Immersive Experience Network Podcast
Episodes
Mama Bazooka: The Dome, interview with Sarah Dodd - IEN Immersive Summit 2024
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Spring in 't Veld, the CEO and creative director of Mama Bazooka, is interviewed by Sarah Dodd (Co-Founder, Escape Room Industry Conference), one...
Dark Park: Unlocking the Secret to Experiences That Leave a Lasting Impression - IEN Summit 2024
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gijs Geers, founder of DarkPark, is a pioneering force in the escape room industry. In an inspiring presentation, he unveils the secret ingredient beh...
Entered: Building a High-Tech Narratively Rich Open World Game - IEN Immersive Summit 2024
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Take a deep dive with Jeroen van Hasselt (Co-Founder, Entered), into the trials and triumphs of producing a unique, 200-minute-long game experience su...
Episodic Storytelling: ERIC Panel Discussion IEN Immersive Experience Summit 2024
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Lukas Rancher (Crime Runners), Dan Wiseman (The Detective Society), Bob & Nikki Kimber (Hysteria Escape Rooms), and Andrew Preble (Escape My ...
Lemon Difficult, The Key of Dreams: Lessons from running a 24 hour immersive experience - Summit 2024
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Creative Director Ivan Carić and performer Emily Carding as they share the challenges and lessons from running a 24-hour interactive experience ...
Adrian Hon: Trends, Traps & Opportunities in the Immersive Entertainment Sector - IEN Summit 2024
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Hon (Game Designer and Author) is a prolific maker, writer and fan within the Immersive Entertainment space who has spent the past two years at...
Jenny McNeill: Food as a tool for immersion - IEN Immersive Experience Summit 2024
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny McNeil takes a deep dive into how to use food as a tool for conveying narrative and engaging the imagination. From understanding the key emotion...
Glitch Studios: The Theatre Reimagined – Introducing AR to the Stage - IEN Summit 2024
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sami Hamid from Glitch Studios pulls back the curtain and reveals how wearable XR headsets can be implemented into live staged theatre performances, b...
Any Questions? Entrepreneurship & Immersive - IEN Summit 2024
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Barnes (Director, Entourage), Mairi Nolan (Puzzle Game Designer), Tom Lionetti-Maguire (Founder of Little Lion Entertainment), Farouk Dean (Co-Fo...
Horror & Trojan Horses: Hidden lessons from creating a theatrical scare experience - IEN Summit 2024
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Michael Badelt from INTYA Creative as he explores turning mistakes into a success: How a small immersive scare attraction went from "Okay“ to "...
Simon Brind, Agency & Alibi: Participant secrets from the larp toolkit - IEN Summit 2024
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Brind discusses concepts of Agency and Alibi in the creation of Larp and their connections to creating meaningful experiences for participants.&...
Boomtown: Facilitating Collaborative Narrative in Large Scale Immersive Worlds - IEN Summit 2024
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this talk, Megan Clifton (Head of Narrative, Boomtown Fair) will discuss her learnings in her three years holding the storyline, the challenges of ...
SWAMP & Les Enfant Terribles: Immersive Entertainment to Brand Experiences - IEN Summit 2024
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Ollie Jones (Co-Founder of SWAMP) and James Seager (Creative Director of Les Enfants Terribles) to learn more about their journey from entertainm...
Fever - Beyond Creativity: How Data Informs a Show's Success - IEN Summit 2024
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this session, Jessie Fu (Senior Manager of Strategy and Partnerships) highlights what Fever have learned about how new technologies are empowering ...
Rematch: Rumble in the Jungle, Connecting Communities and Generations - IEN Summit 2024
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Les Seddon-Brown (CEO and producer of Rematch) takes us through the makings of this unique show and how they were able to engage a higher-than-average...
Innovative Digital Access: A Creative Case for Accessibility - IEN Experience Summit 2024
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this session, Laura Wilkinson and Ben Fredericks talk about the development process for incorporating accessibility in their immersive show "Choosi...
DaDaFest Panel: Creative accessibility within immersive practice - IEN Immersive Experience Summit 2024
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Strickland (Digital Producer, DaDaFest), Laura Wilkinson (Producer, Ben Fredericks [Collaborations]), Thomas Florence (Artistic Director, But Why?...
