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Die Namenlosen | Verfolg in Hamburg (German show)
Link: https://kampnagel.de/produktionen/sf-23-nesterval-die-namenlosen Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to witness the premiere of Nesterval’s new piece “The Nameless” in Vienna. I believe it’s one of the most exceptional immersive theatre pieces I’ve seen all year. Regrettably, the performances in Vienna have concluded for now. However, the show is coming to Hamburg for the International…
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Analysis of “Die Ruhe” by Signa
“Die Ruhe” (in English “The Calmness” or “The Silence”) is an immersive theatre piece by Signa which debuted in November 2021 in Hamburg, Germany. They re-opened their doors as part of the Berliner Theater Treffen from the 11th of May until the 20th of May 2022. The performance invites 35 participants to join a cult…
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The Last Sunset: Confronting the Devastation of Climate Change through Immersive Arts
For centuries, nature has been a major inspiration for the creation of art. But today, pollution, overconsumption and waste are major problems affecting our planet. Environmental challenges have prompted artists to rethink their art, and in turn, urging people to rethink their lifestyle. By bringing our wasteful habits into sight and into mind, their art…
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Theater Anu MoraLand [Berlin, Germany]
Theater ANU announced a new immersive show that will be available from the 27th of Juli until the 13th of August 2022. From their website: MoraLand – a poetic, theatrical fairground A land full of hope. An ancient legend. MoraLand is a poetic, theatrical fairground, which draws its visitors into a cosmos of stories, fantastic figures and…
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Immersive Exhibitions in Berlin
The range of immersive experiences is vast and it doesn’t help that immersive is now a buzzword that gets slapped onto anything. We explored many forms in our other article The many Faces of Immersion. To reduce the scope of the website we decided to focus our attention on immersive theatre. However, there are a…
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Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City – a thrilling tale of two cities during the Trojan war [London]
Punchdrunk returns to London Punchdrunk has become famous for its commercially produced and hugely popular Sleep No More in New York, which has been running for over a decade now. In its latest production, the infamous immersive theatre company took on one of the fundamental stories of Greek mythology: The siege of Troy. Not only…
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Eutopia from Trickster-P [Switzerland]
I only experienced two immersive projects from Tricker-P but both were brilliant. These two are Nettles and Twilight. Both of which were available during the art festival of T-Werk in Potsdam. Ever since I follow the company to see what they are up to next. Now their new show Eutopia is out and I would…
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Voyeurism and masked encounters: The pleasures of a Punchdrunk experience
Punchdrunk is probably one of the best-known theatre companies offering immersive theatre experiences and has an ardent fanbase. They have created a number of immersive productions in which the audience were free to explore the different rooms of an old building or abandoned warehouse, each of which contained a different scene from the story. The…
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The many Faces of Immersion
Immersive theatre is constantly evolving. As a genre, it is by no means a clearly outlined category but shares some blurry boundaries with other forms of art and entertainment. In the following, I will present three forms that may count towards the category of immersive theatre but have their own very distinct features: Site-specific theatre,…
News about Immersive Theatres in Europe,Berlin,London,Germany,Switzerland
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On this site, you will find news and reviews about immersive theatre shows in Berlin and, sometimes, also in other cities. We created this website because we spend more and more time searching for new shows and wanted to save others the trouble of digging through hundreds of Google results to find great immersive experiences just to realize that there are no longer available.
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