The No Proscenium Podcast

This week Review Crew host Kevin Gossett is joined by NoPro publisher Noah Nelson to chat about two shows they've caught so far in this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival.

First up is Last Call Theatre's Signals, which takes the online-MMO format and adapts it into a theatrical setting that uses the internet's own crowdsourced SCP Foundation as inspiration.

Then it's The Queen's Fools production of Not Another Midsummer, a fantastic riff on the Shakespearean classic that mixes immersive elements in a gloriously chaotic pre-show with a rock solid show with a show that has a show. (That itself has a show within a show.) [12:43]

Show Notes

NoPro Office Hours in the NoPro Discord -- Monday June 13 @ 4PM Pacific

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We kick off our Tribeca Immersive coverage this week with Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) the director of This Is Not A Ceremony, a stunning piece of 360 cinema that calls on the viewer to bear witness to personal details of the injustices visited upon Indigenous men in Canada. It is a film that understands the power of its medium, and through the heaviness of its subject matter also demonstrates the strength of First Nations individuals and communities. The film plays both in-person and as part of the online portion of Tribeca Immersive (online tickets are just $5).

SHOW NOTES

Tribeca Immersive Panel: Extended Reality As A Modern Identity Toolkit

Nick Tierce's The BSO That Almost Was Twitter Thread

Particle Ink: Speed of Dark

Noah's Office Hours: June 13th at 4PM PDT

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Blake, Patrick, and Kevin dive into the last two Book Club selections: L.E. Hall's Planning Your Escape, which serves as both a history of play that led up to the creation of escape rooms and as a guide on how to approach escape games (with a good dose of immersive theatre history to boot); and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, a fantastical novel set in the midst of a duel between two magicians at an otherworldly circus that just so happens to be inspired in part by the original production of Punchdrunk's Sleep No More.

Hosted by Kevin Gossett, with Blake Weil & Patrick McLean

Show Notes

Failbetter's promotional story game for The Night Circus

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Artist Adam Schwerner joins us to discuss Your (Un)natural Garden, currently delighting visitors to LA's Descanso Gardens. We talk about the interactive installations, botanical gardens as a canvas for art, and what he's learned about large-scale art as part of the executive team of the most iconic venue in themed entertainment.

Plus: The Pick of the Week

Headlines

Apple Mixed Reality Device Details Begin To Emerge (Daring Fireball highlights The Information)

Report: Apple Board Gets Mixed Reality Demo (Bloomberg)

Two Bit Circus Announces Merger, New Venture (Blooloop)

Hunt-A-Killer's New, More Mainstream Offerings (Press Release)

Associate Producer: Parker Sela

Music: Chris Porter 

Headlines: Kathryn Yu, Executive Editor of No Proscenium

Producer and Host: Noah Nelson  

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It's a whole hour focusing on the Meta Quest, from the recent showcase to what's worth playing right now. Kevin Gossett plays host as Kathryn Yu and Patrick McLean blast through:

Meta Quest Gaming Showcase

• Moss: Book II by Polyarc
• Ghostbusters VR by nDreams + Sony Pictures Virtual Reality
• Among Us VR - Innersloth, Schell Games, and Robot Teddy
• Red Matter 2 by Vertical Robot

A quick detour to talk about another upcoming game: The Last Clockwinder

Then it's on to what they've been playing:

• Area Man Lives by Numinous Games (also on Viveport & Steam)
• Lost Recipes by Schell Games (Quest exclusive)
• Unbinary by Ludact (also on Viveport & Steam)

Want more Quest Games to check out? Explore NoPro's MUST PLAY Guide to the Quest.

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Artist Glenn Kaino joins us to talk about his latest installation, 'A Forest For The Trees,' a stunning work in Los Angeles presented by The Atlantic and Superblue. This one's a can't-miss experience. [7:15]

We also talk with Erin Brindley and Terry Podgorski, co-executive artistic directors of Seattle's best kept secret Cafe Nordo, which returns to live work with 'Down The Rabbit Hole.' [30:20]

Plus: the Pick of the Week [27:20] and Headlines.

SHOW NOTES

• A Forest For The Trees
• Cafe Nordo
• The Los Angeles Immersive Invitational
• Meow Wolf in Texas
• Galactic Starcruiser Booked Out
• Facebook Shows Off Mixed Reality
• Everything Immersive: Trailheads
• Everything Immersive: Immersive Getaways

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NoPro London Curator Shelley Snyder is joined in person by New England Correspondent Leah Davis to trade notes on their experiences at Punchdrunk's latest production The Burnt City. Watch out for spoilers, as Shelley and Leah go through their multiple runs of the show and share some of the secrets they've uncovered in this highly anticipated, hugely ambitious work from the creators of Sleep No More.

For a spoiler-free review, check out Shelley's write-up at the site.

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Cesar Hawas, executive producer of Particle Ink: Speed of Dark, an incredible new show that seamlessly blends projection-mapped characters with live performers to create an immersive work like no other. It's playing now in Las Vegas and you really should go!

Plus: Landon Zakheim of the Overlook Film Festival drops in to talk about this year's immersive offerings at the New Orleans celebration of all things horror this June.

Show Notes

Particle Ink: Speed of Dark

Overlook Film Festival

The Los Angeles Immersive Invitational

The Denver Immersive Gathering

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This week, Graham Wetterhahn of After Hours Theatre Company joins host Noah Nelson to talk about the upcoming Los Angeles Immersive Invitational, a 48-hour pop-up festival that challenges immersive creators from across LA to make new work out of thin air and share it with the public just two nights later. After a successful 2019 event, this year's edition will be held at the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. Listen to learn which companies and artists are joining the weekend's festivities.

Audience tickets for the Invitational go on sale this coming Monday.

Headlines

• VR Researchers Simulate Kissing (Gizmodo)
• Japanese Immersive Art Collective Sues California Company for Copyright Infringement (ARTNews)
• Tribeca Immersive Lineup

Show Notes

WOW Festival Diary

Review Crew Podcast: WOW Festival

Review Rundown

Call Sheet

Games For Change Festival Registration Opens

Associate Producer: Parker Sela

Music: Chris Porter 

Producer and Host: Noah Nelson  

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This week Kevin Gossett hosts as Laura Hess and Noah Nelson report back from the 2022 Without Walls Festival in San Diego. The now annual festival, produced by La Jolla Playhouse, returned to Arts District Liberty Station with a collection of plays, performances, and public art pieces. The Crew tackles just a slice of this jam-packed event.

• Monuments [6:51]
• TransMythical [11:42]
• Ants [14:06]
• Somnium [17:35]
• Black Séance [28:06]
• A Thousand Ways Part Three [44:07]
• 40 Watts From Nowhere [58:36]

Show Notes

• WOW 2022 Festival Diary
• Book Club: The Night Circus (May 17th @5pm PDT)

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