The Tingle Factor Format and historical background Alongside the work of the individual artists, The Tingle Factor employs constantly changing light states and illuminated texts. These serve to introduce each artist and shift the focus of the audience, subtly altering the background atmosphere. This device has its origin in the techniques and ideas of Son et Lumiere, a popular form of entertainment that uses sound and lighting to display architectural treasures and dramatise major historical events. The Tingle Factor is a high quality event that has a reputation for tackling unusual and interesting spaces and staging its shows in an innovative and totally original way. Performances are sited in various strategic locations, to utilise, interact with and emphasise architectural features throughout. Polyscenic staging is a device that was created for the large, open air theatrical productions which took place in palace courtyards. Polyscenic staging identified the imaginary lands and locations within the play with the visible locations and architectural features of the courtyard. During The Tingle Factor, each performance is linked seamlessly to the next, while the audience is kept informed by the texts as to who is about to perform, and in what location within the space. In this way, the action remains in a constant state of flux around and within the audience. Intermezzos were spectacular links between acts in a play, that served to mask a changing scene behind, Intermezzos became increasingly important and spectacular in Baroque theatre, so much so that they told a story or illustrated a scene in their own right. This has indeed become the case with the aforementioned audio visual linking system which provides not only information and cues, but also a visual coherence and an identity which is The Tingle Factor.

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