Immersive Storymaking Workshop

Age Guidance: suitable for ages 18

Emotional / trigger warnings: none expected.

Health warnings: will contain the use of VR and so might affect those with light or photo sensitivity. If you have any questions about specific items used in or content of this workshop please emailrebels@barbicantheatre.co.uk

Barbican Theatre is a safe space - safe to be who you are, regardless of race, class, religion, country of origin, immigration status, (dis)ability, age, gender, identity, or sexual orientation.

Places cost £6. You can pay more than this if you want to support Barbican Theatre's work and the free places available at this workshop (in a Pay It Forward manner)

There are a limited number of £0 Pay What You Decide places at this workshop available for those who might otherwise bot be able to afford to attend. Once they are gone they are gone so please #BeKind when booking one.

Note: If you have ReBels Advanced Full Membership for the Spring 2023 term attendance of this masterclass is included within your £50 fee and you do not need to pay again. To book a place (and not pay again!) please add to cart and then when prompted to add a promo code please add the special code you'll have been sent when your membership was confirmed 

Alex Robins

Alex  is a game developer and playwright who is currently creating the puzzle app 'BusCity' for the Barbican's Meet Me At The Sundial project. Last Summer he made 'Mondays: a Sisyphean Typing Game' which has had over 60,000 players, coverage by high profile news sites and was featured at multiple exhibitions across Europe. He has also built interactive experiences combining theatre and gaming ('Hotline Coldcall', 'Fish in Blender') for Visual Arts South West and Plymouth Art Weekender.

Dr Hannah Wood

Hannah Wood is a writer/narrative designer and creative director of Story Juice, an interactive storytelling studio making playful experiences for everyone from individuals to audiences of 200,000. The studio brings untold stories to life in imaginative, new artistic forms and puts the audience at the heart of its experiences, inviting them to embody moments and perspectives that can inspire empathy, delight and empower social change. Collaborators and clients have included the Natural History Museum, Almeida Theatre, Roald Dahl Estate, Eden Project and BBC. The studio is a pledge partner of UKIE's #RaiseTheGame initiative to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in the games industry and has won a Global Women In Games Award 2022. Hannah is also a Lecturer and Researcher at University of Plymouth.