When the world locked down, it was an obvious choice for us to move to live streamed content. In the first weeks of the lockdown, Kinetic Screen explored the technical possibilities of resurrecting our GB24 format, but this time produced like an actual live broadcast. Early tests to produce it in studio were further dashed when ‘Stage Four’ restrictions were announced, necessitating a truly remote solution.

And so GB24 Live was born, originally broadcast fortnightly on our YouTube channel. We were then commissioned to do a special show as part of “VCR Fest” – a mini festival organised by Melbourne Fringe as a test of delivering a festival online. We then did a season of GB24 for the online Melbourne Fringe proper later in the year.

The season of GB24 at Fringe was another example of us pushing ourselves creatively, it was also incredibly ambitious. Going live 4 nights a week for the full 3 weeks of the festival with every show having unique content and being largely unscripted, all while being remote and never once in the same room together.