Project Detail

The House [VR]

The House [VR]

Synopsis

THE HOUSE is a 25 minute experience on a VR headset which uses a house as a metaphor for Northern Ireland and puts the player in role as a potential resident. The piece was created following a successful run in both West and East Belfast of a live experience through a domestic house.
THE HOUSE was created with the Commission for Victims and Survivors, using their research into post conflict inter-generational trauma, 25 years on from the GFA.

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
XR / Immersive
Running time
24 min 5 sec
Format
VR Interactive Equirectangular Film
Director
Zoe Seaton
Producer
Crissy O’Donovan
Co-Producer
Katy Radford
Editor
Gavin Peden
Screenwriter
Caitlin Magnall-Kearns, Katy Radford, Chris Robinson, Zoe Seaton
Director of Photography
Gavin Peden
Production Designer
Denzil Browne, Chris Hunter
Sound
Oisín Jayat
Composer
Garth McConaghie
Principal cast
Chris Robinson, Jonny Cameron, Niall Cusack, Debra Hill, Gavin Peden, Marianne Grove, Jenny Webster
Creative Director
Gavin Peden
Costume Design
Rosie McClelland
360 Camera Operator
Oisin Hughes
Graphic Design
Robert Topping
Stage Manager
Sinead Owens

Production Status

Production Company

Big Telly Theatre Company

c/o Flowerfield Arts Centre
185 Coleraine Road
Portstewart
BT55 7HU
https://big-telly.com/

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