Creative Team
Fiona Ferrier & Rachel Colles
Performer
Kelman Greig-Kicks
Filmmaker + Photos
Katie Innes
Designer
Susan Appelbe
Musician
Maria Oller
Directorial Support
Rhian Wright
Illustrator
About
From January to June 2022, we undertook a research and development project exploring Virtual Reality Theatre. We worked with Neon8 Filmmakers and the project was funded by Creative Scotland and supported by Perth Theatre. This is what we did;
- A four-day VR theatre workshop with children from Perth Youth Theatre which involved showing them VR theatre from other companies, teaching them clown routines, filming them in VR, showing them the films and gaining their feedback and ideas around VR.
- Rehearsing BOUNCE in relation to the research from the VR workshops, and rehearsing BOUNCE with integrated BSL.
- Filming BOUNCE at Perth Theatre, creating VR versions of BOUNCE with an audience, without an audience, with close-ups, green screen and Integrated BSL.
- Visiting five schools, taking VR headsets to children aged P4-P7 to show them different variations of BOUNCE in VR and get feedback. Some of the schools also saw the live version to compare. Two of the schools were with children in their Deaf Provision Units for VR and BSL feedback.
- Collecting and evaluating the process and all the information.
- An Industry Day Sharing to theatre and education professionals.
“I feel dizzy, I feel happy, I feel sleepy, I felt I could eat the marshmallows, it was amazing!”
“VR – great, scary, fun, weird, funny, happy, amazing, confused, silly, makes me feel funny”
