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Site-Specific, Immersive, and Interactive Theatre at the Napoli Teatro Festival 2019

Posted by Erin B. Mee | 21st Jun 2019 | Festivals, Immersive Theatre, Italy, Napoli Teatro Festival 2019, Participatory Theatre, Review

Most writing on site-specific, immersive, and interactive theatre focuses on productions in...

ArtNowThus Presents “The Mad Tea Party”

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 18th Jun 2019 | Immersive Theatre, India, Review

ArtNowThus, the intriguingly named new theatre group that is the brainchild of Ragini Singh...

PQ 2019: A New Reality

Posted by Abigail Weil | 9th Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, Design, Festivals, Immersive Theatre, News, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Transmedia

The fourteenth installment of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) kicked...

Raamji Aayenge: When Beckett Met Valmiki

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 22nd May 2019 | Acting, Immersive Theatre, India, Review

Playing at the ongoing Damu Kenkre Smriti Mahotsav tonight is a fairly new production directed by...

Video Games As Extensions Of Theater

Posted by Sravasti Datta - The Hindu.com | 6th May 2019 | Immersive Theatre, India, News, Transmedia

In Somewhere, players set out for Kayamgadh, a mythical city of storytellers in colonial India. In...

Duchampian Theater: “Paul Swan is Dead and Gone”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 3rd May 2019 | Immersive Theatre, LGBTQ Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Let Paul Swan seduce you. Why wouldn’t you? He is, after all, the most beautiful man in the world....

“Albumen”: A Living Hotblooded Art Piece

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 10th Apr 2019 | Acting, Canada, Immersive Theatre, Review

The Arts Court Theatre is the perfect intimate space for the experimental performance piece...

Any One Thing’s “Recollection”: Breaking The Threshold Of Immersive Theatre

Posted by Aida Rocci | 31st Mar 2019 | Immersive Theatre, London, Participatory Theatre, Review, United Kingdom

Recollection takes up to six participants in a thrilling journey about the importance of memories and personal data. Going beyond the sensational premise, the budding Any One Thing ambitiously explores the ideas of ‘personalized’ and ‘immersive’ theatre in depth, taking the genre to the boundaries of what is real.

“The Justice Syndicate”: How Do You Make Decisions? Immersive Theatre and Jury Duty

Posted by Aida Rocci | 27th Feb 2019 | Immersive Theatre, London, Participatory Theatre, Review, United Kingdom

An empty room. A large table. 12 iPads, 12 note pads, and 12 name desk holders that designate “Juror” along with a number. That is the simple setting for The Justice Syndicate, a new piece by fanSHEN. This interactive play revolves around a jury deliberation on a high-profile sexual assault case.

Walking Alongside “Bitten: Return To Our Roots”

Posted by Teo Xiao Ting | 5th Feb 2019 | Documentary Theatre, Immersive Theatre, Review, Singapore

Taking a right turn towards Camp Kilo Charcoal Lounge (formerly Sam Tat Building) at Kampong...

Four Wonders Of The Russian Circus

Posted by Russia Beyond | 4th Feb 2019 | Immersive Theatre, News, Russia

Amazing artistic performances, unimaginably difficult tricks, and the highest appraisals from both...

Brian Clowdus: Providing Access Through Outdoor Immersive Storytelling

Posted by Rickey Orr | 26th Jan 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Interview, United States of America

Brian Clowdus was left burned out and unfulfilled as a hustling actor. On a whim on his way back...

The Play That Never Sleeps: “Macbeth” In China

Posted by Hannah Lund | 19th Jan 2019 | Adaptation, China, Immersive Theatre, Review

As we neared the elevator doors, a woman dressed in a beautiful 1930s-era gown directed us to keep...

The Spectator Between Productive Participation And Narcissism In Punchdrunk’s Immersive Theatre

Posted by Marilena Borriello | 17th Jan 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Interview, London, United Kingdom

We all probably agree that the theatre is by nature “immersive” and that–since the...

Welcome To “The Jungle” at St. Ann’s Warehouse

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 15th Jan 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Review, United Kingdom, United States of America

“Immersive theater” is a gimmicky term that can be just an indiscriminate pitch nowadays for any...

She She Pop: Politely But Firmly To The Boundary Of Shame

Posted by Romy König | 9th Dec 2018 | Germany, Immersive Theatre, Review, Theatre and Politics

For a second, the man stares aghast. His son is on stage talking about some very personal things,...

“The Drowning Girls”: A Story Of Misogyny And Murder

Posted by Patrick Langston | 18th Nov 2018 | Canada, Immersive Theatre, Review

There’s not much on the stage. Three bathtubs, a metal dress form and shower head hanging above...

“Sound Of The Beast” Slams Brutality, Inequality, And Racism

Posted by Willow White | 8th Nov 2018 | Canada, Immersive Theatre, LGBTQ Theatre, Review

Willow White reviews Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s one-woman show Sound Of The Beast, produced by...

“Sounds And Sorcery Celebrating Disney Fantasia”: Art Installation Or Theatre?

Posted by Aida Rocci | 29th Sep 2018 | Dramaturgy, Immersive Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Art, United Kingdom

Almost eighty years later the release of Fantasia, Sounds and Sorcery celebrates the iconic movie in an immersive production with ground-breaking technology.