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This week in immersive news: The Independent did a great article around consent in immersive theatre and how that’s taking shape at various theatre companies across the pond; some exciting announcements came out of Augmented World Expo 2018; Charlie Fink did his quarterly round-up of the state of location-based VR; a bunch of shows and workshops came in all over the USA and Canada, including NYC-based Third Rail Projects’ latest; and Hollywood Fringe Festival kicked off with a bang in Los Angeles.
And here at NoPro, we also had a huge piece of news —we’re happy to say that Santa Fe-based arts collective Meow Wolf has stepped up to be the presenting sponsor of No Proscenium! More on that in this week’s podcast and newsletters.
By the way, if you’re in Los Angeles, don’t miss the Hollywood Fringe 2018 Mixer on Thursday, June 7 at 9 PM at Thymele Arts. More details below:
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Negin Singh has been a lot of things: founder of Cartel Arts Collaborative LA, leader of the Inspiration team at AR pioneers DAQRI, and now she’s the Executive Director of the Santa Monica Pier.
She’s bringing her experience as a producer of immersive and interactive events to one of the biggest travel destinations in all of Southern California, and taking our friends at Think Tank along for the ride. This episode is a barn burner: art, augmented reality, and how theatre kids are stealth taking over the world. Okay. That last one is implied. We don’t say it, but it’s soooo there.
Brought to you by the generous support of Meow Wolf(!!!!) and our amazing Patreon backers.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Chicago: Not One Batu; Immersive Intensive Workshop & Community Mixer
Denver: Trouble in Tahiti
Marietta, Georgia: Murder! at the Strand
NYC: Behind the City; The World Turned Upside Down; Dialogue; Bed Show; INDIGENOUS; The Bunker; Nocturnes Crowdfunding Launch Party; Interactive Performance Workshops
Providence: WONDER
SF: A Night at the Palace; Standing Still
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Vancouver: Asking Alice
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Immersive theatre may be sexy - but we need to start talking about consent"Truth or dare?" This is the challenge put to a few audience members in a game of "spin the bottle" at an immersive…www.independent.co.ukVR Wave Breaking Outside The HomeAt four recent VR conferences and events there was a palpable sense that despite new home VR devices getting the…www.forbes.comA brief history of immersive theaterWils Wilson, director of "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart," describes the benefit of immersive theater as a…www.postandcourier.comFull Body Immersive: The Future of FunSXSW 2018 Schedule | Join pioneers in immersive entertainment from Two Bit Circus, Meow Wolf and Boda Borg to learn how…schedule.sxsw.comRogue Initiative Partners with Emblematic Group on new VR ContentCross-medium digital entertainment studio The Rogue Initiative ( Crowe: The Drowned Armory) and virtual reality (VR)…www.vrfocus.comInteractive Show FOR KING AND COUNTRY Extended Until 29 JulyDue to popular demand For King and Country has been extended until Sunday 29th July 2018. The show offers audiences a…www.broadwayworld.coCast and crew 'owed thousands' as immersive theatre company DifferencEngine goes bust | News | The…Immersive theatre company DifferencEngine has gone into liquidation, owing tens of thousands of pounds to cast and…www.thestage.co.ukDungeons and Dragons Explores the Forgotten Realms of ARGsBetween June 1st - 3rd, Dungeons & Dragons is introducing a new adventure storyline to the franchise through the Stream…www.argn.comCurious Voyage will take local theatre fans to EnglandIt's probably the most ambitious project Barrie-based Talk is Free Theatre (TiFT) has ever tackled. But TiFT Artistic…www.barrietoday.comLocation-based virtual reality is increasing its footprint in the U.S.Earlier this year, in a small, grey-walled storefront inside a very large mall in Torrance, Calif. (just past the AMC…techcrunch.comHolograms, campfire horror stories, and OK Go: the best VR and AR from the Tribeca Film FestivalVirtual reality hasn't changed the world the way its creators hoped - at least, not yet. But it's gotten a lot of…www.theverge.comMAKE IT IN LA | Brent Bushnell & Eric Gradman: Two Bit CircusTwo clowns reimagine entertainment through micro-amusement parks. They use technology, a bit of showmanship, and a…makeitinla.org
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