Welcome to a new immersive year
This week in the news: Tragedy struck in the escape room world earlier this week when five teenage girls were killed during a fire at a escape room in Poland after a fire broke out in the facility’s lobby. The girls reportedly died from smoke inhalation during a birthday celebration and the room’s gamemaster also suffered serious injury.
David and Lisa Spira at Room Escape Artist are covering the fire on their site:
Our hearts go out to the families of the victims.
Stay tuned to Room Escape Artist as more information becomes available.
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ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Carl Choi is the founder and CEO of The Great Company, an experiential studio which in the past few years has emerged as a leader in producing and creating space for immersive work in LA. GreatCo teamed up with Jon Braver to produce Delusionand recently played host to Chained: A Victorian Nightmare. Like us, GreatCo is all in on immersive — keeping the engines running by whatever means necessary while getting great projects out the door.
We’ve been meaning to get Carl on the show for a while now, and sat down for a good long chat before the holidays.
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FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Las Vegas: Nicodemus: Demon of Evanishment
Los Angeles: Welcome Back, Woodchucks; Show Up, Kids!; Nicodemus: Demon of Evanishment; k a t a b a s i s (Remount)
NYC: Still We Grow; BLEACH; Broken Bone Bathtub; SPHERES; The Hidden Ones
Toronto: Nelly’s By Night
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