The Next Step After Immersive Theater
- DATE: January 2, 2014
- POSTED BY: Jim McCarthy
This is a very strong idea. According to this Wall Street Journal article, people in China are enacting real-life versions of a popular type of Japanese online game known as Takagism. They’re locking themselves in converted bomb shelters, residential apartments and office complexes, and they must escape by solving riddles and brain teasers. It takes the idea of immersive theater, like Sleep No More and Here Lies Love, and makes it not just immersive but participatory. Note that there is …