Project Description
A NEW VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE
HOME, Manchester
Lyric Hammersmith, London
My Name is Peter Stillman is a brand new Virtual Reality (VR) experience created by 59 Productions and supported by The Space, inspired by American novelist Paul Auster’s first work, The New York Trilogy. It opened at HOME, Manchester in February 2017 and transferred to the Lyric, Hammersmith in London, alongside the stage production of City of Glass in April 2017.
A telephone rings three times in the dead of night. A man called Peter Stillman is looking to hire a private detective, Paul Auster of the Auster Detective Agency, someone Daniel Quinn is not. This thrilling experience combines hand-drawn animation and cutting edge VR technology to distort the line between reality and fiction, placing audiences at the centre of this experience as the strange and haunting story unfolds. My Name is Peter Stillman is experienced with an Oculus Rift VR headset, in a specially-installed VR booth. It was created to enhance and transform the experience of the theatre goer before and after they take their seats for the show City of Glass, produced by 59 Productions, however, outside of the theatrical adaptation it is a story to be experienced in its own right.
FESTIVALS & COMPETITIONS
Venice Film Festival Bridge
September 2017
Adelaide Film Festival
October 2017
Geneva International Film Festival
November 2017
BBC Digital Cities
June 2017
IFP Week, New York
September 2017
Rural Media
October 2017
Cinequest Festival
March 2018
British Animation Awards
Expanded Animation Award
March 2018
AUDIENCE RESPONSE
‘The tie in of all the sensory input. Theatre is a two way experience, and so was this. Magnificent.’
‘Loved it all! When the room changed around me! FABULOUS!’
‘Transformative experience. Style of the design was excellent. Loved feeling out of my own body.’
‘I found all the elements fantastic, I was overwhelmed with the visual quality of sound and animation. It evokes a sense of darkness.’
CREDITS
Inspired By
‘City Of Glass’ by Paul Auster
Voice Of Peter Stillman
Joshua James
VR Director
Lysander Ashton
Performance Director
Leo Warner
Design Concept
Leo Warner
Jenny Melville
Animation
Joseph Pierce
Edd Stockton
Assistant Director
Raphael Pimlott
VR Developer
Ollie Lindsey
Adam Child
Sound Design
Gareth Fry
Producers
Rebecca Collis
Vicky Graham
Anna Jameson
Installation Design
Claudia Fragoso
Graphic Design
Rebecca Pitt
Technicians
Iain Syme
Edward Slaney
Fabricators
KD Productions
Funded By
The Space
With Special Thanks To
Sarah Topliss
Fiona Morris
Michael Ogden