#TOMTECH

A catalyst programme for artists that bridges the gap between traditional performance and new technology.

As technological development accelerates, we ask ourselves what our role as a venue will be in the coming years, and how audiences will want to enjoy the arts in the future. To answer this, we created #TOMtech.

We want to encourage both artists and audiences to embrace the latest developments in Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Extended Reality (XR), Mixed Reality (MR), motion capture, 360-film and more. #TOMtech allows ideas to be seeded and provides a space for those who want to play, take risks, re-invent, and re-imagine what is possible using new technology.

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#TOMTECH COMMISSIONS

'NEW WORLDS' IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Halina Rice

WHILST THE REST WERE SLEEPING
CiRCA69

FROGMAN
curious directive

HABITATS
Marshmallow Laser Feast

TALKING POSTS
Shared Space and Light

An exhibit at the Bring Your Own Beamer event

LABS PROGRAMME

Our LABs programme offers artists the opportunity to explore new tools, techniques and partnerships away from the pressures of production cycles. We tend to focus labs on emerging technology and how theatre makers can play a leading role as new platforms for cultural consumption develop.

Each lab has a slightly different format. Application is normally by open call and we aim to include artists from a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds, genres and scales.

In the past we have run labs on real-time motion capture; exploring 360 storytelling; using VR as a stage tool, training artists to program via games engines, multi-user immersive storytelling, and projection mapping in performance.

Keep an eye here for future opportunities!

#TOMtech EVENT Archive

2023

Dreamy Place: Embodied Realities
BRiGHTBLACK: A CARNiVAL BETWEEN WORLDS
Halina Rice and TOM: ‘New Worlds’ Immersive Experience

2020-2022 - GONE FISHIN’

2019

Limbik Theatre and TOM: Fatherland
Casson and Friends with seb.ly Studios: Choreocracy
Fast Familiar: The Justice Syndicate
TOM, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Make[Real]: vrLAB 2019

2018

TOM, Make[Real] and Virtual Umbrella: vrLAB 2018
Makropol and TOM: Doom Room
TOM: VR Parlour
Hatsumi VR: NoöSphere
Pop-Up Brighton: BYOBeamer #7
CiRCA69 and TOM: Whilst The Rest Were Sleeping
Wet Picnic: I’d Be Lost Without It

2017

Medea Electronica
REMOTE
ErictheFred
[pain]byte
MACONDO
360º Democracy
StoryHack Conference 2017
vrLAB 2017
Bitcoin: An Introduction
WHIST
WiFi Wars
Cat and Mouse
Frogman
Habitats

2016

Hacked On Classics
SuperEverything*
Pattern Recognition
vrLAB 2016
StoryHack Conference 2016
Electric Youth Ensemble: Visions of the Future
Adam Buxton’s BUG: David Bowie Special
ProjectLAB Sharing Event
Slave to Mortal Rage