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Creepy new theatre show set in pitch blackness comes to Preston

Posted on - 3rd February, 2017 - 7:00pm | Author - | Posted in - Arts, University campus, What's On in Preston
Fiction is a fully immersive experience
Fiction is a fully immersive experience

An audio dreamscape is coming to Preston as a new immersive theatre show takes place.

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Following Fuel Theatre’s show inside a shipping container on the Flag Market the University of Central Lancashire’s Media Factory is hosting their new show Fiction.

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It’s a sound journey through complete darkness in what’s described as a ‘unique theatrical experience’.

Audio involved is recorded using binaural sound technology which creates a 3D listening sensation.

The audience are wearing headphones and not able to see the action – just hear it.

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This is what Wired magazine had to say: “I haven’t been affected by a show as profoundly in a long time.”

Fiction has been performed previously at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas and Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival.

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The show takes place on Saturday 11 February from 7.30pm at the Media Factor in Kirkham Street.

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Tickets are £9 or £6 for concessions (students, under16s and over 60s) and available at Ticket Source.

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