Immersive Theatre Archives - The Theatre Times

A Performance of Pediophobia: “Nightmare Dollhouse” Brings Uncanny Horror to NYC

Posted by Andrew Agress | 27th Sep 2023 | Immersive Theatre, Interview, New York, United States of America

A long-running immersive horror production returns to New York with ‘Nightmare Dollhouse,’ exploring a surprisingly popular fear.

VR and Theater Finally Make a Climate Baby: “From Sea To Rising Sea” Interview with Creator-Director-Choreographer Mary John Frank

Posted by Fareeda Pyracha Ahmed | 22nd Sep 2022 | Immersive Theatre, Interview, New York, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Technology and the theater are closer together than ever, and our hope for the planet may depend...

Sacrament of the Sea: Houseworld’s “Bottom of the Ocean”

Posted by Andrew Agress | 9th Aug 2022 | Directing, Immersive Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Whispering the word BOTO into the speakeasy-style window of a door, I felt a sense of trepidation,...

“The Burnt City,” One Cartridge Place

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 24th May 2022 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

Punchdrunk theatre, the eponymous progenitors of “immersive theatre,” have been wowing...

“Abril imaginario”: One Step Beyond Immersive and Collaborative Theater

Posted by Antonio Hernández Nieto | 22nd May 2022 | Immersive Theatre, Participatory Theatre, Review, Spain

It is the second time that Los números imaginarios (The imaginary numbers), a Spanish company of...

Honesty and Experience: Interview with Deirdre V. Lyons, Actress, VR-Actress and Producer

Posted by Ágnes Bakk | 30th Apr 2022 | Immersive Theatre, Interview, Transmedia, United States of America

Deirdre V. Lyons is currently living in Los Angeles and has been in over 75 Film and Theatrical...

The First Cabaret Theater in the Slavic World: An Interview with Lafayette

Posted by Nemanja Stanojevic | 27th Apr 2022 | Design, Immersive Theatre, Interview, Producing, Serbia

Belgrade and Serbia have a three-century-long history of theatre. Along with the development of...

Oracle of Pop Art Affirmed in “Chasing Andy Warhol”

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 17th Apr 2022 | Immersive Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Art, United States of America

Utilizing downtown Manhattan’s East Village and NoHo as a set, Bated Breath Theatre Company’s...

“The Blue Piano/The Blue Guitar”: Review

Posted by Beverley Brommert | 23rd Nov 2021 | Covid-19, Immersive Theatre, Review, South Africa

THE BLUE PIANO/THE BLUE GUITAR. Director: Fred Abrahamse. Cast: Matthew Baldwin, Zoë McLaughlin...

“Chalk Lines” by Chalk Repertory Theatre – An Immersive, Virtual, Audio Play Tour

Posted by Christine Deitner | 27th Aug 2021 | Immersive Theatre, Los Angeles, Review, Transmedia, United States of America

Since January 2009, Chalk Repertory Theatre has been crafting site-specific theatre in Los...

“Chilahaeboalae” Showcases the Richness of African Folklore

Posted by The African Theatre Magazine | 20th Aug 2021 | Immersive Theatre, Review, South Africa

Described as a “musical satire” and with its tongue-in-cheek title, which evokes a...

Immersion and Spectator Self-Reckoning: “Boxing Shadows” at the Avignon Theatre Festival

Posted by Lara Cox | 30th Jul 2021 | Australia, Avignon 2021, France, Immersive Theatre, Review

One of the highlights of this year’s Avignon Festival was Boxing Shadows, written especially by...

Galup Theatrical Walking Tour Recalls the Dancing and Violence of the Colonial Encounter

Posted by Jonathan W. Marshall | 24th Mar 2021 | Australia, Immersive Theatre, Review, Theatre and Decolonization

Review: Galup, by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger, Perth Festival with Same Drum and...

“Manimals” and the Exploration of Digital Liveness

Posted by Aida Rocci | 19th Mar 2021 | Immersive Theatre, Participatory Theatre, Transmedia, United Kingdom

Manimals, created by Michelle Hudson and her team, shines as a piece that accomplishes the difficult taste of engaging audiences across the computer screen.

Portrait: Tamanoir Immersive Studio, Between Performance And VR

Posted by French Culture | 18th Mar 2021 | France, Immersive Theatre, News

Tamanoir is a French Immersive Studio dedicated to creating international experiences, lying at...

A.Y.L.A.N at the Oda Theater

Posted by Natasha Tripney | 4th Dec 2020 | Acting, Immersive Theatre, Kosovo, Review

The audience sits on the stage looking out at a sea of empty seats. From this perspective, they...

Fariña: Cocaine Coast Docks in Madrid

Posted by Duncan Wheeler | 1st Oct 2020 | Covid-19, Immersive Theatre, Review, Spain, Theatre and Politics, Transmedia

Madrid is the European capital worst hit by COVID-19. There nevertheless remains more theatrical...

Self-Organizing Systems, Stickiness and Mental Resistance… An Interview with Mette Ingvartsen on Moving in Concert (2019)

Posted by Bojana Cvejić | 24th Sep 2020 | Belgium, Denmark, Immersive Theatre, Interview, Theatre and Politics

SEEDS Bojana Cvejić: In your solo 21 Pornographies, the last scene, in which you are relentlessly...

Zoom Theatre But Make It Immersive: Strange Bird’s “The Strange Secret of Mr. Adrian Rook”

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 4th Sep 2020 | Covid-19, Immersive Theatre, Participatory Theatre, Transmedia, United States of America

Strange Bird Immersive premieres its all-new immersive, virtual theatrical experience “The Strange Secret of Mr. Adrian Rook,” playing through October 10, 2020 on Zoom.