Throughout 2019 and 2020, both Punchdrunk and Punchdrunk International will collaborate with technologists and creatives to explore the potential of three key areas:
Environmental Sound Design
Developing new ways to experience sound in a three dimensional environment. Supported by EM Acoustics.
Audience Tracking
Using technology to unlock personalised experiences for large audiences.
Standalone Effect Control
Building an affordable, standalone system that can augment real world spaces with theatrical effects including sound and lighting.
The Audience of the Future Performance Demonstrator is brought about through a unique consortium of cultural industry specialists led by the Royal Shakespeare Company and including: De Montfort University; Epic Games; i2 Media Research Limited; Intel; Magic Leap; Manchester International Festival; Marshmallow Laser Feast; Nesta; Phi Centre; Philharmonia Orchestra; Punchdrunk; Punchdrunk International; RSC; University of Portsmouth and The Space.
The project is funded within the Audience of the Future programme by UK Research and Innovation through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Creative Team
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Felix Barrett
Artistic Director -
Peter Higgin
Director of Enrichment & Punchdrunk Village -
Alex Rowse and Stephen Makin
Producers -
Roz Coleman
Associate Producer -
Andy Reader
Production Manager
More
Environmental Sound Composition
- Featuring specially created recordings of Béla Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by André de Ridder
- Supported by EM Acoustics
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Stephen Dobbie
Co-Sound Designer -
Salvador Garza
Co-Sound Designer -
Colin Nightingale
Creative Producer -
Viktor Palfi
Head of Sound -
Sarah Readman
Head of Lighting & Lighting Design -
Andy Reader & Sarah Readman
Production Managers -
Amy Pitt
Designer
Effect Control
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Michele Panegrossi
Creative Technologist -
Ben Hosford and Sam Clear
Production Managers
For Punchdrunk International
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Simon Barfoot
Operations Director -
Adam Driscoll
Consulting Managing Director -
Sarah Crystal
Legal and Business Manager -
Sharminy Ragunathan
Finance Manager -
John Gyeni
Financial Controller -
Gareth Collins
Producer -
Lucy Whitby
Producer -
Charley Sargant
Executive Assistant (maternity leave) -
Harri Capernaros
Executive Assistant (maternity cover) -
Andrea Salazar
Head of Production -
JoJo Tyhurst
Head of Communications -
Maya Ophelia
Communications Assistant
Tracking Audiences
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Elgiva Field
Creative Lead -
Michelle McMahon
Creative Associate -
Steph Singer
Creative Associate -
Maïto Jobbé Duval
Designer -
Tim Burrell-Saward
Creative Technical Lead -
Henry Cooke
Creative Technologist -
Michele Panegrossi
Creative Technologist
For Punchdrunk
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Rebecca Dawson
Executive Director (maternity leave) -
Sarah Goodfellow
Executive Director (maternity cover) -
Aysha Powell
Head of Finance and Operations -
Sharminy Ragunathan
Finance Manager -
Kate Rigby
Senior Designer -
JoJo Tyhurst
Head of Communications -
Anna Jones
Administrator -
Maya Ophelia
Communications Assistant
Thanks to…
- Lauren Van Zyl and all teams at Punchdrunk and Punchdrunk International
