{"id":11730,"date":"2018-07-08T23:29:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T06:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Becomeimmersed.com\/?p=11730"},"modified":"2019-11-26T11:05:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T19:05:57","slug":"fringe-2018-dream-walker-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becomeimmersed.com\/fringe-2018-dream-walker-ghosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fringe 2018: Dream Walker’s Ghosts Explores Loose Morals for a New Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"
Henrik Ibsen\u2019s Ghosts<\/i>, penned in 1881, can\u2019t be described as the most accessible text ever written, but its criticism of 19th century morals and the controversy surrounding its content is still an inspiration to modern playwrights.\u00a0 <\/span>Due to its content Ghosts<\/i> was, to say it generously, not universally praised at its initial release. But it\u2019s no longer 1881, its 2018, its the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and theatre\/art collective Dream Walker is re-imagining Ghosts <\/i>for a contemporary audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Dream Walker’s Ghosts<\/i> is an expressive staging of the complex play, lovingly executed, but not without some setbacks.\u00a0 <\/span>Billed as \u201cA Whole New Immersive Theatre,\u201d Ghosts <\/i>seems to be woefully lacking in that regard. \u00a0 <\/span>Theatre, and good theatre at that, it certainly is\u2014but labeling the production as \u201cimmersive\u201d does the work, and the audience, a disservice.\u00a0 <\/span>We\u2019ve noticed this issue periodically throughout Hollywood Fringe in the past few years; with the increasing popularity of immersive theatre and its recent inclusion as its own category for Fringe-goers, there are always one or two productions that call themselves \u201cimmersive\u201d while lacking many of the ideals that define the genre.\u00a0 <\/span>Ghosts, <\/i>despite its positive elements, unfortunately falls into this category.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n