draw me close

written and directed by JORDAN TANNAHILL

A CO-PRODUCTION BETWEEN thE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA AND National theatre’s IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING STUDIO

November 2 - december 12, SOUlpepper theatre, toronto, canada

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Draw Me Close blurs the worlds of live performance, virtual reality and animation to create a vivid memoir about the relationship between a mother and her son charting twenty-five years of love, learning and loss . Weaving theatrical storytelling with new forms of technology, the individual immersive experience allows the audience member to take the part of the protagonist, Jordan, inside a live, animated world.

The experience is by award-winning playwright and filmmaker Jordan Tannahill, and is a co-production between the National Film Board of Canada and the National Theatre’s Immersive Storytelling Studio.

‘Mind officially blown. Unlike any experience I’ve ever had’ Huffington Post

‘An emotional and technologically brilliant experience that takes the concept of immersion into new heights’ Mashable

CREDITS

Presented by Soulpepper and the National Film Board of Canada

A NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN PRODUCTION

In Association with the National Arts Centre with the R&D participation of SIRT

Featuring Caroline Gillis and Maggie Huculak

Stage Manager: Robert Harding

Apprentice Stage Manager: Angela Mae Bago

VR & MOCAP Tech: Christina Borins

Illustrations: Teva Harrison & Olie Kay

Creative Technology All Seeing Eye

Lead developer: Lukasz Ruminsky

Sound design: Gareth Fry

Set designers: Andy Berry & Tom Paris

Executive producers: Anita Lee (NFB) & Toby Coffey (NT) .

Produced by David Oppenheim (NFB) and Johanna Nicholls (NT)

Written and directed by Jordan Tannahill.