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An Ark

Manchester International FestivalManchester

27 March 2027 – 10 April 2027

44 scheduled performances

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This groundbreaking Mixed Reality play brings you face-to-face with extraordinary performances from Ian McKellen, Golda Rosheuvel, Arinzé Kene and Rosie Sheehy – in a visceral exploration of what it means to be human When does a story become theatre? Is it when the actors step on to the stage? What if the actors are with you, but not with you? AN ARK is the world’s first Mixed Reality play – a journey through sex, love, death, work and everything that makes a life, addressed directly to you. Through Mixed Reality glasses, experience theatre like you’ve never seen it before: up-close,…

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This groundbreaking Mixed Reality play brings you face-to-face with extraordinary performances from Ian McKellen, Golda Rosheuvel, Arinzé Kene and Rosie Sheehy – in a visceral exploration of what it means to be human When does a story become theatre? Is it when the actors step on to the stage? What if the actors are with you, but not with you? AN ARK is the world’s first Mixed Reality play – a journey through sex, love, death, work and everything that makes a life, addressed directly to you. Through Mixed Reality glasses, experience theatre like you’ve never seen it before: up-close, intimate and with unflinching eye contact, creating an impossibly close connection between actor and audience. This new form of theatre places you at the heart of a deeply personal exploration of what it means to live, to grieve and to connect. Captured in a single take, this one-of-a-kind theatrical encount

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