Relative Motion & The Barn Theatre release a virtual reality production of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II
A virtual reality experience of a scene from Christopher Marlowe’s epic drama Edward II has been released by VR storytelling studio, Relative Motion, in association with the Barn Theatre in Cirencester.
The eight-minute production is a reimagining of the historic and iconic gay love story for a modern day audience. It has been designed for a Single-Audience-Member (SAM) who sits at the centre of the experience.
Available today to access free online (YouTube, Facebook), EDWARD II VR brings passion, intense drama, compelling performances and a stirring new score into the audience member’s phone/tablet and/or VR headset.
Edward II cemented Marlowe’s position as both a maverick playwright and a challenger of the status quo. By ‘staging the story’ around SAM, this new production highlights the parallels between homophobia, corruption and greed at the heart of power in Marlowe’s era and the intolerance and bias in the world today. Using the empathetic power of VR, Relative Motion and The Barn Theatre want to remind audiences that, up-close, we are all the same.
The footage was recorded onstage at the Barn Theatre and stars Nathan Ives-Moiba as Edward, Richard Pryal as Gaveston and Georgia Silver as Isabella and features an original score by Tom Adams.
Edward II VR features creative direction by Christopher Lane, technical direction by Andy Purves, production direction by Chloe Miller Smith, casting by Harry Blumenau and technical support from the Barn Theatre’s technical team: Chris Cleal,Benjamin Collins and Sami Wood.
