The No Proscenium Podcast

Joining us this week is Gry Worre Hallberg the artistic director of Copenhagen based Sisters Hope a performance group and movement organized around the idea of a creating “an ecological awareness of connectivity” outlined in the book Sensuous Society – Carving The Path Towards A Sustainable Future.Sisters Hope was the group behind the event Sensuous Governing, which took place at the Danish Consulate in Edinburgh as part of the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, which is where our own Toronto correspondent Katrina Lat encountered the group’s work. Katrina will also be joining me today as co-host.SHOW NOTESSisters HopeSensuous GoverningThe Best Immersive at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the co-creators of the hit show The Order of the Golden Scribe: Initiation Tea — writer/director Arlo Howard and producer & puzzle-master Shuai Chen — join us to talk about their show which not only made multiple members of our Review Crew’s Best of 2023 list but also got a coveted Golden Lock from Room Escape Artist — all ahead of a return engagement in New York City which kicks off on February 11th.SHOW NOTESThe Order of the Golden Scribe: Initiation TeaCOMING SOON: The Order of the Golden ScribeCOMING SOON: The Tiger's BrideNYC Meetup (Waiting List Active)LA Meetup (Waiting List Active)CALL SHEET Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week  Sean Cawelti and Chelsea Sutton of Rogue Artists Ensemble — the LA based company behind works like Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin, and Señor Plummer’s Final Fiesta — are here with us for a quite lovely conversation about their upcoming projects including the one-off Carousel of Fools taking place in Santa Monica this month and the full length immersive show Schlitzie: Alive and Inside the Decaying Sideshow which is slated for later in this year.Show NotesCarousel of FoolsSchlitzie: Alive and Inside the Decaying SideshowKaidan Project: Walls Grow ThinSeñor Plummer’s Final FiestaRogue Artists EnsembleNoPro NYC Meetup (Jan 29th)NoPro LA Meetup (Jan 29th) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us this week are Eric Garcia & Kat Cole co-directors of Detour, the San Francisco based performing arts company, whose website says everything you need at a glance in big bold letters: “DEVISED THEATRE. DANCE. DRAG. IMMERSIVE.”In 2023 they brought us We Build Houses Here, and this March they will be workshopping a new production set in the same world as that show: The Twilight Aristocracy.This month the company is offering a series of workshops on devised theatre and drag performance — we’re going to talk to them about all of it. Hosted by Noah Nelson.SHOW NOTESDETOURDevising Immersive Theater: Craft, The Ensemble, & Audience ExperienceNYC Meetup Jan 29th @ 7PMLA Meetup Jan 29th @ 7PM Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we continue our annual end of year tradition of inviting our colleagues to a round table to look back at what was. For 2023 we're joined by Sabina Graves of i09, Todd Martens of the LA Times, and Scott Stein of CNET to talk about they year we’ve had in immersive — both on the live and digital side — how folks in media outside our field see it, and where they hope this is all going in the near future. SHOW NOTESSabina Graves at i09Todd Martens at the LA TimesScott Stein at CNETLove a TV Show? Now You Can Live It. (Alexis Soloski for The New York Times) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show we've got three segments with members of the NoPro Review Crew checking in from across North America to share parts of their "Best Of" lists for 2023.Joining us are: Edward Mylechreest (NYC), Nicholas Fortugno (NYC), Blake Weil (Philly/East Coast At Large), Katrina Lat (Toronto), Laura Hess (Arts Editor), Patrick McLean (Chicago/Remote Editor), Martin Gimenez (At Large), Kevin Gossett (LA Reviews Editor), and Danielle Riha (Denver).Hosted by Noah J. Nelson.Show NotesNoPro’s Best Immersive Moments of 2023NoPro's Best Immersive Shows & Experiences of 2023 (Coming Later Today) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show we’re joined by Co-Founder and Senior Creative Director of Meow Wolf, Caity Kennedy;  Sr. Art Director of Mighty Coconut Don Carson, and returning guest Lucas Martell, founder of Mighty Coconut and creator of Walkabout Mini Golf — aka NoPro’s favorite social VR game.Why? Because of the recently released Walkabout: Meow Wolf expansion, silly. It’s the Reese’s Peanut Butter cups of VR experiences that takes two great things — Walkabout Mini Golf and Meow Wolf’s Numina space from Convergence Station in Denver — and turns it into something wholly unique which brings out the best IN both team’s work.SHOW NOTESWalkabout Mini GolfMeow WolfWorlds In Play (Jan 2024) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: a special trip out to COSM's test center at the University of Utah campus for an EXCLUSIVE interview with Ricardo Romaneiro, the latest artist collaborator to be announced by the immersive media company. We also talk with COSM CEO Jeb Terry and the head of COSM's Studios & Labs Neil Carty about the content and strategy they've developed for the launch of the Hollywood Park experience center in LA in 2024.All that plus host Noah Nelson's impressions of COSM's tech and the in progress preview of Romaneiro's LIQUIDVERSE: Microcosm & Macrocosm project which blends live musical and visual elements with pre-rendered material on the wrap-around LED screens in COSM's venue.SHOW NOTESCosmE&SCosm & Ricardo RomaneiroRicardo RomaneiroCosm & Nancy Baker CahilCosm & UFC(This episode was made possible thanks to travel & accommodations provided by COSM.) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Long time listeners and readers know that we’re big fans of the dungeon crawling extravaganza Demeo and its follow up Demeo Battles, both of which are part of the Demeo Action Role Playing System, and which are available now on Steam (PC + VR), Meta Quest and Pico (VR). Joining us on the pod today is Gustav Stenmark, producer of Demeo Battles for Resolution Games the Stockholm-based games studio.Show NotesDemeoDemeo BattlesResolution Games Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show: we tip toe through the our Holiday 2023 Gift Guide with esteemed members of the NoPro staff — Katrina Lat, Nicholas Fortugno, Laura Hess, and Patrick McLean — bringing a wide variety of options from the pretty affordable to the WAIT HOW MUCH?SHOW NOTESNoPro’s 2023 Gift Guide for Immersive Fans & Makers Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.