The No Proscenium Podcast

Courtney Nichols & Blakeshine are the co-founders of Of The Night, a new experiential party-in-a-box company that evolved out of Nichols' work in LA – the beloved Disco Dining Club – and Blakeshine's work on the music festival circuit creating large scale experiences.   Now they're taking a pandemic era project which delivered parties for two in LA and turning it into a nationwide service via the crowdfunding platform iFundWomen.   We get into the background and the pivots on this week's show. Show Notes iFundWomen Crowdfunding for Of The Night (running now though April 15th) Of The Night Instagram: @ofthenight The Everything Immersive Spring Fling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Working out of England, Lou Doye is an executive producer in the immersive field whose projects often mix immersive theatre and immersive tech. Projects where XR meets the boards. She's also one of my favorite people to talk to, having met while working on the board for the Artizen Transformations Grant. On this episode of the show, Lou and I talk the business of immersive and as always it's an education for me. Plus a little bit about what The RSC's Dream was before the pandemic pivot. Show Notes Lou Doye Artizen Grants The E.I. Spring Fling Fifth Wall Forum Everything Immersive Radio The NoPro Discord Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Violeta Ayala's  Prison X — Chapter 1: The Devil and The Sun, stunned us at Sundance this year. The Quechua film and theatre-maker blended lessons learned from those disciplines to put the audience inside a Neo-Andean myth via VR. (Check out our enthusiastic review.) This week's episode is a wide-ranging discussion with the creator about how she brought the work to life, and the powerful themes that flow through this mix of myth, theatre, and technology. Show Notes Prison X Violeta Ayala on Twitter The Everything Immersive Spring Fling  Kent Bye's Everything Immersive Radio thread Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marlee Delia and Anna Mavromati are the co-founders of Shine On Collective, the LA immersive theatre company that made its name creating intimate horror experiences with a strong audio signature. Like so many others in the pandemic, Shine On had to pivot if they wanted to keep producing, and what that landed on came as a surprise. Their first quarantine experience was Welcome Home, a boxed mystery that came with a delivery/take-out meal in LA and is now shipping as a mystery in a box with a dessert nationwide. They followed it up with The Rouguelike Presents: The Spirits of Tillinghast, the inaugural offering from Burbank's The Roguelike Tavern, a bar owned and operated by LA immersive theatre veteran John McCormick. We talk with Delia and Mavromati about finding new ways to tell immersive stories in the real world after all the rules changed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talk with VRChat worldbuilders CyanLaser and Fionna, who are both part of the team that created the award-winning The Devouring VRChat experience and are admins of the VRC Prefabs Community: a collective of creators doing innovative work in the user-generated virtual worlds of VRChat. This episode also marks the opening up to listings of Virtual Worlds on the Everything Immersive site. If you've made a persistent Virtual World you'd like share with the wider immersive community we want to know about it! Show Notes VRC Prefabs Callsheet 2/17/21 How mutual aid groups are helping Texas (Vox) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Ellis, Director of Digital Development for The Royal Shakespeare Company joins us to talk about 'Dream' the upcoming experimental live-streamed performance that merges live actors, the Unreal Engine, and an audience feedback loop to create a first-of-its-kind interactive performance delivered to desktops and mobile devices. Show Notes The RSC's 'Dream' 'Dream' Press Release at NoPro Unreal Engine's Metahuman Creator Call Sheet for 2/10/21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glen Neath and David Rosenberg, the co-directors of Darkfield Radio join us for an in-depth discussion of the art of spatial audio and audience-centered design. Darkfield creates some of the most amazing immersive work, and the delivery method is a pair of headphones.  