Performance created by the group Third Rail Projects, and commissioned by Denver Center for the Performing Arts, first premiered on the 17th of May in 2016. Its creators described it as "immersive theatre" and it was critically acclaimed.
The performance describes the life of the people who worked at The Great Grimsby Docks in the UK. It talks about the dangers of people who went missing or got lost at sea and the hardships and suffering of these working people in the 1930's.
This globe-trotting tour-de-force has been smashing records, and collecting accolades since its humble beginnings in 1997. The original Faulty Towers Dining Experience, it has been labelled one of Australia’s greatest theatre exports, captivating audiences for 28 years running, touring globally in 43 countries, and welcoming well over 1 million guests through its doors.
Set in Leningrad in 1942, the story mixes Russian folktale and survivor accounts from the war to convey the story of children who are forgotten by the war. To the backdrop of an old apartment block the story sees four orphans (Leah, Zoya, Tati and Kub) join forces in attempt to survive the Leningrad blockade. Navigating the cruel winter, harsh hunger and enemy shelling the group have a collective dream of escaping through the only road out of the city, the ice road.
Uses performance, music, film, creative technology, animation and aroma to tell the story.
The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable was an immersive theatre performance created by Punchdrunk and co-produced by National Theatre, staged in London, where it ran from June 2013 into 2014. The show was a major success, playing more than 340 performances. It allowed audiences to step into the world of Temple Studios, a four-floor building and crumbling monument to the golden age of film that seduced dreamers with the promise of wealth and fame.
Fotofinish tells the story of a man who photographs himself to combat loneliness. Played by Antonio Rezza, the man opens a studio and immortalises himself, playing the roles of customer and professional photographer. By multiplying his image, he begins to believe that he is a politician addressing a crowd. Between rallies, he announces that he is building travelling hospitals to go directly to the homes of the sick. In these hospitals, he appears as the head physician, a patient, or a cowled nun who substitutes medicine with the instruments of faith.
The Bridge transforms for one of the greatest musicals of all time. It has more hit songs, more laughs and more romance than any show ever written. The seating is wrapped around the action while the immersive tickets transport you to the streets of Manhattan and the bars of Havana in the unlikeliest of love stories.
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.
