A week of some milestones for NoPro, vampires, and more 🧛
This week in immersive news: we here at NoPro hit a bit of a milestone with our latest Q&A! We spoke with Pittsburgh’s Bricolage about their approach to making work and the family-friendly The Forest of Everywhere, meaning that we’ve now had the opportunity to interview a dozen different creators about what “immersive” means to them. Check our Bricolage’s interview below and check out our new Immersive 5 hub page to read them all.
We also put out a big issue of the North America newsletter this past week. This edition of our newsletter is still fairly new but we found nine new productions across the continent to feature. Holy cats! Nine!
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There’s a whole bunch of work happening all over the USA and Canada this weekend so make sure you have your eye on our Now Playing pages.
What else? Noah goes back to his Vampire LARP roots in this week’s edition of the podcast; we found a fascinating-looking Immersive Design Residency at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater this summer for VR/AR/MR makers; the folks behind Paradiso Escape Room (now owned by Escape Entertainment) announced their latest work, The Mastermind; and across the pond, interactive theatre company differencEngine (Hollow Hotel, The People’s Revolt, Heist) announced its closure and liquidation.
Lots of changes in immersive-land, folks. Lots of changes.
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
It’s no secret that we have LARP roots here at No Proscenium, specifically Vampire LARP roots. So when we heard that there’s a “blockbuster” (aka bespoke) Vampire LARP coming to Texas in November — part of the relaunch of Vampire: the Masquerade which is happening all year long — we got very, very intrigued.
Which is how we ended up talking to Matthew Webb of Jackalope Live Action Studios, the company that is putting on this event called The Night In Question.
That’s not all Jackalope is up to, as they’re working on the Cyberpunk license and more, looking to introduce an emerging style of play to brand new audiences.
Break out the fangs, we’re going in.
(And check out The Jackalope Guide To Playing Hard and Safe.)
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Houston, Texas: Dada Gert
Las Vegas: Inter-Active Performance Workshops
Los Angeles: ‘Diving In’ Workshop with The Speakeasy Society
Marblehead, MA: Hawthorne Moon
New Orleans: Jubilee
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NYC: I’m Smiling Because I’m Uncomfortable
Philadelphia: Dancing Dead IPX
Portland, Oregon: Litha: A Summer Solstice Experience!
San Francisco: Neverland
Turners Falls, Massachusetts: Deus Ex Machina
Vancouver: 40 Days and 40 Nights
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REVIEWS
Downtown SLC becomes a unique stage for Hindsight, a new play by Sackerson, 3 Irons - The Utah…Look at any display ad touting a city's downtown district. The images focus less on a venue such as a restaurant, shop…www.theutahreview.comInside the Theater of Complicity“Black or white?”asks a blind character dressed in a blue-and-red uniform. We’re entering a theater in Lower Manhattan…psmag.com
STORIES
The Immersive 5 with Bricolage’s Jeffrey Carpenter and Tami DixonAn interview with two of immersive theatre’s most influential creatorsnoproscenium.comThe Immersive 5 ArchiveAll of our immersive Q&A interviews with creators all in one placenoproscenium.comdifferencengineToday, we are extremely sad to announce the closure of differencEngine and our latest production: The Hollow Hotel. We…differencengine.co.ukTickets On Sale Tomorrow For Secret Cinema's Summer Production Of William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND…Tomorrow, tickets will go on sale for Secret Cinema Presents William Shakespeare's Romeo + Julietits latest immersive…www.broadwayworld.comEscape Entertainment And The Team Behind 'Paradiso' Launch Groundbreaking And Dynamic Immersive…Escape Entertainment and the team behind the critically acclaimed immersive experience, Paradiso, New York City's…www.broadwayworld.comOBJECTS IN MIRROR AR CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR Comes To Next Door At NYTWFresh off a premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, objects in mirror AR closer than they appear, the new…www.broadwayworld.comIf You See People in Headphones on the Santa Monica Pier, They May Be Watching You - Los Angeles…An Among Us participant Annie Gimas Artist Marike Splint's interactive project Among Us is making people rethink…www.lamag.comWhat Artists Can Teach Us About Making Technology More HumanLate on the afternoon in April, Lisa Park stood in the middle of a cavernous room at Mana Contemporary, a…www.wired.com
THE BIZ
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