“As first time producers, we are grateful for the community and resources both through the Fringe Society and online groups and threads from past participants that support newcomers.”
WHO: Brendan Bradley
WHAT: “‘A flawless blend of Broadway, games, pop and comedy bliss!’ (Fame Magazine). When the hero character of a video game dies, an NPC turns to the audience for help navigating their grief. Part live concert, part escape room, part immersive theatre, each performance is entirely responsive to the player style, improvisation and decisions of the audience. Four audience players join writer-performer Brendan Bradley on stage, wearing virtual reality headsets while the virtual world and characters are projected on the big screen, inviting both theatre and game lovers to a new kind of play.”
WHERE: Imaginex at YOTEL Edinburgh in association with ZOO – Imaginex (Venue 572)
WHEN: 21:00 (55 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
It is a lifelong dream to participate in this international gathering and celebration of live arts. None of our creative team have been to Edinburgh or the festival and are excited to experience this cultural, artistic and historical milestone alongside thousands of fellow theatre makers and lovers. As first time producers, we are grateful for the community and resources both through the Fringe Society and online groups and threads from past participants that support newcomers.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2023 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
We are learning every day as part of the process to attend Fringe, and more broadly we’ve learned that in an age of unlimited content on-demand, we are entering a new golden era of live, in-person entertainment to invite audiences to feel more engaged and connected with storytelling and each other.
Tell us about your show.
Audiences don’t just watch Non-Player Character, they play it, like a video game come to life where a solo actor improvises, sings and puppets multiple characters with audience interaction. I first wrote the concept as a 3-song-cycle to perform in a “loop” as a prototype for live performance at The Museum of Science’s OMNI dome theater, collaborating with Michal Morran and Maurice Soque Jr to support the virtual reality and music development. The team was invited to present their work at technical and academic conferences like USITT, SIGGRAPH, AWE, TCG, Producers Guild, The VR Awards, XR Must and used each of those events to workshop a new musical number and audience interaction. This means we’ve never officially “premiered” or stood up a “run” of the full show and we are delighted to bring it Ed Fringe in partnership with YOTEL Edinburgh and Zoo Venues. We are fortunate to have Caron Lyon serve as our UK Company Manager to help us identify opportunity to transfer and/or tour the production with presenters we meet at the festival.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
After our show, you should support our on-stage “player” collaborators like the hilarious ensemble of SOLVE IT SQUAD, brilliant solo artists like I SELL WINDOWS, GETTING IN BED WITH THE PIZZA MAN; fellow musicals like FRINGE! THE MUSICAL and POTTY THE PLANT; puppeteers like AHA DOGGY POO, and our virtual friends PURPLE DOOR PRODUCTIONS, AIDAN SADLER, IAN TUCKER BELL and SCOTT JAMES KYLE.
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