An active reality adventure unfolding across King’s Lynn town centre
REVEAL was an interactive story and immersive experience – an unprecedented amalgam of live theatre performance, online episodes, an augmented reality game, and large-scale projections, which we coined “Active Reality”. It launched on 23 November 2018 and ran until 04 January 2019.
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The project used the unique geography, history, and architecture of King’s Lynn as the setting and stage for a play about a Syrian refugee making her way through Norfolk. King’s Lynn also served as the backdrop for dynamic projections and as the site for an augmented reality treasure hunt, made possible using a unique browser-based smartphone technology.
To create this ambitious piece, Collusion harnessed the efforts and talents of actors, projection artists, designers, musicians, and technologists – many from King’s Lynn and the surrounding region – comprising a team of 36 people working together across disciplines.
The legacy site for the project may be found at www.revealkl.com.
Artists
Producers
Simon Poulter, Executive & Artistic Producer // Rachel Drury, Executive Producer // Marcus Romer, Artistic Producer
Story
James McDermott Story // Marcus Romer Story // Liwaa Yazaji Words // Kathryn Castles Script editing // Beatrice Bray Research and photography volunteer
Actors
Claire Lacey Margaret of Antioch // Rebecca Banatvala Maya // Oliver Westlake Joe // Tim Welton Uncle Don
Artists - projections
Yael Biran Tuesday Market Place // Dominic Manning & Simon Poulter The Minster Joe Magee & Pete Cleary Custom House // Issam Kourbaj Greyfriars Tower // Karen Frances Eng St Nicholas Chapel & Tuesday Market Place
Music
Sandy Nuttgens // Matmos // Carter-Tutti
Films and photography
Gavin Toomey Film elements and trailer // Matthew Usher Drone footage and photography
Production
Joe Magee Logo and design // Sunny Luckhoo Costume Designer // Chris Tyler Web development // Richard Hall Creative technologist/augments/back-end developer // Sabrina Minter After Effects artist // Aleksandra Kruk Production Assistant // Lewis Anderson Stage Manager // Maze Media Multimedia assets // Catherine Slack Funding // Jermone Etienne Open source code // Mark McGarragh LIDAR survey //Alex Byford Production Assistant // Ben Pugh Production Manager // Nev Milsom Technical Manager
Engagement programme
Katy Marshall Creative Technologist // Michelle Brace Producer
PR & Marketing
Becky Wieczorek PR // Stephanie Lewis Marketing //
Pop-up shop team
Fynn Pitkeathy // Luke Woodcraft // Finnbar Cleary