Look out for Table for One Play for None at this years Melbourne Digital Fringe

Table for One, Play for None

A theatre fire. A missing actor. An audience who must help save opening night.

🔥 A fire. A missing leading actor. Opening night in ruins.

Table for One, Play for None is a digital fiction experience where the fate of Whispers at Number Nine hangs in the balance.

A blaze tears through the theatre hours before curtain up. The star, Jay Lyle, vanishes. A sharp-tongued press reviewer—who fancies herself a playwright—starts sniffing for a story. And the loyal box office manager? He may have secrets of his own. When the police arrive, everything changes.

Can they piece the script together before the audience walks away?
That’s where you come in.

💬 Interact Live

Join the investigation and share your thoughts on Telegram:

👉 Start the Telegram experience
Username: @Table_For_One_Theatre_bot

Technical Notes

This experience integrates a Telegram bot to deliver branching, real-time narrative beats. Audience messages are parsed and routed to story states (scene, clue, or character POV), then acknowledged with timed responses and inline choices. The bot tracks minimal session context to personalise prompts (for example, clues found or suspects flagged) and synchronises key moments across the audience so the investigation feels live and collaborative.

Help track down Jay Lyle, uncover the truth, and save opening night.

🎭 Written by Lita Doolan — inspired by real theatre stories.

Running time: 40 minutes (including optional post-show talk)

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