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Draw Me Close


Cast as Jordan, the solo audience-participant enters into an animated virtual reality environment, where we co-perform an autobiographical story with an actor in a motion-capture suit who plays Jordan’s (our) mother. 
Production Credits

Written and directed by: Jordan Tannahill
Produced by: Johanna Nicholls and David Oppenheim
Executive producers: Toby Coffey and Anita Lee
Set design by: Tom Paris
Sound design by: Gareth Fry
Illustrations by: Teva Harrison
Additional illustrations by: Ollie Kay
Creative technologists: All Seeing Eye
Motion capture lead: Aylwin Lo
Senior developer, MOCAP: Lukasz Ruminsky

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A co-production between the National Film Board of Canada and the National Theatre’s Immersive Storytelling Studio
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Photo source: nfb.ca
Production History
Soulpepper Theatre: Toronto, ON 2 November - 12 December 2022
The Young Vic: London, England 21 January-2 February 2019
Venice International Film Festival: Venice, Italy 31 August 2017 
Tribeca Film Festival Storyscapes: New York City, NY 21-29 April 2017
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more on draw me close
Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation: ABYDOS, GUIDES, ACTING

Draw Me Close (Trailer - Soulpepper 2020) from NFB/marketing on Vimeo.

Press
"Instead of the empathy usually felt when watching a play, you are struck by a tangible, personal sense of loss." - Culture Whisper 

​"This singular virtual reality experience may be one of the most immersive so far." - Upload VR 
Awards
Official Selection - Venice Virtual Reality at the Venice International Film Festival 2017 
Official Selection - Storyscapes at the Tribeca Film Festival 2017
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