Ideas for digital integration

I've been thinking of ways in which we can blend digital into the live action performance, here's a few ideas (some half-baked, others totally raw).


Twitter
The characters could have their own twitter accounts, which are updated throughout the show (maybe also before, to drop hints about their character traits and maybe be used to create buzz about the show itself).


Viewers/participants will be encouraged to follow the characters during the show itself. The character's live tweets could be used a drop clues about the outcome of the story, throw viewers off their trail, or give their own version of the events that have just happened.
-- We could schedule these tweets, or (probably better) have somebody off stage with a device simply tweeting as them on cue.


Microsite
We could produce a simple microsite for the play. It could be a vehicle for character biographies, or set the scene of the story.


A thought is that the microsite could be styled up as the website for the fictional hotel that the play is set in. Perhaps there could be a mock 'events' page with some social activities (similar to facebook plug in, or eventbright style thing) where it shows who will be attending, possible with some comments by the characters within... with a little link to their profile page?


The set
Seeing as the won't have a budget to get a nice set or props, I was thinking that the scenery could be a series of digital illustrations (by yours truly) projected onto the curtain/background of the stage.


We could possible have them animated (simple - animated fire place. complex - scenery changes as actors 'interact' with it. i.e. door opens on command).
Will need to think about the logistics of this. If the story is linear and we know what is coming, we could essentially have a slideshow of backgrounds that we play through in order to match the scene.


If the story is non-linear (chosen by the audience) we may need to create something a little more flexible. But I assume the audience will have a number of options to choose from, so the background artwork will all be produced before the night, so it may be a case of just 'jumping' to the right one at the right time.
I assume there will be some kind of 'break' in between scenes anyway, as the actors leave the stage etc. so this time could be used to prepare the next background.


If we need to show 2 scenes at once we could even have a split screen effect going on - each half of the screen shows a different room and actors on either side are supposed to be in those rooms.


Interlude
Depending on the length of the play, an interlude may be included, this could be a time to encourage the audience to get their phones/gadgets out and interact.
A hashtag or URL (or an amazing QR code!!!) could appear on the projected screen to prompt users...


Map
Similar to Cluedo, we could have a map of the area that the play is set (hotel?). This could be displayed at the start of the play to establish the setting, be displayed in between scenes and zoom into/highlight parts of the map to show where we are taking the audience.
We could make is a bit game-y, have icons displayed on the may to represent items/people in different rooms etc.


A few initial thoughts. Looking forward to hearing yours!