The No Proscenium Podcast

Martin Gimenez and Thomas Jancis report from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on what they've been up to, and Martin interviews Sauna Theatre co-founder James Grieve along with Clair Korobacz and Julian Rickert of Australian theatre company one step at a time like this.Plus: Noah with a few words of thanks about the New York Immersive Invitational.SHOW NOTES2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Festival DiaryEdinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 FOMO GuideOnward To Edinburgh! (Podcast)Sauna Theatreone step at a time like this

This week we're joined by Majestic Repertory Theatre's Troy Heard whose Prom Night '99 was recently attended by NoPro team members Briana Roecks & Anthony Robinson, as well as host Noah Nelson. The four also were all at the most recent edition of Midsummer scream -- the world's biggest Halloween & Horror convention in Long Beach for what turned out to be the LAST edition of the con there. (Don't worry, it's only moving down the road to Anaheim.)The gang peppers Troy with questions about Prom Night, goes long on some of the pieces in the Hall of Shadows, and talks Vegas past, present, and future in this rather "After Dark" edition that was recorded after the sun went down.SHOW NOTESProm Night '99Melodramatic Delights On The Dance Floor: 'Prom Night ’99' Lights Up Vegas’ Arts District (The NoPro Review)Majestic Rep TheatreSceam'dMidsummer ScreamMidsummer Scream Is The Spooky Season Preview Every SoCal Haunter LovesUniversal Horror UnleashedOne Year Of Screams Later: 'Universal Horror Unleashed Las Vegas' Spices Up The Summer (The NoPro Review)Odyssey Adventure Company (Nevermore)How Sweet It Is: Museum of Ice Cream - Las Vegas (Review)Plaza Hotel & CasinoAREA15Briana Roecks

This week just a quick minisode with some program & event updates!SHOW NOTESThe New York Immersive InvitationalMelodramatic Delights On The Dance Floor: 'Prom Night ’99' Lights Up Vegas’ Arts District (The NoPro Review)How Sweet It Is: Museum of Ice Cream - Las Vegas (Review)1986-6-6Midsummer Scream

This week on the show, Immersive Experience Institute co-founder Kathryn Yu joins host Noah Nelson to talk about her ongoing series Understanding The Immersive Audience, which takes a deep dive into looking at what makes the immersive enthusiast cohort tick and provides some advice on what could best be called good marketing hygiene for immersive work in a time when producers find it increasingly difficult to find their audience.SHOW NOTESThe Understanding The Immersive Audience SeriesThe Immersive Experience InstituteThe New York Immersive InvitationalTech firm Fever produces live shows worldwide, with local consequences (Seattle Times)

This week on the show we're joined by a delightful panel of immersive creators who are headed to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe — the largestperforming arts fest in the world that pretty much takes over Edinburgh, Scotland for the month of August – for a very loose conversation that feels a bit like sneaking backstageJoining us for the episode are are Emily Carding, creator and performer of Hamlet (an experience), Peter Michael Marino, whose Planet of the Grapes is headed to Fringe after a sold our run in NYC, and Katy Murphy, creator of the interactive games how (No) Refunds — which is hosted by her alter ego Tiffany Gold.SHOW NOTESHamlet (an experience)Planet of the Grapes(No) Refunds NoPro's Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 FOMO Guide Edinburgh Festival Fringe

This week we take a detour to have a one-on-one with an artist we've wanted to talk to since season one: Julia Masli, the creator and performer of the incredible Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha, which is making its way to San Diego starting on July 28th, and will be popping up at the Philadelphia Fringe this September.SHOW NOTESHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha in San DiegoHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha at the Philly FringeNext Stage Salon NYC: Finding Your AudienceSubscribe to No Proscenium

This week host Noah Nelson is joined by esteemed members of the NoPro New York Review Crew: Curator Allie Marotta, East Coast Editor at Large Blake Weil, and Senior Correspondent Nicholas Fortugno for an often feisty conversation about what's happening in the NYC immersive scene in what has been a very busy year. (I mean, look at those Show Notes!)But first the gang digs into the recent, and somewhat controversial announcement of a new Punchdrunk production destined for the Wynn Al Marjan Island, the first casino to be planned for the United Arab Emirates. We dig into what it means for the Punchdrunk brand and a whole lot more as the punches are not pulled.SHOW NOTES Wynn Al Marjan Island Announces Landmark Partnership with Punchdrunk, the Global Pioneers of Immersive TheaterConwell Coffee & Cocktail HallThe CircuitThe Circuit (Review)Lunch DancesTempest Tossed (Review)Hamlet/The FuriesHamlet/The Furies (Review)Woyzeck (Coming Soon Article)ClinamenBalloon MuseumRadiohead Motion Picture HouseMarina Abramović's Balkan Erotic Epic Big FeelingsWhisperlodgeGrowing Takes TimeFestiValle (The thing in Sicily Blake talks about)13th Hour Escape RoomsRip Van Winkle's JourneyEvery Brilliant ThingCats The Jellicle BallLegendary (TV Series)The Rocky Horror Show

This week on the show, a very Season One style episode wherein host Noah Nelson talks to Ellie and Alex DiBerardino of Say Nothing and Leave, the creative team behind the Test Pilots series, along with their oftentimes collaborators Sarah Lew and Danthony, the director and creator of Baby Man. All of which was at Second Place Studios at the Hollywood Fringe Festival last month.We get into what makes the shows work, how the four met up in the underground immersive scene – yes, we still have one of those; no, we will not explain – and other elements of what comes with taking part in something like 40 different runs during Hollywood FringeSHOW NOTESSay Nothing and LeaveTest PilotsChange Your MindDanthonyBaby ManSarah LewEnormous Things: The MusicalReally Big SpoonHollywood Fringe FestivalSecond Place StudiosMirth Arts Foundation

This week we're talking about the state of XR -– from what's happening with the new tech to the out-of-home experiences that are actually drawing audiences – with a ridiculously talented panel of practitioners, professionals, and press.Joining host Noah Nelson in the virtual NoPro studio Scarlett Kim (Center for Unclassifiable Technologies and Experiences) , Ray Mosco (General Immersive), Rory Mitchell (Mercantile), and NoPro's Toronto curator Katrina Lat.SHOW NOTESScarlett KimRaymond MoscoRory Mitchell - Mercantile AgencyKatrina LatSony Pictures Invests $100 Million in Cosm, Shared-Reality Venue Owner (Variety)LIVE from AWE 2026 ft. Malia Probst, Mary Matheson, and Shelley Peterson (The AI XR Podcast)Tender Claws: Body ProxySiggraph 2026AWE NiteThe Immersive Experience Institute