‘The Dutchman’ Solves The Biggest Problem With Immersive Theater

This spring, the British theater critic Alice Jones diagnosed herself.

She’s a sufferer of “Site Specific Angst — that woozy, stomach-clenching feeling you get when you embark on a show and you have no idea what is going on, what your part in it is supposed to be, where you should put your coat and when it will end.”

Herein lies the danger of watching too much immersive theater. We’re all susceptible now. The genre is exploding, with more and more productions staged in hospitals and back alleys, and more audiences asked to perform as much as the performers.

Read More…
More on On Our Radar

No Responses to “‘The Dutchman’ Solves The Biggest Problem With Immersive Theater”

Post a Comment