Tag: immersive

Transient Spaces: <em>The Hotel</em> at 47/49 Tanner Street

Transient Spaces: The Hotel at 47/49 Tanner Street

Since Punchdrunk debuted their iconic Sleep No More in 2003, the immersive hotel experience has become a subgenre of its own. Ana Malinovic looks at the latest example by emerging ...

by ana-malinovic • 18th October 201418th October 2014

New York Theatre Dispatch: <em>Play/Date</em> at Fat Baby, Lower East Side

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New York Theatre Dispatch: Play/Date at Fat Baby, Lower East Side

Play/Date, a collection of 25 short plays performed across the three levels of a bar and nightclub, could so easily have been a mess. Instead, says Tara Isabella Burton, it’s ...

by TaraIsabellaBurton • 21st August 201421st August 2014

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Manderley, Revisited: A Personal History of Punchdrunk

On seeing their uncategorisable Sleep No More for the eleventh time, Tara Isabella Burton reflects on what Punchdrunk, the pioneering immersive theatre company, means to her.

by TaraIsabellaBurton • 25th May 201425th May 2014

<em>Litro</em> in New York: <em>And Then There Were None</em> by Roll the Bones Theatre Company

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Litro in New York: And Then There Were None by Roll the Bones Theatre Company

Half the wonder of And Then There Were None, an immersive adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel, is getting to its top-secret location. But, finds Tara Isabella Burton, it’s worth the ...

by TaraIsabellaBurton • 23rd March 201424th April 2014

Secret Cinema Presents: <em>The Grand Budapest Hotel</em>

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Secret Cinema Presents: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ahead of Secret Cinema’s immersive Grand Budapest Hotel experience, Tara Isabella Burton was asked, among other things, to don 1930s attire, learn the waltz and bring a “gift”. Was the ...

by TaraIsabellaBurton • 10th March 201410th March 2014

Immersive Dystopia: <em>Forget Me Not</em> at the Etcetera Theatre

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Immersive Dystopia: Forget Me Not at the Etcetera Theatre

Forget Me Not, an immersive show at Etcetera Theatre, imagines a dystopian world in which all art and creativity is banned. Ana Malinovic is impressed…

by ana-malinovic • 16th January 201417th January 2014