Virtual presence in a theatre production

This project was examining the relationship between audience and performer in a fully Virtual Reality performance and tried to find ways to make the audience feel comfortable enough with the technology and space to be able to immerse into the universe and storytelling.

The project was led by Jeppe Lawaetz in collaboration with dramaturg Anna Lawaetz and performers Dennis Rivin and Marie-Louise Werner.

The actors and the audience was placed physically in separate rooms but joined together in a virtual chat room with a virtual set built for the purpose of the performance.

The purpose of the laboratory was to investigate how to engage the audience in a live XR performance. The workshop tested methods to get the audience to feel comfortable with the equipment and the situation and to register audience reactions to the performance and the storyline.