Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 draws from Leo Tolstoy’s Russian masterpiece War and Peace. The show follows Natasha, who develops a relationship with rebel, Anatole, while her betrothed Andrey is off fighting. Andrey's best friend Pierre remains on high alert as the new romance takes shape. The show takes place in Moscow, 1812.
The production updates hamlet for a modern audience focusing on incorporating educational material surrounding the leaving certificate exam questions. This particular interpretation of the text focuses on the portrayals of mental health in the context of both history as of Shakespearean times and in the modern era. Back in Shakespeare’s day, many mental health problems were simply labeled as ‘Madness’, a key theme in Hamlet.
This production of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' was done in an escape room style to encourage audience members to get a feel for the world the characters are living in.
Is it a performance, a theatrical production or a real truth commission? The terms don't matter. Come and see for yourself.
The artworks featured in the performance – together with the pieces brought from the Hungarian National Gallery for this occasion – span nearly 4000 years: visitors will explore almost every collection unit of the museum during their journey.
Directed by Louise Lowe, The Dead by James Joyce is reimagined in an immersive way for all audiences.
An Oak Tree is a two-hander, with the Hypnotist being played by Tim Crouch. The Father, however, is played by a different guest actor at each performance. They walk on stage having neither seen nor read a word of the play they’re in… until they’re in it. This is a breath-taking projection of a performance, given from one actor to another, from a hypnotist to their subject, from an audience to a person. an oak tree is a bold and absurdly comic new play about loss, suggestion and the power of the mind.
Free UR Head is an accessible dance experience that uses VR to create instant group choreographies through the participation of its audience.
Taiwanese theatre and film director Chou Tung-Yen earned his stripes for his cross-border approach, his inventive use of new media, and the unexpected angles he takes on his subjects. This time he wants to take a step back from what happens inside the VR goggle, and wonders about the real physical repercussions outside of it. The result is Free UR Head, a tool for instant VR-conducted group choreographies.
Symbiosis is a performative, multiuser, and multisensory VR installation in which the human body will be redesigned. It allows every participant to embody a post-human or even nonhuman reality: a completely symbiotic human-animal or human-technologic relationship. Dutch experience design collective POLYMORF investigates in a speculative way how a more symbiotic exchange of genetic, cultural, and technological traits between people and other present or future living entities can increase or change the agency of all.
Are our memories as fictional and absurd as the cartoons we watched before school?
Told across platforms exploring the complexities of youth, school, and nostalgia. Memories come rushing back in this experience that invites you to become an active participant.
School Safety Patrol Officer Maximus C. Filmore leads us on a scavenger hunt, unlocking and uncovering forgotten memories as you re-visit a past that may never have existed. What is the real story? You can investigate at the exhibition and come together to decide at the live gig.
