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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I don’t think we’ve yet unlocked the full power of immersive experience beyond the neoliberal framing that the brilliant Adam Alston critiques. There is still so much potential for work that connects, shifts perspectives, and reimagines how we encounter performance and each other.

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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

It’s interesting to see how the form continues to take hold across the world. It’s a reminder that, while we do embrace a range of different theatrical forms in the UK, they are rarely supported in the same way as the majority of theatre production.

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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Thanks Eleanor, hard to capture such a complex series of practice in one short piece. But a little contribution

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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Delighted to share this piece I’ve written for The Stage, which explores how we might better centre and value design-led performance within the UK’s theatre ecology.

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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Exercises for a ‘New Beginning’ (2025) This weekend we met our incredible cohort of Luxembourgish young people who lead our production. Join us for the international premiere of ‘New Beginning’ which runs at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, 16–18 May.  theatres.lu/fr/newbeginn...

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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

For 2 years, I’ve been an artist mentor for Future Lab, a European network of 12 venues + 14 artists collaborating to reimagine how theatre engages communities. Loved seeing the results in Luxembourg this weekend! futurelaboratory.eu

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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Great to see @variablematter.bsky.social ‘New Beginning’ illustrate how HE and industry can innovate together in complex times. A brilliant partnership between Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch.

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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

- Collaborating with Little Ilford School to engage young people in design-led performance and developing open access teaching materials. - Exploring how design-led performance might inspire new forms of VR storytelling.

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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

As part of this next phase, we’ll explore: - Sustainable touring practices working with local and natural materials. - How mid-scale theatre can evolve design-led storytelling to address the climate emergency.

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David Shearing @davidshearing.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Excited to receive support from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama to continue the impact work around Variable Matter's ‘New Beginning’ (2023). It will be remade in partnership with Les Theatres de la Ville de Luxembourg theatres.lu/fr/newbeginn... in May 2025.

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New Beginning | Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg

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