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Integrating a free-roaming text adventure with live performance on Zoom, the makers of Crisis? What Crisis? and For King and Country have taken immersive game theatre to new levels in lockdown with The House of Cenci. Parabolic Theatre have developed digital castle ruins for audiences to explore while uncovering the events of a harrowing tale.... Continue Reading →
Following on from the success of Locked Down and All Hallow’s Eve, Morpheus will open two new virtual immersive shows this Christmas. Undercover is an espionage thriller suitable for audiences over 18 and Spymaker is created for teenagers aged 13-17. Performances begin on 12 December for dates throughout the festive period and into the new... Continue Reading →
For three weeks only, the Olivier nominated creators of Alice’s Adventures Underground, Les Enfant Terribles have teamed up with virtual reality company LIVR to present an innovative and immersive online adventure that blurs the lines between theatre, gaming, escape room and board game. Sherlock Holmes, The Case of the Hung Parliament, will run from 27... Continue Reading →
Morpheus presents Locked Down, an innovative and exhilarating new theatrical experience which offers participants the thrill of immersive theatre in the safety of their own homes. This is a show like no other. Hosted online by live actors, Locked Down is an exclusive, interactive experience in which audiences are invited to close their eyes and... Continue Reading →
Aria Entertainment and WEF Productions have today announced a six-week extension for the UK premiere of C-o-n-t-a-c-t, the immersive outdoor performance featuring a captivating 3D sound design. Now playing until 22nd November 2020, the production is delighted to add St. Paul’s to the list of locations where the show can now be experienced. The production stars Charles Angiama (The Exonerated,... Continue Reading →
Civic Digits Theatre Company is pleased to announce that its ground-breaking, interactive production The Big Data Show, reshaped to a purely digital form, will be presented in Scottish schools this September. Originally scheduled as a live show for June 2020, The Big Data Show was cancelled in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Edinburgh-based Civic Digits Theatre Company, which focuses... Continue Reading →
Squad Goals is a brand-new immersive show from Caspa Productions, opening for its world premiere at Dagenham & Redbridge Football Ground. Where better than to launch a show about football than in a football stadium as a socially distanced outdoor experience! This lively and inspiring play tells of the lives, ambitions and relationships among a diverse... Continue Reading →
Plunge deep into the gritty, criminal underworld of 1920s London at COLAB’s new immersive experience, CROOKS 1926. This innovative company will be staging their most ambitious project to date; game mechanics collide with a pulsing, hair-raising narrative giving audiences the chance to throw themselves into one family’s brutal battle for supremacy in the heart of... Continue Reading →
The first cast images have been released for The Wolf of Wall Street, the world premiere immersive production which brings to life the highs and lows of the infamous ‘90s New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort. The Wolf of Wall Street is based on Belfort’s memoirs, as depicted by Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese’s movie of... Continue Reading →
Shotgun Carousel's latest immersive experience Red Palace opens at the Vaults next month. I spoke with writer Cressida Peever to find out more. Can you tell me about Red Palace? Red Palace is an immersive fusion of theatre, cabaret and circus. Produced by Shotgun Carousel, it combines their signature sass and spectacle with the gothic... Continue Reading →