This is a can't-miss episode of the podcast. Plus: Noah's notes on the Sundance New Frontier and the Apple VR headset rumors. Show Notes Darkfield Radio Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran (Review) Prison X: The Devil and the Sun (Review) No Proscenium's Review Page Everything Immersive (Beta Site) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing our three-part series focusing on the emerging art form of VR Theatre.  Three panels of VR Theatre all-stars join us to talk about acting in, directing, designing, and producing live theatrical production in virtual reality. No Proscenium hosts Noah Nelson & Kathryn Yu are joined by special guest host Stephanie Riggs, with each running one of the panels as they tackle the core questions. This week's edition looks at the special magic of LIVE. Segment One Hosted by Noah Nelson (@noahjnelson) Dasha Kittredge (@DashaKittredge) Brandon Powers (@bpowtweets) Espii Proctor (@espiistudios) Segment Two Hosted by Stephanie Riggs (@immersiveriggs) Brendan A. Bradley (@brendanAbradley) Tim Kashani (@TimKashani) Deirdre Lyons (@deirdrelyons) Segment Three Hosted by Kathryn Yu (@kathrynyu) Marinda Botha (@MarindaBotha6) Beth Kates (@the_play_ground) Riel Tarr (@raktorxr) Show Notes Episode 279: XR Live — Theatre & VR Part One Episode 280: XR Live – Theatre & VR Part Two The End of Storytelling: The Future of Narrative in the Storyplex The NoPro Newsletter Call Sheet (1/28/21) This episode is brought to you by our Patreon backers, and well-caffeinated by our friends at Yes Plz coffee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing our three-part series focusing on the emerging art form of VR Theatre.  Three panels of VR Theatre all-stars join us to talk about acting in, directing, designing, and producing live theatrical production in virtual reality. No Proscenium hosts Noah Nelson & Kathryn Yu are joined by special guest host Stephanie Riggs, with each running one of the panels as they tackle the core questions. This week's edition kicks off with the question: what skills transfer over from traditional theatre into the realm of VR? Segment One Hosted by Kathryn Yu (@kathrynyu) Marinda Botha (@MarindaBotha6) Beth Kates (@the_play_ground) Riel Tarr (@raktorxr) Segment Two Hosted by Noah Nelson (@noahjnelson) Dasha Kittredge (@DashaKittredge) Brandon Powers (@bpowtweets) Espii Proctor (@espiistudios) Segment Three Hosted by Stephanie Riggs (@immersiveriggs) Brendan A. Bradley (@brendanAbradley) Tim Kashani (@TimKashani) Deirdre Lyons (@deirdrelyons) Show Notes Episode 279: XR Live — Theatre & VR Part One The End of Storytelling: The Future of Narrative in the Storyplex The NoPro Newsletter Call Sheet (1/20/21) Yes Plz Release 113: Night Shift (Playlist) This episode is brought to you by our Patreon backers, and well-caffeinated by our friends (no, really, we have friends!) at Yes Plz coffee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we kick off a three-part series focusing on the emerging art form of VR Theatre.  Three panels of VR Theatre all-stars join us to talk about acting in, directing, designing, and producing live theatrical production in virtual reality. No Proscenium hosts Noah Nelson & Kathryn Yu are joined by special guest host Stephanie Riggs, with each running one of the panels as they tackle the core questions. This week's edition starts off with the most basic of questions: how do these productions get off the ground? Segment One Hosted by Stephanie Riggs (@immersiveriggs) Brendan A. Bradley (@brendanAbradley) Tim Kashani (@TimKashani) Deirdre Lyons (@deirdrelyons) Segment Two Hosted by Kathryn Yu (@kathrynyu) Marinda Botha (@MarindaBotha6) Beth Kates (@the_play_ground) Riel Tarr (@raktorxr) Segment Three Hosted by Noah Nelson (@noahjnelson) Dasha Kittredge (@DashaKittredge) Brandon Powers (@bpowtweets) Espii Proctor (@espiistudios) Show Notes Episode 274 - 5th Wall Forum Episode 278 - Sundance New Frontier 2021 5th Wall Forum The End of Storytelling: The Future of Narrative in the Storyplex The NoPro Newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.