Armadillo. Photo by Oliver Bryant Within Armadillo the news and media both parallel and inform the live action on stage. The connection between Sam and the media was an essential tool to shift the video elements in Armadillo away from a naturalistic portrayal of news, Instead, video is implemented as it's own defined character; at times an antagonist or an extension of the main protagonist. It is also the catalyst that ignites Sam's memories of past trauma and propels her beh