======= [inter:face] =========== creative collaborations in arts,science and technology Double Happiness by Bodies in Flight & Spell#7 >From web page to theatre stage.... Who cares if she's on the other side of the planet when your text-message finger gets twitchy? International 21st century cyber-love is downloaded into performance as the UK's Bodies in Flight and Singapore's Spell#7 move there romantic web drama, Double Happiness, from www.doublehappines2.com to Contact on Saturday 21 October as part of [inter:face]. Shygirl17 meets 6wasabe9 in a chat room. Fluffboy visits Hunny.Bunny's website. Love blossoms in cyber-space. But what happens when they brave time-zones and economy class, travelling to the other side of the world in order to get fleshy with each other? Double Happiness offers a double experience for spectators. The virtual romances and the path of on-line love can now be followed at www.doublehappines2.com, before the performance. Double Happiness looks at what distance means today and what it means to be apart. In a world of webcam and mobile - what is togetherness? And if you're on-line with your own private chat room, do you really need a hotel room? Real life's messy and potentially deadly, so perhaps its better to stay online. This unique collaboration explores the use of web technology, chat rooms, mobile and e-mail for long distance relationships. Using a mix of text, movement, sonic and video imagery, WEBness and WAPness are distilled into a distinctly modern take on relationships. Listing details for live performance: Dates: 21 October Times: 7:30pm Tickets: £5/£3:50 Box Office: 0161 274 0600 Venue: Contact, Oxford Road, Manchester.
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