London. LA. NYC. THREE REVIEWS — After weeks and weeks of big Rundowns we come to a calm oasis, but one that packs an impact as all three of this week’s pieces have impressed the crew. Let’s get into this tryptch from London, LA, and NYC. Looking for more to see and do? Last week’s edition…

The crew rings in the season with a deep dive into their holiday lists — This week on the show: we tip toe through the our Holiday 2023 Gift Guide with esteemed members of the NoPro staff — Katrina Lat, Nicholas Fortugno, Laura Hess, and Patrick McLean — bringing a wide variety of options from the pretty affordable to the WAIT HOW MUCH? SHOW NOTES NoPro’s…

Because in this day & age, everyone deserves a present — Lo, it is that time AGAIN. The time when we put aside our own voracious appetites (after sating them with pie) and turn instead to sating the voracious appetites of our loved ones and friends. The Holidays. When we make lists of things we want and pass them off as…

Plus: thoughts on the closure of ‘Sleep No More’ — This week — NoPro arts editor Laura Hess hops into the host chair for a conversation with New England curator Leah Davis and London curator Shelley Snyder. The topic at hand? A look at Installation art and how different environments impact audience engagement. For this time out the Crew…

Featuring U2: the Sphere (Vegas), Castle in the Sky (LA), London’s CoLab, and a special Sleep No More event in NYC (EIGHT REVIEWS) — When we look back at 2023 in Immersiveville, we’ll remember it as THE YEAR OF THE CHURN. Yes, the news this morning is that after great Off Broadway and London runs HERE LIES LOVE is closing on Broadway, judged to be an expensive flop. Meanwhile, in Vegas, just what rock…

Featuring: The Speakeasy Society, John McCormick, and Scarlett Kim — This episode was recorded LIVE at The Roguelike Tavern in Burbank. Joining us were Matt Bamberg-Johnson and Chris Porter of LA’s The Speakeasy Society who came to share word about Winter Fest OC, coming up later this month in Costa Mesa and featuring all new immersive work from the…

Halloween fun in NYC plus experimental work in Toronto (FIVE REVIEWS) — It’s an ultra-rare Rundown hitting on actual Halloween, so what better time to clear out the inventory of our 2023 Spooky Season adventures? This time out we’ve got three from the NYC team and two from Kat in Toronto, including a piece that will be popping up in Vancouver this…

Our look at the State of the Scare in LA — This week on the show we’re taking a look at SPOOKY SEASON here in Los Angeles with members of the LA Review Crew — Kevin Gossett, our LA Reviews editor, No Pro Arts Editor and Squirrel Mode practitioner Laura Hess, and after years of being our roving correspondent Martin…

ELEVEN REVIEWS. NYC, LA, Vancouver, Toronto, SF, New Jersey, and more. Haunts. Puzzletales. Opera. LARP. That which defies classification. — This one is big, it gets an executive summary: NYC: experimental shows on Gowanus Canal, Linked Dance Theatre’s latest, a new immersive cocktail experience. New Jersey: a horror LARP. SF Bay Area: Two Haunts. SoCal: Opera. Halloween Tea. Toronto: Zombies. Vancouver: AI.