Two of Ireland’s leading theatre companies – ANU Productions and Landmark – collaborated for the first time, to present a hugely ambitious co-production that plots a singular path through one of the most secretive, contentious and turbulent times in Irish history.
The Changing Same: An American Pilgrimage is an immersive, episodic virtual reality experience where participants travel through time and space to witness the connected historical experiences of racial injustice in the United States.
Alone we are born,
and alone we come into the world, When we die, alone we pass away.
For no one shares our fate, and none our suffering.
So what are they to me,
such ‘friends’ and all their hindrances?.”
ーThe Larger Sutra on Amitāyus
Artist Lu Yang reincarnated as “Doku” into a digital parallel universe. Without the constraints of time and space, being free from the shackles of physical needs and identity, Doku is born to explore the secret of human mind and the intention of the universe.
Experience the world's first virtual reality community opera.
Ecology, nature and flight from danger fire up this new work developed with communities from Inis Meáin, Tallaght and rural Ireland.
Become Nalva as she and her people flee a land that has been ravaged by their short-sighted actions, followed by Daol, the restless, unleashed spirit.
Evil firebirds attacked the town and ate up all the villagers’ hearts! One scarecrow has waited hundreds of years for someone to save him... Working as a team with other players, you must now break the spell by befriending the scarecrow and returning the hearts to the townspeople.
Since its Sundance debut as a live one-on-one VR immersive theatre with a real actor, Scarecrow has been reimagined post-COVID especially for Raindance with the actor performing as an avatar in social VR platform, VRChat, allowing up to two participants to join in.
Welcome to Respite, the first chapter of The Severance Theory, has been critically acclaimed and featured as an Official Selection at prestigious festivals, with its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, its International Premiere at Venice Film Festival, and its Asian Premiere at Kaohsiung Film Festival.
Finding Pandora X is an immersive theatrical VR experience where the audience plays the role of the Greek Chorus, interacting with live Broadway caliber actors as the play unfolds.
