A series of events produced by Tom Dale Company in collaboration with Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham, Kerryn Wise (Displace Studio) and Broadway's Near Now.

Free, booking required. 15 minutes (no interval). Suitable for ages 14+.

A unique opportunity to engage in the developmental stage of this immersive experience for one. Thematically linked to SURGE LIVE (see event details below), the viewer will find themselves in an organic laboratory - a futuristic playground that is grown not constructed, connected not isolated. A chance to explore movement in liminal space.

Find out more about SURGE LIVE and SURGE DIGITAL at tomdale.org.uk.

Free, booking required.

Online or In-person options for attending.

Open to creatives, academics, students.

Opportunities for innovation: using technology to share narrative experiences.

Through a combination of diverse immersive performances, captivating presentations, and expert panel discussions, this hybrid event will connect researchers and creators from across the globe. Together we will explore the growth of the immersive entertainment industry. An evening event (see below - please register separately) will showcase the visionary potential of this emerging sector.

Free, booking required.

Open to all (recommended for ages 16+).

An opportunity to engage with a range of live performative, film and VR experiences.

£15 (£10 concessions). Suitable for ages 16+.

Hosted by Displace Studio, this Performance Playday will explore Virtual Reality and Volumetric Capture as tools for performance making. No prior experience of VR is required to take part; this is suitable for anyone interested in developing their understanding of creative technologies in performance.

Supported by Arts Council England, De Montfort University and Broadway's Near Now.

Free, booking required.

Open to creatives, academics, students.

A guide to developing commercially sustainable ideas and business models for immersive content. Delivered by Catherine Allen and Emma Hughes from Limina Immersive.

This workshop will take you through the process of how to develop and shape your creative immersive ideas into commercial products.

Free, booking required.

Open to creatives, academics, students.

In this interactive workshop, the team behind BBC MakerBox will present their tools for creating interactive and responsive media experiences and how you can get free access to them.

The second half of the session will give you the opportunity to generate and workshop your own interactive projects and ideas.

Pay what you can. 20 minutes (no interval). Suitable for ages 13+.

Put on your VR headset and embark on a unique choreographic journey, walking the line between reality and illusion…

FACADES is a room-scale dance-theatre virtual reality (VR) experience created by Displace Studio; a collaboration between Digital Dance Artist and Near Now Studio Member Kerryn Wise and Creative Technologist Ben Neal.

Supported by Arts Council England, De Montfort University and NearNow.

£10 | £5 students. 25 minutes (no interval). Warning: use of haze.

Humanity is pushing at the boundaries of evolution as we enter the augmented age. The digital world is on a quest to recreate life and does this by making ever more real copies of the world. Humans share the planet with the new lifeforce — technology.

SURGE is a stunningly visual, immersive dance performance, performed inside a digitally projected landscape to an evocative music score from acclaimed electronic musician Ital Tek.

A concept album live on stage including live vocals from performer Jemima Brown. We ask: “What is the future of the human body in a world beset by inequality.... as evolution/ natural selection is replaced by intelligent design?”

— The Guardian

Find out more about SURGE LIVE and SURGE DIGITAL at tomdale.org.uk.

SURGE has been developed with the support of Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham and Dance4. Tom Dale Company is funded by Arts Council England.