DARKFIELD’s multi-sensory experience returns to Melbourne

Darkfield’s highly popular multi-sensory immersive experiences are returning to Melbourne from 26th May with the season marking the Victorian premiere of COMA and EULOGY, accompanied by returning seasons of SÉANCE and FLIGHT.

Darkfield’s multi-sensory audio experiences in complete darkness - FLIGHT, SÉANCE, COMA and EULOGY were created by UK-based creative directors and Darkfield founders Glen Neath and David Rosenberg and take place inside purpose-built shipping containers and use binaural audio, sensory deprivation and special effects to place the audience at the centre of a narrative completely at odds with the space it occupies.

Playing at 138 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, the shipping container shows which explore themes of fear, anxiety and heart-pounding thrill - will engulf audiences in complete darkness and challenge their grasp on reality.

Melbourne-based producers Realscape Productions are presenting DARKFIELD's mind-bending 360-degree binaural sound experiences, which grip the senses and send audiences into a deep immersive experience, leaving them questioning what is real and what is imagined.

Amy Johnson, producer at Realscape Productions notes “we are so excited to announce DARKFIELD’s long-overdue return to Melbourne, where it all began for us. We can’t wait to see the reactions of Melbourne audiences as they experience COMA and EULOGY for the first time, and it only made sense for us to bring back SÉANCE and FLIGHT for those who missed out on our previous sell-out seasons.

EULOGY is a communal experience which uses 360-degree sound and speech recognition technology to immerse each audience member into a dreamlike, labyrinthine hotel that is imagined in the darkness. Audiences are transported through rooms and down corridors, into a car park, a canteen and a lift which transports them between floors, taking them deeper into the dream.

In COMA, audience members lie down in a bunk bed, each becoming separated from their counterparts. Alone in the darkness, the multi-sensory elements engulf each participant. The strange mass experiment sees audiences slip into a collective dream state to explore the dark recesses of their own mind.

The FLIGHT shipping container has had the economy section of a real plane installed. The experience jolts passengers through two worlds, two realities and two possible outcomes to their journey. It explores the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and how to avoid the worst-case scenarios that we all fear.

Taking place in a pitch-black shipping container, SÉANCE uses binaural sound to put audience members in the centre of a supernatural experience. Audiences put their trust in the hands of the medium, and try to contact the spirit world.

SÉANCE, FLIGHT, COMA and EULOGY will run frequently at various times from 26th May 2022 to 31st July 2022 at 138 Little Bourke St., Melbourne, 3000.

SÉANCE, COMA and FLIGHT cost $25 and EULOGY costs $30; concession tickets cost $20. Tickets are available at www.darkfield.com.au/darkfield-melbourne 

Image: Darkfield's FLIGHT. Credit: Mihaela Bodlovic