Join ground-breaking Amsterdam based trio Tin Men and the Telephone as they explore new ways to craft the live experience
Tin Men and the Telephone have made a name for themselves for their innovative approach to engaging audiences during their improvised live shows. Through the use of their cutting-edge technology, their specially- devised ‘Tinmendo’ app, they invite their audiences to become a part of their multi-faceted, hugely engaging, enormously fun interactive shows and you can be part of it!
This January there are three FREE opportunities to visit them in the studio for a special preview and behind the scenes insight into the bands explorations during a residency with OCM at Oxford Brookes where you can join in and give feedback. Then as one-off band members you are invited to a final session on the 11th January where with the use of the Tinmendo app (image below) you can take part in the show! The dates are:
Monday 8 Januray - 5-6pm - Special Preview
Tuesday 9 January - 5-6pm - Special Preview
Wednesday 10 Januray - 5-6pm - Special Preview
Thursday 11 January - 6-8pm - SHOW AND SHARE
Bring your charged smart phone and if you can, download the TINMENDO app - CLICK HERE!
Spaces are free but very limited so do book a place.
In Oxford they will be joined by Andrew Sommerville and Jon Cooper, founders of differencEngine, a company specialising in immersive & interactive theatre whilst exploring the boundaries of technology in performance. Their shows see participants thrown into a world where they are both protagonist & hero; their 2014 debut show ‘Heist’ saw audiences breaking into a building, interacting through headsets & cameras and attempting to steal a painting without being caught!
If you'd like to follow the band on their journey contact polly@ocmevents.org for more info about how to get involved and check out the links and videos here. We look forward to seeing you in January!
A 21st-century gig ... drawing their audience into the heart of the gig.... multimedia gadgetry and a sense of mischief combined to create something fresh and unexpected. Roe and his friends were reminding us — in captivating style — that jazz can be fun and profound at the same time.
The Times ***** (Ronnie Scott’s 2017)
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These are skilled musicians who can improvise within any straitjacket imposed by an audience, in a musical equivalent of Whose Line Is It Anyway?