Tag Archives: Immersive

Director: Daisy Evans Reviewer: Hannah Powell Disney and theatre fans alike have begun to flock to The Vaults to catch a glimpse of their latest immersive creation; Sounds & Sorcery: Celebrating Fantasia. An event that promises to be a “completely immersive sound and visual extravaganza” allowing you to create your own path through the underground tunnels. Using cutting-edge binaural sound, audio ...

Writer: Karen Cogan Director: Cathal Cleary Reviewer: David Keane In a dingy Dublin flat a Cork woman ruminates over her life and what it has become. Her routine exists exclusive of the outside world, which she only glimpses through her window. As she tries to ready herself to leave this exile, she replays episodes of her life that have led ...

Reviewer: Jo Beggs A solitary audience member is taken through a locked door, into a bare breeze-block corridor which leads to the back of the Lyric stage. Through a second door, you’re plunged into the darkness of the stage, dark except for an empty trapeze glowing with soft golden light. A sharp line of light on the floor just inside ...

Writers/Devisers: PaddleBoat Theatre Company Music: Hattie Brown Reviewer: Lucy Corley   The tale of A Little Man’s Holiday begins the moment its audience enter the Exeter Phoenix. Little Man and his mother welcome us in the lobby with their infectious joy, and the genuine delight and belief in their story that are fast becoming hallmarks of PaddleBoat Theatre Company. Aimed ...

Director: Louise Lowe Reviewer: Ciara Murphy Walking into the National Museum at Collins' Barracks Dublin it is hard not to be awed by the palpable sense of history present in the building. It is these surroundings that Anu Productions have chosen for their latest productionPALS: The Irish at Gallipoli. This performance focuses on the 7th Battalion of the Royal Dublin ...

Creators: Shanaz Gulzar &Kully Thiarai Writer: Kay Adshead Reviewer: Holly Spanner The veil, in religious context is intended to show honour to an object or space. For Muslim women and girls there are a number of varieties which are worn in accordance with hijab – the principle of dressing modestly, and obscuring that which men find sexually attractive. There are ...

Directors: John Harlacher &Timothy Haskell Reviewer: Tim Koch The first thing you hear is the screaming. It’s pitch black, and your group has just entered NIGHTMARE: NEW YORK. Packed closely together, you wander through scenes of New York City horrors past and present, wondering at every turn where the next scare will come from. Now in its eleventh year, the ...

Writer and Director: Devised by Ensemble Reviewer: Ciara Murphy Emerging from D-Light Studios at 6am tired, bewildered and covered in talcum powder is not the norm for most theatrical experiences, however, Zombies: why death is like dying or are you working hard enough brings fringe theatre to a whole new level. This devised and durational performance takes place from 1am ...