MMO, and recently staged Macbeth inside their own version of the Globe theatre.
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MACBETH FINAL PRODUCTION
“During Covid-19, theatres around the world have had to close, so our group of drama-loving video game players took to the stage in-game, held rehearsals, and performed live to an audience in-game and streamed online,” Macbeth director “Northern Harvest” told our corporate siblings atThe European Gamer.
“This also adds commentary to how the arts survive during crisis: whether in post-apocalyptic Appalachia, or during a Covid-19 pandemic in real life. The arts find a way to survive.”
I appreciated this behind-the-scenes peek too:
This is what it looked like backstage during the live on-stage performance of Macbeth.Actors changing wardrobe, listening to cues, preparing to take the stage.A true performance! 🎭#fallout76pic.twitter.com/cUkT6rmV6k— The Theatre Company 🎭 (@76Theatre)October 25, 2021
This is what it looked like backstage during the live on-stage performance of Macbeth.Actors changing wardrobe, listening to cues, preparing to take the stage.A true performance! 🎭#fallout76pic.twitter.com/cUkT6rmV6k
Thinking of other post-apocaplays, I also like Russel Hoban’s novel Riddley Walker, where the eponymous young lad in post-apocalyptic Kent performs a hallowed puppet show which muddles the legend of Saint Eustace with events of the Cold War. Good book, that.
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If you’re interested in performance art inside games, you might digJoseph DeLappe, who has staged protests and more on public multiplayer servers. HisQuake/Friendssaw six people performing F.R.I.E.N.D.S. scripts inQuake3. And indead-in-iraq, he visitedAmerica’s Armyservers to list the deaths of US service members in Iraq.
FollowThe Theatre Company on Twitterfor more on future performances. Looking ahead, they’re planning The Nutcracker, presumably for Christmastime:
Working on Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” at our Bolshoi Theatre. 🧸🎄pic.twitter.com/TeHBfZ3Wkj— The Theatre Company 🎭 (@76Theatre)November 6, 2021
Working on Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” at our Bolshoi Theatre. 🧸🎄pic.twitter.com/TeHBfZ3Wkj
