NON-PLAYER CHARACTER

A N I N T E R A C T I V E M U S I C A L I N V R

When a video game hero dies, the audience must guide a non-player character (performed by a live, singing actor) through five virtual worlds of grief, either as “Participants” in VR headset on stage or “Spectators” watching on the big screen or attending remotely. Brendan Bradley’s pioneering work in virtual storytelling brings this live, interactive musical to devices and stages all over the world.

📍Imaginex at YOTEL Edinburgh (ZOO Off-Site)
🗓️ 2-26 AUG
🕘 9PM
📖 Fringe Programme Page 236

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T H E M U S I C

  • "20 THEATRE SHOWS MAKING A SCENE"

    The Guardian

  • "DELIGHTFUL, HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING"

    -NO PROSCENIUM

  • "WE'VE PICKED OUT 17 GREAT SHOWS INCLUDING A VIRTUAL REALITY MUSICAL"

    Edinburgh News

  • "A FLAWLESS BLEND OF BROADWAY, VIDEO GAMES, POP, AND COMEDY BLISS"

    -FAME MAGAZINE

  • "A BOLD BLEND OF TECHNOLOGY, CREATIVITY, AND IMPROVISATION"

    The List Magazine

  • "THE FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT"

    -DAILY MUSIC ROLL

  • "THE SORT OF THING YOU'D ONLY EVER FIND AT ED FRINGE"

    WhatsOnStage

All press inquiries please reach out to edinburgh@mobiusindustries.com

T H E S H O W

When a video game hero dies, the audience must guide a non-player character (performed by a live, singing actor) through five virtual worlds of grief, either as “Participants” in VR headset on stage or “Spectators” watching on the big screen or attending remotely.

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE @ YOTEL EDINBURGH

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE @ YOTEL EDINBURGH

T H E J O U R N E Y

  • 2020

    Brendan releases free playhouse in virtual reality for artists trapped at home. [PLAYBILL]

  • 2021

    NPC prototype as a 3-song cycle in Museum of Science’s Mugar Omni IMAX dome Theatre.

  • 2021-2022

    NPC workshops new music and mechanics at virtual conferences OnBoardXR, FIVARS, AWE

  • 2022

    Prototype hybrid, on-stage version at one-night pop up event at RICH MIX, LONDON.

  • 2023

    Present virtual reality cue-to-cue at United States Institute for Theatre Technology. [READ]

  • 2023

    Present entirely virtual/remote performance to audiences at Festival d'Avignon

  • 2024

    World premiere run at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Imaginex 360 screening room.