It's 1988 and Karatetown has been overrun by pesky goons. Luckily Karate
Man is here to save the day. But can he expel all the goons AND get the girl? Karate
Man: A Live Action Video Game comes from the ingenious minds of BEAK (Daniel
Scarratt and Bruno Dubosarsky) where the entire story takes place in the
style of an 80s arcade game.
The audience gets to dictate the narrative and all of Karate Man's
movements, because as the show title subtly alludes to, this is a live-action
video game. We are given a demonstration of the controller functions and then
it's up to us to lead our hero to victory. Through some creative use of
Bluetooth technology, when someone presses 'punch", the word is boomed
over a speaker and Karate Man punches. If "left" is pressed, then the
word left is announced, and Karate Man moves left. It's a fantastic way to get
audience invested and engaged in the story.