Hold on, hold on
No Proscenium & Everything Immersive This Week is brought to you by:
This week in immersive news: So, so much.
Across the pond, Time Run has announced they’ll create a 17,000 square foot escape room experience based upon the BBC’s Sherlock (in collaboration with co-creators Steven Moffatt and Mark Gatiss and executive producer Sue Vertue) and they have plans for a global rollout. One of the actors in the now-closed The Hollow Hotel by differencEngine in London wrote in The Stage about the risks inherent in making immersive theatre.
Here in the USA, The VOID VR announced a huge expansion to 9 new locations across the country. Leap Motion announced that their Project North Star AR headset will be open source, while Magic Leap revealed… not all that much during a video livestream of their headset. The award-winning agency Campire (Westworld: The Experience, San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con) has announced that they’re joining The Mill. And our wonderful sponsors at Meow Wolf won a Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in New Mexico. Oh, and some news from LEIA is in the mix as well.
Plus, our friends at Strange Bird Immersive in Houston announced that The Man From Beyond will be closing its doors on July 15… but not for good. They’re moving into a bigger, permanent location this fall and working on a second immersive theatre-escape room hybrid. What?!
That’s not all: we’re got a ton of new stuff up on NoPro this week including interviews with the creators of two new shows in LA (I Pledge Allegiance, The Sideshow). Hollywood Fringe is in full swing in LA, and we’re updating the site with reviews, both capsule-sized and regular-strength as they roll in. See all of our Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018 coverage here.
We’re ever so busy on our Twitter, Facebook, Slack, and Instagram, while also devouring each new episode of Westworld and trying to reach our next goal on Patreon. Won’t you join us?
The immersive rocket ship has blasted off. Don’t forget to buckle up, kids. We’re in for a wild, wild ride.
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
There’s something magical going on in Downtown Los Angeles. Something simple, and oh-so-needed in this day and age.
It’s called The Silent Play Experiment, and it is exactly what it says on the tin. Host Noah Nelson sits down with its co-creator Olivia Hamilton to talk about the experience, the company that gave birth to it, and the road to embracing play.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Boston: The Way We Live Now
Chicago: 29Rooms, Happy Place
Great Barrington, Massachusetts: The Elgar Variations Tour
Katonah, New York: Mozart’s The Secret Gardener
London: £¥€$ (Lies); Sherlock: The Game Is Now
Los Angeles: I Pledge Allegiance
Philadelphia: Pre-Phyre: Say Goodnight; Aisle
San Diego: Dinner Party VR
See our Now Playing section for even more.
Get No Proscenium’s stories in your inbox
Join Medium for free to get updates from this writer.
SubscribeSubscribe
No Proscenium depends upon the support of folks just like you. Join us as a backer on Patreon. Even $1 a month helps!
HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL 2018 COVERAGE
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018: ‘Snow Fridge’ (Review)Roll the dice, and take a gamble on pure imaginationnoproscenium.comHollywood Fringe Festival 2018: ‘The Study’ (Review)Ever shout at the screen at a slasher film? Ever have it listen?noproscenium.comHollywood Fringe 2018: The NoPro DiaryOur up to the minute thoughts on what’s worth seeing at HFF2018noproscenium.comThe Guide To Everything Immersive at the Hollywood Fringe 2018Our breakdown of all things Immersive at the annual Festivalnoproscenium.com
REVIEWS
Both our own, and from around the web!
Building a New World Together with ‘Project Ascension’ (A NoPro Adventure)Cyberpunk LARPing in NYC with Sinking Ship Creationsnoproscenium.comTheater Review: Hindsight by Sackerson - Salt Lake MagazineHindsight, by Sackerson theater company, is unlike anything we've seen on the Utah Theater Scene. The immersive…www.saltlakemagazine.com
STORIES
In the Shadow of the Big Top: ‘The Sideshow’ Kickstarts a Run in LANewly-formed CoAct Productions brings veterans of the sleeper hit ‘Safehouse ‘77’ together for a new shownoproscenium.comAmerican Horrorshow: A Quick Chat with the co-creator of ‘I Pledge Allegiance’The madness of American politics is made manifest in DTLA.noproscenium.comWhither VR/AR?"Despite many pronouncements that 2016 was the year of VR, a more apt word for virtual reality might be absence," The…techcrunch.comMaking immersive theatre is a risky venture in need of fundingImmersive theatre can be a tricky sell because people aren't sure what it is, maintaining large casts on Equity rates…www.thestage.co.ukTime Run Presents Sherlock [Announcement] - Room Escape ArtistThe game is on. Time Run has teamed up with Steven Moffat and Mark "Mycroft Holmes" Gatiss to create an escape room…roomescapeartist.comEpisode 75 - Catching Up From Life - My Haunt LifeIn this episode, we get caught up on the shows we've seen and things we've done over the last couple of months. We both…www.myhauntlife.comThe OASIS In 'Ready Player One' Runs On Speed And StorageDonald DeLine, the producer of Steven Spielberg's dystopian VR adventure, "Ready Player One" is an old colleague from…www.forbes.comChina's Oculus Go Variant Sells Out in Minutes, 50,000+ Await More StockThe Chinese variant of the Oculus Go, sold by Xiaomi as the 'Mi VR Standalone', appears to be seeing strong launch…www.roadtovr.comProject North Star is Now Open Source - Leap Motion BlogAt Leap Motion, we envision a future where the physical and virtual worlds blend together into a single magical…blog.leapmotion.comWhat we just learned about the Magic Leap One's hardwareThe Magic Leap One remains a mysterious product. The mixed-reality AR headset is slated to arrive later this year, but…www.cnet.comVR Is Waiting For Its AOL MomentYou've probably forgotten how hard it was to operate a personal computer in 1994. It's possible you were little or…www.forbes.comThe Void is opening nine new VR centers in Austin, Philadelphia, and other US citiesThe Void, known for elaborate virtual reality productions based on Ghostbusters and Star Wars, is opening nine new…www.theverge.comAT&T invites customers into 'Westworld' at Mag Mile store - Chicago Business JournalAT&T's flagship Chicago store at 600 N. Michigan Ave. is home to a new immersive installation all about "Westworld,"…www.bizjournals.comBe a 'Guest' at the Westworld AT&T Experience - DIRECTV Entertainment NewsBeginning April 21st, select AT&T flagship stores in Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco are hosting (pun intended)…entertainment.directv.comWhat VR and AR Storytellers Can Learn from MagiciansIf you want to entertain audiences and make them believe that what they are experiencing is real, then you need to…uploadvr.com
THE BIZ
London: Secret Cinema or Gingerline (Chambers of Flavours or Juniper Manor) event academic survey:
Czocha Castle, Poland: Call for volunteers at The College of Extraordinary Experience:
NoPro is a labor of love made possible by:
…and our generous Patreon backers: join them today!
In addition to the No Proscenium web site, our podcast, and our newsletters, you can find NoPro on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, in the Facebook community Everything Immersive, and on our Slack forum.
Discussion