“Uncanny Alley” – Emmy-Winning Immersive Theater | BayCHI collab

Special Collaboration Program! Free for first 5 ACM SIGCHI members, $25 afterwards via EventBrite

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Uncanny Alley: A New Day
Ferryman Collective

In collaboration with ACM Los Angeles and Silicon Valley Siggraph chapters, West Coast Pictures, and the Clubhouse and Ferryman Collective.

Join us at Gray Area / Grand Theater in San Francisco.

Free admission to the first five requests from ACM SigCHI members.

Please send requests for tickets to [email protected].

Admission $25: EventBrite

This Emmy-winning live theatrical experience in virtual reality is produced by Brendan Bradley (San Francisco) and Whitton Frank (Los Angeles), members of Ferryman Collective. It transitions between improvisation and the scripted hour-long drama, portraying fifteen characters with two audience participants, in headset and fully embodied as characters in the virtual world, who can say or do anything to influence the story. Each audience watches its live performers.

The production is written and directed by Stephen Butchko, with the world created by Rick Treweek, technical direction by Screaming Color, and artistic direction by Deidre V. Lyon. The two-venue architecture was developed by Bradley, who also performs in San Francisco, building on his Edinburgh Fringe 2024 premiere, which ran on-stage, in VR, and live streamed simultaneously.

After the performance, the cast will lead us on a "backstage tour" of the company's techniques in virtual show control. They'll discuss the technology being developed at Ferryman Collective and how both locations projected the real-time VR experience at each other's site. They'll answer questions about real-time technology that they use for this performance.

Location

Gray Area Grand Theater, S.F.

2665 Mission Street
San Francisco CA 94110

Free admission to the first five requests from ACM SigCHI members.

Please send requests for tickets to [email protected]

Admission $25: EventBrite

For more info: https://baychi.org/RV