Question 1

DARKFIELD (UK)

Accepted Answer

DAVID ROSENBERG | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (UK)

David co-founded Shunt to pursue an interest in the role of an audience in theatrical productions and directed all their shows: The Ballad of Bobby Francois, Tennis Show, Dance Bear Dance, Tropicana, Amato Saltone, Money, The Architects and The Boy Who Climbed Out Of His Face. Working with Frauke Requardt he conceived and co-directed The Roof, Electric Hotel and Motor Show, for which he used binaural sound recordings to allow the audience intimate access to distant spaces. David co-directed DeadClub - presented at The Place, and he is one of the team behind Wiretapper - an audio project hiding performance in public spaces.

GLEN NEATH | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (UK)

Glen has written novels, plays for radio, for the stage and non-theatre locations, performed by rehearsed and unrehearsed actors and by members of the public who are also the audience. Projects include Wedding, Free Show (bring money) and Die or Run with Hannah Ringham, Hide with Lizzie Clachan, Unpack with Neil Bennun and Hello for Dummies and Romcom with Ant Hampton. His radio plays for BBC Radio 4 include Listen Up, Six Impossible Things, Occupied, The Long Count and a two-part adaptation of The Arabian Nights. His debut novel, The Outgoing Man, launched Portobello Books in 2005 and was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.

Glen Neath and David Rosenberg have been collaborating since 2012. Previous shows [Ring (2013)][3] and [Fiction (2015)][4], both produced by Fuel, toured extensively and had several sell-out runs in London.

ANDREA SALAZAR | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UK)

Andrea has been project managing experimental and site-specific performances in London since 2005. She is passionate about high-quality projects that activate unusual locations; where the audience discover the venue, immerse themselves in the event and return to the real world changed. Andrea worked on various Shunt productions, including project-managing The Shunt Lounge.

She was production manager on Punchdrunk's The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable; Against Captain's Orders; The Village; various R&D projects and is currently their Head of Production. In 2016 Andrea co-founded Darkfield with David Rosenberg and Glen Neath to create shows in completely dark shipping containers. She loves the opportunities new technology can offer to performance, live events and storytelling. She is a team maker and a team player, with a passion for spreadsheets, tools and wires. She just loves making things happen.

VICTORIA EYTON | SENIOR CREATIVE PRODUCER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR (UK)

Victoria Eyton has worked with DARKFIELD since 2016 across all projects, and has extensive experience working within immersive theatre performance.

Her portfolio includes Brave New World for NBC Universal and ABBA’s new sell-out show The Voyage. Victoria has also worked for Punchdrunk since 2013 on projects including Sleep No More Shanghai, The Lost Lending Library, The Oracles, Absolut Silverpoint, The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable and various R&D projects. In 2022, Victoria co-founded the Ida XR Studio and Network to support women, trans and non-binary people working in XR.

Question 2

REALSCAPE PRODUCTIONS  ( AUSTRALIA / NORTH AMERICA)

Accepted Answer

Realscape Productions specialises in tech-infused, experiential productions that make your brain go “OoOoh”, including DARKFIELD, the Australian productions of the hit West End play Ghost Stories, the award-winning one on one encounter, Mummy’s Milk and acclaimed sci-fi dance phenomenon, Future Cargo by Requardt & Rosenberg.An Australian-born company led by Producers Amy Johnson and Nathan Alexander, Realscape aims to captivate audiences outside of traditional theatres with innovative experiences that ignite the senses and spark imagination. Working closely together since 2017, Realscape thrives on presenting DARKFIELD’s work in new locations, enthralling new audiences by the unsettling worlds unfolding around them in darkness.