Immersive Theatre

By Andrew Geha “Is anyone feeling brave?” the elevator attendant asked. One of our sophomores tentatively raised his hand. She grabbed him, pushed him off the elevator, and closed the doors. We were two minutes into our first immersive theatre experience and had already lost a student. It was 2007…

I’ve been thinking a bit about how we (at Crooked House) might structure another larp, based on some bits and pieces we’ve been thinking about and discussing for a while. And this is what I’ve come to so far as a platform that might work for a variety of concepts…

This piece was first published on Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane on 26/05/2023. As is often the case with Anywhere Festival, my journey started in an alleyway. I was there to see Vena Cava Productions’ I’m not entirely here. Not sure what to expect, the audience was introduced to a…

[Original publication: No Proscenium, 5/9/23] It could have been a lunch hour. We were sitting in a park on the San Diego Bay. Spandexed runners blew by. The show was only an hour long, but there was no lunch. Instead, we had an existential investigation of fairness. Fair Trade is…

The solo creator of ‘We Should Meet in Air’ and ‘One Bad Day’ on what makes immersive click for her — Poet and performer Steph Kamei has carved out a unique niche in the immersive scene these past few years. Starting with We Should Meet In Air, a deeply personal piece where Kamei embodied her idol, the poet Sylvia Plath in a one-on-one phone call at a pivotal moment in both…

Talking ‘CLAWS’ and ‘Lennox Mutual’ This week on the show Evan Neiden, the founder of Candle House Collective — the makers of telephone-based experiences like the award-winning CLAWS and the serialized Lennox Mutual joins us. Evan and host Noah Nelson go one-on-one in this episode, but keep your ears…

Immersive dance theatre in a nightclub in SF, experiments in San Diego, an S-tier mystery box at home. (THREE REVIEWS) — This week’s Rundown is SMALL but MIGHTY, with looks at work from some of our favorite creators, and a capsule review of one of our most anticipated shows of the year: We Build Houses Here. What more can we say? Let’s get into it. Looking for more? Maybe in SF…

PostCurious’ remastered debut game is a stunning, intense puzzle experience — Threads of Fate is the revised edition of PostCurious’ 2018 at-home box experience, The Tale of Ord, with key components and puzzles having been adjusted. Threads is designed for one-to-four players, with the box itself divided into four large envelopes. This naturally segments gameplay, allowing players to finish the experience…

Laura joins Noah to trade notes — NoPro Arts Editor Laura Hess joins host Noah Nelson to trade notes on their experiences at the 2023 Without Walls Festival, a production of La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. That includes stops at A Shared Space, Brassroots District, Fair Trade, Cleaning The Stables, and La Lucha. Show Notes Without Walls 2023 A Shared Space Fair Trade Brassroots District Cleaning The Stables