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In Dave Eggers’ “The Circle”, directed by Joshua Marx, created an “Immersive Theatre” to allow the audience to become a main character within the story. The immersive theatre begins on the first day at work where the viewers create their own Circle Portal and upload their profile picture on TruYou. Then, Annie directs the new employees in an orientation at the Great Hall, where Eamon Bailey introduces a new technology called SeeChange that allow users to place small cameras anywhere. Mr. Bailey demonstrates the effectiveness of these cameras by showing footages of nature and traffic conditions. This character is living truthfully in imaginary circumstances because he looks like a spokesperson while presenting the SeeChange cameras. He acted very professional based on his public speaking skills when he talks about the SeeChange cameras. I thought Bailey was proud of working at the Circle based on his facial expression. In the bay area, I witness Mae on a kayak at night and getting arrested by a police, who was tipped off by an anonymous caller and from a SeeChange camera. Then, Marion appears and cleared off all her charges. After the kayak incident, the Circlers were Zing with a message to go to the Great Hall. In the Great …show more content…
Throughout my experience in immersive theatre, I appreciate the messages sent through the app to inform the audience about the presentations at the Great Hall. I also appreciated the effort the characters put into this theatre to give us a wonderful experience at the Circle. This style of theatre enhances my experience as a Circler by interacting with employees in the Circle shirt to raise my ranking at the Circle. There were many opportunities to interact with the characters like when they give the audience a certain task to accomplish. Overall, I enjoy my time living in the moment as a

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