We’ve got a number of pots on the burner right now, and this Spring is really shaping up to be something special. There’s new work being prepared all over the country, and here at NoPro headquarters we’ve taken a major step forward with the Pilot Festival component of the HERE Summit & Festival.
This week we announced that new work from E3W Productions, Capital W’s Red Flags, JFI Productions’ Night Fever, and a version of Linked Dance Theatre’s Like Real People Do will all be part of the festival along with the previously announced Escape From Godot, Stash House, Koryn Ann Wicks’ Casting, and The Kansas Collection: The Key from The Speakeasy Society.
We’re getting to do something really special this March, and we are doing it largely as we always have: through the strength of support of the community. We will sell out, so if you’ve been waiting on picking up a badge now is the time.
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HERE SUMMIT & FESTIVAL
Pasadena — March 27–29, 2020
The next great gathering of the immersive creative community.
Pre-Registration Open; 3-Day Badges On Sale
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
We first met Jeff and Andy Crocker at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2018, where their piece Escape From Godot turned the festival on its ear for a whole day, only to fade into the night.
Since then Escape… has popped up at IndieCade, the Denver Film Fest, and will soon be a featured selection of the HERE Summit & Festival in Pasadena this March.
Host Noah Nelson talks with Jeff & Andy, aka Mister and Mischief, and Escape… and their new work The Builder and the Dove.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Boston: ThotBot Implantation Center (Extension)
Montreal: Mirages & Miracles
NYC: “Forever First” Mixed Reality Pop Up, SUDS, Beloved, Western / That Show About Love Murder Mystery Experiences,
Germantown, MD: Five Spoons
Jacksonville, FL: The Food of Love
Chicago: Home Invasion, Lonely Hearts: The Sweethearts’ Soirée, FORTS
Las Vegas: PAATI
LA: Sweet Land, Night Fever
Pasadena: Oscar Oiwa: Dreams of a Sleeping World
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REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
Super Bomb Squad was fast paced and frenetic. Doldricks Escape Room merged classic video game design with elements of laser tag and escape room gameplay to create a unique beast unlike anything else we’ve encountered.
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
Author Mark Larson talks to the folks at Windy City Playhouse about how they made Southern Gothic, a sandbox-style show in Chicago that ran for two years and was the theater’s first immersive show; the company has applied what they’ve learned to subsequent shows and has renewed their focus on presenting immersive work.
The wildly popular Secret Cinema has announced a partnership with Walt Disney Studios to bring classic movies to life as large-scale, interactive immersive experiences, first in London, and coming soon to New York City and Los Angeles. The exact IP to be used hasn’t been announced yet, but the company has tackled films like Blade Runner, Dirty Dancing, Casino Royale, Moulin Rouge, and even Star Wars in the past.
Vulcan Productions, founded by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, reports back from the first Impact Reality Summit, which they co-hosted with Kaleidoscope VR. The event focused on leveraging XR storytelling for social good.
Super Nintendo World is headed to Universal's new theme park in OrlandoSuper Nintendo World is slated to open at Universal Studios Japan later this year, but it looks like the Mario-themed…www.cnet.comJapan's Super Nintendo World theme park will feature smart Mario-themed wristbandsSuper Nintendo Land, the Mario-themed expansion to Universal Studios, is shaping up to be one of the most interesting…www.theverge.com
Universal announced that the US version of Super Nintendo World would be opening in Orlando, Florida in 2023 as part of their new upcoming theme park, Epic Universe. The land will first open at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka later this year and is said to resemble a “life-sized, living video game,” using technology to track guests’ movements and allow them to earn coins and compete with other park visitors.
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
Here’s how to make a single-room escape room as exciting as one with extra, hidden spaces.
This is the first piece in an ongoing series that we’re publishing at Room Escape Artist to address the common curiosities, concerns, and fears of new escape room players.
We’ve announced the first two speakers for RECON 2020!
THE DISCOURSE
Discussions and posts from Everything Immersive & Twitter:
Andrzej Lukowski: Recent collapses show immersive theatre is hard to get right | Opinion | The…Last week, the extremely troubled immersive theatre show The Wolf of Wall Street closed. The show's official Twitter at…www.thestage.co.ukblooloopLIVE UK 2019 | theme parks, museums and attractions | blooloopblooloopLIVE UK 2019 took place at PwC's global headquarters at London's Embankment on 5 December. A room full of…bit.ly
NOW FUNDING
Ironlights
A VR fighting game of skill, style, and strategy
Just over two weeks and under $5k to go on the campaign.
From last week: E McNeil is one of the original indie developers in this wave of VR, and an incredibly nice guy to boot. E’s shipped seven games already, with many of them either starting off in VR (DarkNet) or getting an adaptation.
Now he’s developing the thing we all want: MULTIPLAYER SWORD FIGHTING. — Noah Nelson
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Jobs, Grants, Gigs, and more
INDIECADE 2020
SUBMISSIONS ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN at indiecade.com/submissions! It would be great if you could share this post so that we reach maximum eyeballs and can find as many game-makers as possible.
This year we have one application for opportunities to showcase at multiple events throughout 2020, including E3 in June and IndieCade Festival in October! We’ll also be adding additional opportunities in the coming months so stay tuned. Thank you! — IndieCade 🧡
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