Use Your Words, Act II

About this episode

Act II of a performance exploring themes of language and meaning through a roleplaying game.

Act II of III: Words bleed meaning as False Librarian logophagy value extraction. Demonstration: yassified bakery explosion, lava (not hazardous), horizontal eruption, ceramic skullet Coming next on 17 February – Lost for words (Use Your Words Backstage) Programme notes This production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Jehova, the Knowledge Undoer and H_, the W_ X_ - Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight - Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer - Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty - Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe Yodeller ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No Games MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Alexander Pankhurst, Natalie Winter, Ellie Pitkin, Matt Boothman

Topics covered

• logophagy
• roleplaying
• violence
• strong language
• performance

Keywords

• bakery explosion
• lava
• ceramic skullet

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Bibliocalypse

Books & works: Use Your Words Backstage, Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No Games

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