Not just a blast from the past

Blast Theory's 'Desert Rain' has been touring the UK and internationally since 1999, clocking up nearly 2,000 performances and placing the group at the forefront of multimedia theatre in Britain. Now, Blast Theory looks set to pioneer a new wave of television programming in the UK - if all goes to plan with a pilot currently under production with BBC Interactive.
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Six visitors enter an installation space. They are instructed to remove their coats and put on black hooded jackets, before being zipped into a cubicle each. In front of them, a fine spray of water, four metres across, creates a rain-screen holding the projected image of a virtual world. For the next half an hour, the six visitors must navigate their way through the world to find a designated target, and get out. Throughout the experience, the participants meet and exchange information with each other, and are confronted by fragments of the Gulf War – including a space full of hundreds of floating numbers, each representing an estimate of Iraqi casualties.

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Michelle Draper
About the Author
Michelle lived and worked in Rome and London as a freelance feature writer for two and a half years before returning to Australia to take up the position of Head Writer for Arts Hub UK. She was inspired by thousands of years of history and art in Rome, and by London's pubs. Michelle holds a BA in Journalism from RMIT University, and also writes for Arts Hub Australia.