Brrrr! It’s time to escape the cold, I mean, escape the room!
What a week. CES is happening right now, Sundance is coming up, and we’re still coming off of our Immersive Design Summit high. Many many thanks again to our partners at Epic Immersive and Adventure Design Group, as well as our hosts The Speakeasy SF and all of the volunteers who helped make the event happen.
If you weren’t able to attend, you can find some of the highlights from @designimmersive on Twitter. And not to fear, there is much more to come, so stay tuned.
We were able to snag our first NoPro AMA of the year with the talented Derek Spencer of Ceaseless Fun, review an escape room in San Francisco, and throw up a new episode of the podcast with a surprise delivery from our Curator-At-Large Zay, all of which you can find below. (You should also join the NoPro Slack forum if you want to participate in future AMAs!)
And don’t forget you can always turn to our Now Playing section to see what’s available in your area: LA, NYC, the Midwest, and more. Love it, bookmark, it, tell a friend.
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Surprise!
Zay Amsbury returns to talk with Caitlin Cassidy and Geoff Kanick of LubDub Theatre Company about The Doubtful Guest.
Plus: Noah talks about the initial impact of the Immersive Design Summit.
THE BIZ
LEIA Town Hall: The State of the Immersive Union
When: 1/29/18; 8PM
Where
: Thymele Arts, 5481 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029
Price: Free
The League of Experiential & Immersive Artists (LEIA) invites creators, producers, performers, writers, and those interested in the development of immersive and experiential arts to our first public Town Hall meeting on January 29 at 8pm at Thymele Arts (5481 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029).
LEIA will address the immersive “state of the union” in Los Angeles and beyond, announce the committees that have been founded to further the aims of the organization, and provide a forum for discussion of issues of interest to the community. Find out how you can get involved in creating a bright future for the immersive arts.
This is an essential event for immersive creators in LA.
SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES (NEWSWIRE)
Boston: Club Drosselmeyer Post-Mortem (talk)
Detroit, MI: Glitter King
East Lansing, MI: Thus With a Kiss I Die
LA: Agnosia; Pizza Man; Set It Off!; Camp Whitsit; Bloody Gras (Party)
London: FICTION
NYC: Broken Bone Bathtub; A Cavalier for Milady
San Diego: Oslo
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Vancouver: The Eleventh Hour
REVIEWS
Both our own, and from around the web!
Inspiration and A Whole Lot of Perspiration in 'The Edison Room' by Palace Games (A NoPro Escape)What secrets might we find inside Thomas Edison's "recently discovered study"? Upon arriving at the beautiful Palace of…noproscenium.comGuest Blog: The Lust Experience: Anointment - Event Overview and Review by Omar Hanson - Dread…On Sunday, December 17th, I attended The Lust Experience: Anointment, which I first learned about after attending The…www.dreadcentral.comBWW Review: Impeccable Worldbuilding the Highlight of Standing O's Immersive Theatre Experience…There is something utterly inspiring about IMMORTAL, the theatre experience currently playing two shows a night at the…www.broadwayworld.comReassembled, Slightly Askew an immersive, auditory theatrical journey unlike any otherWhat is it like to find yourself admitted to hospital with a serious, potentially fatal illness? As the doctors, nurses…theyyscene.comAn Evening of Immersive Theater with the Dead and Dying - The MillionsMy experience of The Dead, 1904, Paul Muldoon and Jean Hanff Korelitz's immersive theater adaptation of James Joyce 's…themillions.comI Entered A Psycho-Sexual Cult With "The Lust Experience" - Bloody Disgusting"Don't worry. The Lust Experience isn't about sex..." Those were the ill-fated words I told my girlfriend before we…bloody-disgusting.com
STORIES
The Immersive 5 with Derek Spencer of Ceaseless Fun (Bonus: A NoPro AMA)You might know Derek Spencer of Ceaseless Fun in Los Angeles from such theatrical productions like Why I Want to Fuck…noproscenium.comNetflix hid a fake biotech booth in the middle of CESWell, I cheated. I was already briefed (through press release) that "Psychasec" wasn't a genuine CES exhibitor, despite…www.engadget.comVault Festival merges immersive theatre with interactive gaming and London's best comedy line-upLike the Fringe, but crammed into underground vaults (get it?): meet Vault Festival, two months of theatre, cabaret…metro.co.ukIs VR Over Before It Even Started?2017 was the year VR games were supposed to take off. And though there were a lot of new and interesting experiences…www.gq.com
Our take: nooooope.
VAULT Launch First Comedy Festival And Groundbreaking New Immersive VenueVAULT Festival announces the first annual VAULT Comedy Festival, a dedicated programme of over 125 comedy shows across…bit.lyEuropean Immersive Horror in 2018 - Preview.There were some pretty big leaps for European immersive horror last year. Fraternity made ripples with its original…europehaunts.wordpress.comThe theatre company putting Victorian sci-fi centre stageHG Wells hold a special place in the hearts of many sci-fi enthusiasts and scientists alike. Best known for his novels…www.theguardian.comHTC Unveils New Vive Pro Headset & Wireless Adapter - VRScoutShare TweetIncreased resolution without a cord. It's been nearly two years since HTC first introduced the Vive VR…vrscout.comTHE DOUBTFUL GUEST Arrives at Public Arts in NYCFollowing the show's development at The Orchard Project in 2017, LubDub Theatre presents The Doubtful Guest, an…www.broadwayworld.comImmersive Theatrical Event The Hidden Ones to Open in FebruaryTrue stories of those forced into hiding during the Holocaust are the focus of the new immersive production The Hidden…www.theatermania.com
5 Currents in Contemporary Performance to Know (Free PDF) | Contemporary Performance Network
Voices of VR Podcast Episode #610: Designing Escape Rooms with Laura E. Hall | Voices of VR
Hands-on: Pimax “8K” Has Come a Long Way but There’s Still Real Kinks to Iron Out | Road to VR
Red Lantern Escape Rooms — Midnight on the Bayou [Review] | Room Escape Artist
Contact Information: Escape Room Corporate | Room Escape Artist
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