Chris Pfaff produced and moderated the ‘Virtual Theatre: The Metaverse Smashes the Four Walls’ panel at the VR AR Global Summit Online, Europe, on Friday, October 1, 2021, with some of the leading producers of virtual theatre and dance:
– Lorne Svarc, CEO/artistic director, Technodramatists
– Kiira Benzing, director/producer, Double Eye Studios
– Brandon Powers, creative director/choreographer, Brandon Powers Projects
– Blair Russell, theatre producer, Blair Russell Productions/producer, Crux
This panel discussed the emergence of XR theatre production, including VR and AR integration with narrative original and adaptive works, as well as how to blend XR technologies with live and virtual audiences. The theatre world has developed communities for live, virtual productions that will continue to evolve as the COVID-19 pandemic rages.
The full panel can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/VctoD3e-qAc
Kiira Benzing (upper left); Brandon Powers (upper middle); Blair Russell (upper right); Lorne Svarc (lower left), Chris Pfaff (lower right)
Brandon Powers shows off virtual choreography
Kiira Benzing discusses her Virtual Repertory Theatre
Blair Russell shows off recent work
Lorne Svarc discusses Technodramatists’ work
Lorne Svarc shows off some of Technodramatists’ landmark ‘AliBi’ production
