A Midnight Visit

A Midnight Visit is an Australian multi-sensory immersive theatre experience based upon the works of Edgar Allan Poe. The audience walks at their own pace through a variety of theatrically designed rooms featuring adult concepts, uneven floors, small and large spaces, and low-level lighting. Finding themselves as co-creators of their own experience, audiences are transported into a macabre dream world, and negotiate encounters with peculiar characters who sing, act, dance and even perform circus aerials.[1]

A Midnight Visit
Characters
  • Poe
  • Madeline Usher
  • The Actress
  • Roderick Usher
  • Ligeia
  • Hop Frog
  • The King
  • The Raven
  • Detective Dupin
  • The Black Cat
  • Virginia
Date premieredOctober, 2018
Place premieredNewtown, Sydney, Australia
Original languageEnglish
GenreImmersive, macabre
https://amidnightvisit.com/

Production

Created in 2018 by Kirsten Siddle and Danielle Harvey of theatre company Broad Encounters,[2] the production has toured sold-out shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Brisbane.[3] Typically transforming abandoned city warehouses into theatrical playgrounds, A Midnight Visit follows in the footsteps of internationally renowned promenade theatre projects such as New York’s Sleep No More (2011 play). With more than 10 hours of simultaneous performance in each 60-70 minute viewing, a site production can be set over 2500 square metres and involve up to 250 creators.

Reception

A Midnight Visit is Broad Encounters’ first large-scale work, winning Concrete Playground's Best New Event of 2018 for Australia and New Zealand.[4]

The 2019 Perth iteration of the production, as part of Fringe World, was awarded four and half stars by Simon Collins of The West Australian. "Ninety minutes was barely enough time to explore this lurid, chaotic, enchanting and voyeuristic world. No two experiences are the same."[5]

The Age wrote a four star review of the 2019 Melbourne production. "As an homage to Poe, you couldn’t ask for more."[6]

The extended 2021 season in Brisbane was lauded by Phil Brown, Arts Editor of The Courier Mail, as, "An incredibly enriching experience. You will never have seen anything like this before, I promise. It’s a blast!"[7]

References
  1. Staff Writers. "5 Secrets Uncovered At A Midnight Visit In Brisbane". scenestr - Pop Culture & Entertainment. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  2. "Broad Encounters". Broad Encounters. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  3. "A MIDNIGHT VISIT - A new immersive large-scale fantasy experience | News". AussieTheatre.com. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  4. "Sydney's Best New Events of 2018". Concrete Playground. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  5. "Buried alive in Gothic tales". The West Australian. 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  6. Woodhead, Cameron (2019-08-12). "Immersive labyrinth of Victorian gothic a sure hit". The Age. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  7. Brown, Phil (2021-07-30). "Review: Ghastly show with 'half-dead' cast pulls the crowds". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
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