Starting next week, hundreds of Melburnians will go through the doors of the Convention Centre and be transported to the FBI’s Quantico training academy. As rookie agents, they’ll hunt down clues and solve puzzles on their way to a heroic climax.Yes, it’s another immersive theatre show.
It’s considered the perfect COVID-safe solution to bring theatre back to life, and some see it as a permanent change to our arts landscape.
But for others, it’s an irritating, exclusionary trend that’s killing the joy and imagination of theatre.
Source: Has our obsession with immersive theatre killed our imagination?