Work
Gremlin!
Maker Mirror World Creations · Work date 2021-06-29 · Medium telephone · Role work
Description
Magic is real. You know this because you have just been telephoned by a hyperactive gremlin who is shouting about witches. According to the gremlin, you are his only hope for escaping baleful captivity. But his instructions are bizarre, to say the least... "Gremlin!" is a 20-minute magical adventure that takes place over text message and phone. Help out a hyperactive gremlin, discover a secret world of witchcraft and if you've got a mind for it, learn some magic... +++ A phone adventure is a piece of intimate immersive theater that you’ll play out — just you and an actor, one-on-one — via text message and phone call. All sessions will be booked directly between you and the performer, who will contact you via a phone number provided beforehand. No preparation or research is necessary, and once the adventure starts you’ll be able to steer the experience. Remember, the conclusion of the
Source. No published description found.
Anatomy
Thirteen criteria after Lauren R. Beck. Each carries a source grade: M maker-confirmed, P published, F first-hand, I inferred by the compiler, ? not yet established. Definitions are on the anatomy page.
- Participants listen through headphonesnoI
A 20-minute phone-and-text adventure with no headphone requirement stated.
- Participants move through space as part of the workunknown?
The gremlin's 'bizarre' instructions might or might not require moving; the listing does not say.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Audio technology is necessaryyesP
Listing states the adventure takes place over text message and phone.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
No required site, circumstance, or language is named.
- Engages with the history of a sitenoI
A fictional world of witches and gremlins, not documented events of a real place.
- Created for an urban environmentnoI
Nothing presupposes urban surroundings.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoP
The maker's boilerplate frames the phone adventure as 'intimate immersive theater'.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
Listing calls it immersive theater played one-on-one with an actor.
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
Nothing establishes whether the participant's actual surroundings matter.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesP
The participant is 'his only hope', follows his instructions, and can steer the experience.
- Has live performers other than the participantsyesP
Boilerplate states it is played one-on-one with an actor who contacts the participant.
- Involves game playunknown?
There is an escape objective and 'the conclusion of the' adventure is cut off, so rules and resolution are unestablished.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
'Bizarre instructions' and 'learn some magic' hint at handling things but specify no physical object.
Did you experience this? Tell us
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