Theatre in real life
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EXPERIENTIAL You do not sit in a theatre, but rather navigate a three-dimensional world, engaging up to all five senses, making individual choices. SITE-SPECIFIC
Each show tells stories specific to and fully occupying its unique location. Whether a nightclub, a chocolate shop, a parking garage, or a restaurant, it's like being live inside of a film, where you are the camera, and you choose where to focus. PHYSICAL THEATRE
We immerse you within these worlds of unique stories through movement, text, original music, location, tangible objects, and spacial design. Graham@SONDERimmersive.com
SLC, UT |
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HISTORY
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"Stunningly intricate... a true tour de force"
-DC Metro Theatre Arts |
"I'm telling you, it will be with you for years"
-C. Jane Kendrick |
SONDERimmersive, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, was created in 2019 as the vehicle for choreographer Graham Brown and creative partners to create new works of immersive physical theatre.
The company takes the name of Brown's first fully immersive project, Sonder, which was produced in 2017 by Sackerson and occupied the Eagles Hall building in SLC (now Cafe Molise) for a 6-week sold out run of shows.
The company takes the name of Brown's first fully immersive project, Sonder, which was produced in 2017 by Sackerson and occupied the Eagles Hall building in SLC (now Cafe Molise) for a 6-week sold out run of shows.
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"Fascinating, enigmatic, captivating"
-The Utah Review |
"Kept me in thought for days"
-Utah Theatre Bloggers Association; Excellence of Utah 2019 |
SONDERimmersive’s first production was Thank You Theobromine, which ran November-December 2019 at The Chocolate Conspiracy, a working chocolate shop downtown. It was rebranded as The Chocolatier and scheduled to open March 13, 2020, but was delayed until October 1, 2021 because of COVID-19.
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"Remarkably inventive"
-The Utah Review |
"A one-a-kind experience"
-City Weekly, Best of Utah 2020 |
For a company whose work is defined by intimate proximity and physical touch, COVID changed everything. When the pandemic hit they went to work figuring out how to embrace safety measures as a creative parameter to continue producing live performance. Therein was born Through Yonder Window, a drive-in immersive retelling of Romeo & Juliet, that ran for three weeks in the parking structure at The Gateway, and was picked up Spring, 2021 for a presented season with UtahPresents. It is now available for private or public booking and touring.
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"Enlivening... Visually absorbing"
-loveDANCEmore |
"Like nothing I have ever witnessed"
-Utah Theatre Bloggers Association |
Their second COVID safe production, THE CAROUSEL, which ran November 2020 at the Dreamscapes immersive art exhibit. In groups no larger than four at a time, audiences have a dream-like experience being guided through the exhibit, meeting characters along the way. Each is inspired by the room that they occupy.
"SONDERimmersive continually expands the boundaries of theatre"
-Salt Lake Magazine
-Salt Lake Magazine
Their most recent project Hemingway & The Byrd is an immersive dinner theatre experience at CytyByrd cafe, centered around the rocky life and writings of Ernest Hemingway. Now available for booking for private groups.
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"Genuinely clever... Emotionally resonant"
-Salt Lake Magazine |
"Outstanding. Crisp, absorbing, astute"
-Utah Presents |
SONDERimmersive is always looking for new partnerships with communities, businesses, locations, and students. Please contact Graham@SONDERimmersive.com to discuss how we can serve your community or organization.
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