Immersive Theatre Meets Video Gaming (For Fun And Profit)

“This is a piece called … and darkness descended, the latest project from immersive theatre pioneers Punchdrunk. Collaborating with PlayStation for the upcoming release of Resistance 3, Sony’s flagship sci-fi horror series, the company has created a terrifying and brilliantly authentic-feeling world beneath the railway arches at Waterloo station.”

First Look At Montreal Symphony’s New Home

“The promise of better acoustics is the whole raison d’être for l’Adresse symphonique, the first cultural building to be raised under the province’s recent legislation governing private-public partnerships. Everything outside the auditorium – backstage and front-of-house areas, foyers and delivery spaces – have been fit into a tight footprint at Place des Arts, with not much in the way of optional amenities.”

Stripping Irish Dance Bare

Though Breandán de Gallaí did manage to win the All-Ireland championship, he “had a streak of originality that did not endear him to the judges monitoring the orthodoxy of Irish dance competitions … his long hair and flashy leg beats raised disapproving eyebrows.” His and others’ struggles with the genre’s conformity have led him to create a work titled Noctú (Irish for “bare” or “stripped”).