Petrichor

Mon 8 Mar to Sun 14 Mar 2021

Online

£7.50

Immersive Theatre in Virtual Reality

Welcome to Petrichor.
Thousands applied and you have been selected.
This is a new beginning, a clean slate, a second chance.
You are an important part of this machine,
And that’s all you need to think about.

Step into a new world.

A world where every single day is exactly the same.

Petrichor is a dystopian reality, where every moment is muted, managed and monochrome.
Nothing bad ever happens. Nothing good does either.
Excitement and happiness have been traded for a world without pain and suffering.
A chance meeting brings two unlikely individuals together and offers a small glimpse of what life could be.
Their newfound connection sends ripples through this ordered world.
They begin to question every decision, every step and every thought they’ve ever had.

Could there be something more than this?

BOOK TICKETS

BOOK FOR THE AT HOME EXPERIENCE
 

- You can buy tickets for the online experience here: BOOK TICKETS.
- You will receive an email with a link to the play that can be viewed on smartphones and tablets, with or without a virtual reality headset. This will allow you to follow the action by moving your device. We do not advise watching on a smart TV or computer.
- You'll be able to watch at any time from Monday 8 March at 9am - Sunday 14 March at 11:55pm.
- Enhance your home-viewing experience and get creative by ordering a VR goody bag at the checkout. This will include a build-your-own-headset for use with any smartphone and an EP of three original tracks from the show.

Petrichor is a MATCHBOX production for ThickSkin. Supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, November Productions, Oculus and Waterside Arts & Creative Industries Trafford. Developed with support from Lawrence Batley Theatre, Tron Theatre and Glasgow Life.

Company

Created by Jonnie Riordan, Jess Williams & Ben Walden

Cast Ayesha Fazal & Dominic Coffey

Direction & Choreography Jonnie Riordan & Jess Williams

Animation Ben Walden

Music and Sound Design Neil Bettles

Editor/Visual Effects Jim Dawson for TripleDotMakers

VR Capture Keith Myers

DIGITAL

Petrichor // interview with the directors

Directors Jonnie Riordan and Jess Williams discuss creating Theatre In Virtual Reality...
Petrichor reviews

“Deftly delivered by the creative team. Proof that you don’t need to be in a theatre to be in a theatre.”
The Stage

★★★★ “Enveloping and wholly engaging, the performance takes place around the audience.” Upstaged Manchester

★★★★ “ThickSkin’s intense, flickering two-hander about automatons in a totalitarian regime makes gripping, immersive VR viewing.” The Guardian

“A captivating piece of escapism”
A Younger Theatre

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