Week 28

It may have been Easter but I'm an artist, never miss an opportunity to learn, never miss an experience that could inspire you.

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So I went to London a few days ago, to see Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales, honestly it was amazing it's so worth going to see what they've done with the space.

The Grimm Tales is an almost contemporary theater piece that takes 6 tales and works them into small plays, each is around 15 minuets. The contemporary part comes from the way you move around the warehouse, exploring each set as you traverse from tale to tale.

    

Contradicting the contemporary style of set design the acting is very classical, incredibly talented and due to the nature of the space, intimate. The actors and sets are surrounding as you watch the performance, it's enchanting to be in and the level of immersion into the world of Grimm is incredible, for 2 hours you are not in London any more.

  

I can not rave about the sets enough, it is perfection, the decaying Victorian style and sense of macabre surround, the aesthetic is never broken through out the whole building, so even unused rooms have been transformed for you to explore after the show.

  

Something about all of the components worked so well and it would be interesting to translate into games. I'd love to look deeper in what has worked to find what could in fact be applied to not just to story telling devices in games but in the sets we creates for players to explore.

   

Just understand that I want to live In this world and that Tom Rogers, the man behind these stunning sets is my idol.