SONDER
SONDER is an app-based binaural video walk using GPS technology. It is set in Leeds but can be enjoyed from anywhere in the world. Step into the mindful narrative of a relationship and a city.
Find out more and download SONDER.
Directed by Alex Palmer
Written by Sophie Dumont
Original Music by Lara Jones and Mikey Sluman.
Voices: Sophie Dumont, Ryan Gilmartin, Alyce Liburd, Levi Payne.
App Design: Max Palmer
SWARM, 2017
An immersive nightclub experience set in an empty Leeds art gallery. Written by Sophie Dumont. Directed by Alex Palmer.
Audience Feedback:
“A totally surreal evening that I will remember every time I go out, an amazing, fun night out!”
“I forgot it was theatre”
“It was like stepping into another world”
“It was entering my own film, I was part of the action without knowing how I got there.”
“This is a theatre piece for everyone.”
”Like playing a video game, being in a film and on stage all at the same time.”
YOU ARE HERE, 2015
An immersive experience through Leeds city centre. Written by Sophie Dumont. Directed by Alex Palmer.
You Are Here is a series of intimate one on one encounters, that gives audience members real choice and transforms the city into a theatrical landscape. You are cast as the lead role. This is your story.
You are asked to be mindful, to uncover a hidden city and open your eyes to fleeting moments of the everyday.
"Put yourself in the centre and see all the work, the preparation that’s gone into creating this scene – and creating you. All that you have witnessed, spoken, brushed against… a mass of fragments plucked over years and rolled up into a ball just to unravel here"
Audience Feedback:
My journey felt like...
"A totally original experience. Real life Truman Show"
"A reminder to be present. Important and valuable"
"I was in a film. Like it was all made for me"
"Refreshing, eye opening to the world around me, amazed, interesting. At the end I felt overwhelmed and as if I could go on through life confidently and more aware, with a sense of power"
"A waking life dream"
Supported by Arts Council England and by Leeds Inspired