The No Proscenium Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week on the show it’s a hangout show as members of the NoPro Review Crew — namely Toronto curator Katrina Lat, New York correspondent Nicholas Fortugno, our associate producer Parker Sela, and catching up part way through NYC curator Allie Marotta as we chat about a whole lot of things including the brisk sales on Masquerade — that’s the immersive Phantom of the Opera that goes into previews next month, Tribeca Immersive, Voidspace Live, and whatever else tickles our fancy.

• Masquerade
• Tribeca Immersive
• Voidspace Live
• Toronto Fringe
• Fairyland Summer Solstice Ceremony at the Apothecary
• The Next Stage Immersive Summit

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This week on the show we’re joined by long time friend of the show Brent Bushnell — co-founder of Two Bit Circus, scion of the famed Bushnell family, and one of the earliest subscribers to the No Proscenium newsletter — who is here to talk about a new venture he is a co-founder of along with Aidan Wolf and Kevin Habich — DeamPark which turns mixed reality headsets into a configurable virtual theme park — transforming public spaces into ticketed playgrounds filled with dynamic virtual characters and which recently raised over a million in seed funding.

• DreamPark
• DreamPark raises $1.1M to transform real-world spaces into mixed-reality theme parks (Games Beat)
• The Next Stage Immersive Summit Program Guide
• The Next Stage Immersive Sumit Badges

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Another Detour into the world of Star Wars as storyteller extraordinaire Jay Bushman joins NoPro host Noah Nelson to dive into the incredible third arc of Andor's second season.

• Detour: Jay & Noah Talk Andor Season One
• Who's The Bossk: Episode 224: Lonni, You're Out of Your Element with Noah J. Nelson
• Pros & Cons Season 2
• Aaron Burr's Farewell Address
• Night Drive - Synthwave Cyberpunk by Elysium Sound

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PostCurious founder and lead game designer Rita Orlov is joined by writer Lauren Bello (Apple TV's Foundation, Netflix's Sandman) who talk about their collaboration on Threads of Fate, the revised version of PostCurious' very first game The Tale of Ord. Chicago Curator & Remote Experiences Editor Patrick McLean guest hosts.

• PostCurious
• Threads of Fate
• The Morrison Game Factory
• “Transformational Experiences” Are The New Buzzword, But Are You Making Change Or Just Selling It?
• The City, Burned: Immersive in a Era of Radical Change (Op-Ed)
• NoPro’s 10 Most Anticipated New Works of 2023 (Part II)
• NoPro on THREADS

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Eric Garcia, creator of WE BUILD HOUSES HERE and co-director of San Francisco's Detour devised dance company is interviewed by Parker Sela about the immersive dance production that explores the idea of queer sanctuaries by combining shipwrecks and San Francisco's iconic OASIS drag nightclub.

Then stick around for the missing part of last week's show.

• DETOUR DANCE
• WE BUILD HOUSES HERE
• NoPro’s 10 Most Anticipated New Works of 2023 (Part II)
• Stoking Vegas’ Immersive Flame: Lost Spirits Distillery (Review)
• Denver Fringe 2023 Immersive Superlatives
• Review Rundown: The One With Magic & Multiverses

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This week: a DOUBLE FEATURE.

First: our good friend Monica Miklas joins us to talk about a career arc that has taken her from indie work at the Hollywood Fringe Festival to being a senior manager of creative direction at RWS Entertainment, one of the biggest themed entertainment companies in the world, working on everything from haunts to cruise ships.

Then we take a leap over into the digital realm and talk with Clement Deneux and Michael Masukawa of Atlas V about MONSTRORAMA, a Tribeca Immersive selection that truly delighted me this month.

SHOW NOTES

• RWS Entertainment
• Capital W
• Atlas V
• MONSTRORAMA

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This week a true rarity — a SEQUEL. This week we’re following up last week’s minisode with a conversation with my former colleague — entrepreneur and technologist — Kurt Collins about just what Apple is really up to with the Vision Pro.

• Kurt Collins on Bluesky
• No Proscenium on Bluesky
• Noah J. Nelson on Bluesky
• Meow Wolf's The Real Unreal (Grapevine, Texas)

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This week, as we catch our breath after The Next Stage, host Noah Nelson shares his impressions – and concerns – about the Apple Vision Pro announcement and then pivots to talk about two pieces in this year's Tribeca Immersive – The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend and MONSTRORAMA – both of which are being showcased this at the festival through June 17th.

SHOW NOTES

First Impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS - Daring Fireball

Apple’s Messi Vision - 500ish

The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend - Tribeca Immersive

MONSTRORAMA - Tribeca Immersive

Tribeca Immersive

Why You Need to Get Yourself to the Nearest Meow Wolf Portal and Jump In - io9

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This week on the show Lucas Martell of Mighty Coconut, the creators of Walkabout Mini Golf, is with us to talk about the present and future of one of our absolute favorite things to do.

• Mighty Coconut
• Walkabout Mini Golf

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