The Other Way Works: “‘A Rainbow for Amala’ - making an interactive book for kids - IEN Summit 2024
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join creators Katie Day, John Sear and Sudha Bhuchar as they unpack how their form-busting book was made, and the new challenges they encountered work...
Darren Emerson: Touring VR - In Pursuit Of Repetitive Beats - IEN Immersive Experience Summit 2024
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Immersive Artist Darren Emerson shares the challenges and experiences of bringing the multi-award-winning VR experience ‘In Pursuit of Repetitive Be...
Brainstorms: A Great Gig In The Sky - Navigating music, art, science and commercial realities to create viable immersive experiences at scale".
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Led by Richard (Technical and Artistic Director) and Erica Warp (Director of Neuroscience for Brainstorms), this talk investigates music, art, science...
Shared Reality and Live Performance // CULTVR LAB
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CULTVR Lab has emerged as Europe’s first immersive cross-disciplinary space, focusing on digital arts, XR live performance, and fulldome cinema with...
Tassos Stevens and Matthew Hawn: Romancing the Book, the story of "Evergreen"
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Coney's Tassos Stevens (director) and Matthew Hawn (commissioner), as they discuss "Evergreen," a sprawling three-month adventure inspired by Mat...
Bridge Command : How we built two interactive spaceships in an Vauxhall railway arch
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An in-depth dive with the creative and production teams from Bridge Command (Owen Kingston, Artistic Director and Tom Black, Executive Director), Illu...
Data & Diagramming: Two Tools for Meaningful Design - Sophie Larsmon
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The video of talk can be found on our YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/p2pUSzzAqWcSophie Larsmon, a creative producer and director of live immersive...
Creating Peaky Blinders: The Rise - Tom Maller & Rebecca Brower
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
View the video of this session at https://youtu.be/Hv0fV7NGTlwExplore the creative process behind “Peaky Blinders: The Rise” with Rebecca Brower (...
Accessibility in Immersive Experiences
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Gill (Access Producer), Jane Ensell (Audio Describer) and Colin Nightingale (Associate Creative Producer) discuss accessibility requirements and s...
How can we make immersive work more sustainable?
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paddy Dillon introduces the Theatre Green Book as a model for making live arts and entertainment more sustainable, and offers a use case for how its a...
Making Immersive: Systems of Care
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we explore how systems of care for performers, backstage workers and audiences can be integrated into both the rehearsal process and live as...
Making Immersive: Participatory Practice
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Adipat Virdi to explore participatory practice in immersive contexts; we follow Adipat’s journey from the path from architect to a ...
Making Immersive: Immersive Technologies
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Rob Morgan and Joumana Mourad to discuss the joys and challenges of integrating immersive technology into live contexts - taking a d...
Making Immersive: Marketing your work
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Meri Mance and Sarah Morris to uncover the nuts and bolts of marketing immersive experiences, across different scales - exploring ho...
Making Immersive: Casting and Rehearsals
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Were joined by Carl Dolamore, Oliver Lansley and Megan Stewart for a dynamic discussion which takes us deep into the creative processes and complex me...
Making Immersive: Commercial Practice
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Sheena Patel and Mark Sarfo-Kantanka to discuss the nuts and bolts of scaling into commercial work - from managing budgets and finan...
Making Immersive: Seeking Funding
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Polly Barker, Marie Klimis and Natasha Stanton to explore how organisations and individuals approach seeking funding, to create work...
Making Immersive: Playability and Gaming in Immersive Experiences
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Katie Day, Arlo Howard and Chloe Mashiter - exploring how playability and gaming intersects in immersive contexts to offer a deep ex...
Making Immersive: Working with Venues, Part Two
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: In the second part of our working with Venues theme, we explore the processes involved in setting up a space for immersive experiences - from...
Making Immersive: Creating Audience Journeys
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A huge feature of immersive experiences is the intense sensory experience and different routes that participants can take through physical spaces - fr...
Making Immersive: Working with Venues, Part One
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Immersive Experiences often take place in non traditional cultural venues and finding a space that fits can pose a real challenge for makers and produ...
Making Immersive: Creating Large Scale Work
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making large scale immersive work can be daunting; in this episode we discuss the creative, operational and financial aspects of scaling up live exper...