It’s another wild and packed week here in Immersivestan. Bryan Bishop of the Verge continues his reporting on his SimuLife experience. The Overlook Film Festival announced their jam-packed schedule including more than a few of our favorite immersive and virtual reality creators. And the eagerly anticipated, 80s-soaked Ready Player One hits movie theatres this weekend.
As for us, NoPro hit over $1000 on Patreon monthly. Many thanks to everybody who pushed us over the edge last weekend. We’re coming up to the end of our March push so please join us today.
We also published reviews for shows in both NYC and London, an Immersive 5 Q&A with Melinda Lauw of Whisperlodge, and let our trio of Ready Player One pieces loose on the world. We also clarified our stance on audience safety and what productions we choose to cover, and set up a handy form for producers to submit their shows to us.
Oh, yeah, there’s also upcoming LEIA office hours in LA, in case you want to connect with NoPro staff who will be there.
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
The madmen went and did it.
Last week the creative team behind The Tension & Lust Experiences announced that they were taking on new partners, a company called AGBO — which is The Russo Brothers’ new company.
You know, the guys who are directing Avengers: Infinity War.
So yeah, that’s some big news. And Tension creators Darren Bousman, Clint Sears, and producer Gordon Bijelonic sit down with host Noah Nelson to talk about what all this means for The Experiences now and in the future.
Oh, and Joe Russo calls in during the show to explain why and how he got mixed up with all this.
Plus: a word about our editorial policy updates.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Austin, TX: Performance Park
Bryan, TX: The Undertaking
Chicago: Cornerstone
Columbia, MO: Frankenstein
DC: Carne y Arena (Virtually present, Physically invisible)
Montreal: When Memories Have Us
LA: Zombie Joe’s F*CKED UP EASTER EGG HUNT; Silent Play; They Who Saw the Deep
London: The Hollow Hotel; For King & Country
Montreal: When Memories Have Us
New Orleans: Overlook Film Festival
NYC: City of Dreams: Episode 3
Omaha: The Wreck
Salt Lake City: Etiquette
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San Francisco: Malaise Airways; Calamity in the Crow’s Nest, a Murder Mystery Show
REVIEWS
Both our own, and from around the web!
An Evening of Decadent Frivolity in ‘The Great Gatsby’ (Review)A peek into The Guild Of Misrule’s immersive hit in Londonnoproscenium.comFalling Into A Reality Distortion Field with ‘Prurience’ (The NoPro Review)Artist Christopher Green’s provocative satire about pornography addictionnoproscenium.comReview: Magical 'Stranger Disease' plunges audience into New Orleans' pastOne of the biggest challenges for many New Orleans theater companies is a lack of dedicated theater space. For…www.theadvocate.comMADHOUSE re:exit - Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonDirector: Nick Llewellyn Reviewer: Christie-Luke Jones MADHOUSE re:exit is an immersive exploration of the cruel but…www.thereviewshub.comAmazon Alexa - Escape the Room [Review] - Room Escape Artist"Alexa play escape room." 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 Location: at home on an Amazon Alexa Date Played: March 4, 2018 Team size…roomescapeartist.comCreepLA's 'The Willows' Will Burrow Deep Under Your SkinOne of the advantages to immersive theater is its ability to transform an everyday location or event into something…www.hollywoodintoto.com
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STORIES
Audience Safety & Our Editorial PolicyBecause sometimes you’ve got to draw a clear bright linenoproscenium.comHow a creative think tank in Austin is developing a new generation of interactive storytellersInteractive Deep Dive is a creative think tank in Austin, Texas, and its members are busy developing new techniques in…www.theverge.comDays of Future Past: Will Ready Player One’s Vision of Tomorrow Echo Today?Hollywood’s latest would-be blockbuster aims to define the dream of VR. Our team coverage starts here.noproscenium.com‘The Ready Player One Challenge’ and The Maze of Experiential MarketingPart of our team coverage of Ready Player One’s immersive marketing.noproscenium.com‘Ready Player One’ and TheWaveVR Redefine Partying at SXSW (Video)Part of our team coverage of Ready Player One’s immersive marketing.noproscenium.comThe Immersive 5 with Melinda Lauw of WhisperlodgeSoftly spoken, with a big voice.noproscenium.comDelusion Set to Premiere at The Overlook Film Festival — SkyboundGood news, Delusionals! DELUSION: LIES WITHIN is ready for it’s world premiere! Skybound’s brand new VR version of the…www.skybound.comEscape Rooms Will Save the World!Strange Bird has been receiving a lot of love lately from the escape room community, having recently won Room Escape…www.immersology.comA day in real-life Westworld from a host’s perspectiveI went behind the scenes at SXSW to interview the designers who built Westworld’s town of Sweetwater at SXSW — and I…www.theverge.comHeard of immersive theatre? Now, smell and hear it in MumbaiThe audience is blindfolded as they enter You had musicalised theatre and interactive plays and now, there's another…www.bombaytimes.comBritish adults spend large on having fun at children's activitiesAdults are fuelling a boom in the leisure market by seeking out activities usually reserved for children's…www.aol.co.ukMichelin-starred dining with a dramatic twist at the Lisbon RitzLisbon's already vibrant dining scene will be taken to a new level in April when Sangue na Guelra (Blood 'n' Guts)…howtospendit.ft.comPull Up a Stool to LGBT History at Immersive Dinner Theater in a Real DinerHow do you dramatize a little-known but pivotal moment in civil rights history without slipping into the staid and…sf.eater.comEpisode 74 - Interview with Stash House Creators Tommy Honton & Don DeLeon - My Haunt LifeInterview with Stash House Creators Tommy Honton & Don DeLeon In this episode, we sit down with Stash House creators…www.myhauntlife.comLucasfilm: Future of VR Is 'Story-Living' and Cross-Platform PlayReady Player One, Snow Crash, and other sci-fi stories predict that, one day, virtual reality will be so ubiquitous…www.rollingstone.comAn Alternate Reality Game That Takes Freshman Orientation to a New LevelA group of teenagers has been interrogating me for almost an hour. "Can you prove you are who you say you are?" one of…www.wired.comAre We Already Living in Virtual Reality?Brave New World Dept. Thomas Metzinger had his first out-of-body experience when he was nineteen. He was on a ten-week…www.newyorker.comThis 'Virtual Wearable' AR Prototype is a Potent Glimpse at the Future of Your SmartphoneBecause VR can take over our entire reality, it can be great for entertainment. But when it comes to AR, the hope is…www.roadtovr.com
The Biz
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