Vancouver: Deep Into Darkness

by NoPro Newswire
NoPro Newswire
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July 24, 2019
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2 min read

When: August 13–25
Where: The Cultch, 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver, BC V5L 2H6
Price: $65–85; 18+

Tags: #immersivetheatre, #openworld, #poe, #sandbox, #horror, #interactive, #ContactAdvisory, #ContentAdvisory, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)

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In a break from traditional theatre shows, audiences are invited to roam and follow characters through different worlds as all 3 floors, 20 rooms, and 30,000 square feet of The Cultch will be transformed into a 19th-century Victorian world inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. As he is stuck in a fever dream for his very survival, Deep Into Darkness follows the author’s descent into his own tortured mind in a desperate search for his love, Lenore.

Each room of the theatre induces a darker dream from his past, while each experience — disguised as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — shows the raw emotions and thoughts from his classic writings like “The Raven and “A Tell-tale Heart”. Through it all, he must come to terms with his own life. For audience members who are willing to follow their impulses and chase their own curiosity, the experience will find them fully immersed within a Victorian dream world and eager to return.

The ambitious effort to bring large-scale immersive theatre to Vancouver — in the vein of New York’s Sleep No More — is led by local creative duo Laura Carly Miller and Sydney Doberstein, who co-wrote, co-produced, and co-directed the show.

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