Brave New Worlds: Immersive Performance for Beginners

Immersive and interactive performance is a demanding and unique form, requiring skill and confidence. This workshop offers an introduction to the different aspects of being a performer in this exciting and flexible form. We will equip you with knowledge of the sector, different styles and ways of working, and highlight the skills that you will need in your toolkit to excel in this type of work.

The session will be run by seasoned performer, Amy Fleming who works regularly with companies such as The Lab Collective, Specifiq, Knightmare Live, Historic Royal Palaces, Dank Parish, Secret Garden Party and Bureau of Silly ideas.

This session will:

• Introduce you to the different types of immersive and interactive work
• Help you understand the different demands on a performer within an immersive and interactive context
• Enable you to gain an insight into content generation and what is useful to determine during rehearsal periods
• Explore audience Interaction and audience management
• Equip you with a performer care checklist

Key information:

• This workshop session is aimed at performers who have never performed in an interactive and immersive context before, but understand what the form is
• The workshop will be split between seminar and group tasks

Things you'll need:

• You'll need Zoom downloaded onto your computer
• Internet access
• Pens and paper
• The link to the event! We will email you directly with the link and any additional instructions, as well as other links we will send to you during the session

If you have any questions, concerns, additional needs or access requirements please contact us in advance.