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It’s been a week, folks. It’s been a week.
San Diego Comic Con has wrapped up and right on its heels comes Midsummer Scream and the 2018 Nashville Escape Room Conference. Our friends over at The Experiences did a surprise ticket drop late Friday afternoon for their newest production, Theatre Macabre, while other Spooky Season rumblings have started coming in from Annie Lesser, Just Fix it Productions, Shine On Collective, and more. And the folks at Two Bit Circus let the LA Times in on some of what they’re building at their micro-amusement park. We’re also tracking developments in XR from across the country, from Buffalo to Seattle, as well as what’s happening at Venice VR in a month or so. Lamplighters is tearing it up in the UK as Somnai comes to a close, and Alice’s Adventures Underground finds a new home in Shanghai. And Warner Bros Abu Dhabi just launched a new theme park in the UAE. What?
And here at NoPro, Melanie wrote up our first review in Paris, Leah reviewed a site-evocative show in NYC, and Noah sat down with the founder of a new platform for immersive creators on the podcast. More on all that below!
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
We sit down with the founder of Presence, which aims to be a kind of Patreon for experiential artists, Damian Madray to talk about his own life as an experience designer and why he decided to built a platform for other makers.
Damian is also the co-host of the upcoming EXP*DSN, aka Experiential By Design, a live web show that features conversations between pioneers in experience design. The show kicks off on August 2nd, and will feature director Lynsey Peisinger who produces participatory work with The Abramovic Method. It will also have some weirdo named No Ha Nel son.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Chicago: wndr museum
DC: Legendary: Sweet Slice of Liberty
LA: Captivated: Act Two: Victoria; Sea-Saw at The Santa Monica Pier
Philadelphia: FIGMAGO / FIGMAGO Alive! ft. Brian Sanders’ JUNK
Seattle: Summer of VR
SF: Candytopia
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REVIEWS
Both our own, and from around the web!
Living A ‘Live Thriller’ In Paris (REVIEW)Solving the case of the mysterious Mannequin Mannoproscenium.comStuck In-Between With ‘The Limbo Lounge’ (Review)The ups and downs of the site-evocative “immersive play-sical”noproscenium.comI Survived The Room - The Order [Review] - Room Escape ArtistGo to the Mask-for-aid. Location: Long Island City (Queens), New York Date Played: June 28, 2018 Team size: 2-8; we…roomescapeartist.com
STORIES
Voices of VR PodcastThe YouTube VR application just released some social viewing features as well as finally released a version for Gear…voicesofvr.comTwo Bit Circus will bring an indoor game-focused theme park to downtown Los AngelesConsider Two Bit Circus a modern-day arcade, one based more on social interaction. Or maybe call it a live action video…www.latimes.comThe Justice League now has its OWN theme parkDo you love Disneyland, but wish it was darker and came with more brooding rich orphans who love eye make-up and…www.digitalspy.com"This may be the first show of its kind"25 July 2018 Suzanne Frost Dean Rodgers, founder of Rogue productions, and actor Neil Connolly have been pioneers of…www.londoncalling.comPhoto Flash: Strawdog Theatre Presents the Premiere of Immersive MASQUE MACABREJust in time for Halloween, Strawdog Theatre Company launches its 31st season with the world premiere of MASQUE…www.broadwayworld.comVirtual necessity: can VR revitalise Japan's ailing arcades?One day, on my way past the outskirts of Kabukichō - Tokyo's red-light district, infamously depicted in the Yakuza…www.theguardian.comWhen You're the Star...Given the most innovative thing about immersives, " Rule #2: The audience is active, " it's tempting as an immersive…www.immersology.comHigh expectations for Venice VR 2018 - Submarine ChannelScroll down for the complete line up of all 30 VR pieces in competition at the Venice Biennale Cinema VR 2018. Bookmark…submarinechannel.comHow SXSW, Comic-Con Fueled the Rise of Activation CultureAfter rising in popularity over the last few years, the interactive experience trend reached its apex at SXSW in March…www.hollywoodreporter.comJack Torrance Leads Players Through a Dance MacabreIn a recent interview with the immersive entertainment podcast No Proscenium, Sean Stewart (one of the co-creators of…www.argn.comCity planners endorse "Fallen Saint" immersive theatre venue in Lower Garden DistrictAs the first hearing before city officials approaches for a warehouse on Magazine Street slated to be converted into…uptownmessenger.comHoward Sherman: Augmented reality offers exciting new possibilities for theatre | Opinion | The…A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald declared that the director of Opera Australia "is staking much of the…www.thestage.co.uk
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