Museum of Austerity
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 30 min
- Format
- Mixed Reality
- Director
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Sacha Wares
- Producer
- Benjamin Jacob Smith, Meg Fozzard
- Co-Producer
- English Touring Theatre, National Theatre Immersive Storytelling Studio
- Executive Producer
- Sacha Wares (Trial and Error Studios ), Sophie Scull (ETT), Richard Twyman (ETT), Toby Coffey (National Theatre Immersive storytelling studio)
- Production Designer
- Miriam Buether
- Sound
- Gareth Fry
- Composer
- Adrian Lee
- Principal cast
- Shango Baku, Jenny Bolt, Gerard McDermott, Katie Matsell, Zoe Matthews, S.J. O’Kane, Lindy Pieri, Elliot Pritchard, Naima Swaleh
- Specialist Advisor & Co-Editor
- John Pring
- Composer
- Adrian Lee
- Costume & Installation Designer
- Miriam Buether
- Sound Designer
- Gareth Fry
- Lighting Designer
- Prema Mehta
- Movement Director
- Leon Baugh
- Assistant Director
- Hana Pascal Keegan
- Casting Director
- Amy Ball
- Costume Supervisor & Stage Manager
- Shannon Martin
- Stage Manager
- Alice Wood
- Costume Supervisor
- Kinnetia Isidore
- Stage Manager
- Shane Thom
- Dog Handler
- Robert Stuhldreer
- Singers
- Tim Jones & Jenni Roditi
- All Seeing Eye
- XR Developer: Clarice Hilton
- All Seeing Eye
- XR Developer: Robin North
- All Seeing Eye
- Technical Lead: Ollie Lindsey
- All Seeing Eye
- Technical Support: Roderick Morgan
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
English Touring Theatre
25 Short StreetLondon SE1 8LJ
Trial and Error
National Theatre Immersive Storytelling Studio
National TheatreUpper Ground
South Bank
London SE1 9PX
Sales Company
tcoffey@nationaltheatre.org.uk
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