Project Detail

The Seven Ages of Man

Synopsis

The Royal Shakespeare Company explores the future of theatre with Magic Leap in this sublime production of the "Seven Ages of Man" speech from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Here they present a mixed reality experience using cutting-edge volumetric capture with Shakespearean actor Robert Gilbert and an original musical score by award-winning composer Jessica Curry. The line “all the world’s a stage” turns literal as users experience the play in multiple and simultaneous places.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - New Frontiers Exhibitions - World premiere

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 min
Format
VR, Volumetric Capture and CGI on Magic Leap headsets
Director
John Monos, Andy Lanning for Magic Leap; Gregory Doran for RSC
Producer
Pete Griffin for RSC; Rebecca Paris for Magic Leap
Executive Producer
Sarah Ellis for RSC; Ant Williams for Magic Leap
Screenwriter
William Shakespeare
Director of Photography
John Monos
Sound
Kedar Shashidhar
Composer
Jessica Curry
Principal cast
Robert Gilbert
Creative Development
Michael Tucker, Stephen Mangiat
Software Engineers
Nafees Bin Zafar, Aaron Wilson, John Cannon, Hasnain Vohra, Nikilesh Urella
Tech Lead
Henry Engelland-Gay
Production Support
Steve Keeley, Rebecca Barkin, Chris Hebert, Hunter McGranahan

Production Status

Production Company

UK, US co-production

A Royal Shakespeare Company (UK) and Magic Leap (US) production

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