January 10, 2024 by katie
The Other Way Works are recruiting a Project Producer to help us create our climate emergency themed interactive story book for kids ‘A Rainbow for Amala’.
It’s a fast turnaround – the deadline for applications is next week – 5pm on Wednesday 17th January 2024!
View the brief here – Producer Brief
All the info about the role and the process of applying is in the PDF.
March 3, 2023 by katie
‘A Moment of Madness: On Demand’ launched today and is now available online for you to play whenever you choose.
The experience will be available to play for FREE for a limited period.
For more information about how to play, click the button below:
A Moment of Madness: On Demand is supported by The Space and Arts Council England with funding from the National Lottery, and by The Foyle Foundation.
May 17, 2021 by katie
‘A Moment of Madness’ is back! And this time you can experience it from your sofa…
As the press gather for a big announcement on the new environmental bill, a politician’s future hangs in the balance.
Thrust into the heart of a spy thriller, you’ll navigate the political scandal of the decade. Watching over a multi-storey car park, you must use every mode of surveillance to hunt down facts and intercept evidence. As agents of the state you will expose a complex network of corruption that threatens to destroy the UK’s path to environmental progress.
A Moment of Madness fuses compelling drama with real-time gameplay to create a visceral new live experience.
In a brand new format for 2021, audiences will take part online in teams of 2-4, taking active roles as MI5 agents from the comfort of their own homes.
Tickets are now on sale, and the show opens next week as part of the fantastic Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
And then another chance to catch it in a couple of weeks time when we’ll be presenting the show in association with Oxford’s own Zoom Theatre Pioneers Creation Theatre.
(You can play from anywhere in the UK remember – its online!)
Book: Tuesday 25th May – Thursday 27th May 2021: 2pm, 4pm, 7pm & 9pm
Book: Wednesday 9th June – Saturday 12th June 2021: 2pm, 4pm, 7pm & 9pm
A Norfolk & Norwich Festival commission. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Supported by Unity Theatre Trust & Birmingham Open Media. Originally co-produced with Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Flatpack Festival.
Photo:Electric Egg
April 2, 2021 by katie
We would like to recognise the support of £21,574 we have received from Arts Council England and DCMS’ Culture Recovery Fund (Round 2), covering the period April-June 2021. This funding allows us to continue operating at this very difficult time for theatre and the arts, by paying our small freelance artist and producing team to develop new projects that address some of the crucial issues of our current times: the climate emergency, and political corruption.
#HereForCulture
November 14, 2020 by katie
If you could take only one memory with you into eternity, which would it be?
One day creative retreat
Sat 28th November 2020 | 10 am- 5:30 pm
Online, from your own home
Let us guide you through a creative process of discovery, exploration, and celebration of your own amazing autobiographical memories.
A carefully curated programme of self-guided creative activities,
With 3 short live group zoom sessions at the start, middle & end of the day to share & reflect, lead by our team.
To register for a free place sign up at
afterlife.theotherwayworks.co.uk
Afterlife is a participatory project in development from The Other Way Works.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, with Derby Theatre/University of Derby, and BOM (Birmingham Open Media).
October 10, 2019 by katie
Our final tour dates of 2019 are nearly upon us. We’ll be appearing as part of Frequency Festival in Lincoln this October. Booking is now open.
Friday 25 – Saturday 26 October 2019
Frequency Festival
Lincoln Drill Hall
Tickets £40 per car (up to 4 people)
Tickets Available – Book here
July 10, 2019 by katie
I’ve been interviewed for two excellent podcasts recently. I talk about the origins of the company, our working style, and go into detail about some of our projects.
Have a listen, and subscribe!
TAIT (Talking about immersive theatre) Podcast
(Photo by Gavin Whitner)
July 6, 2018 by katie
We are very pleased to welcome Tricia Coleman to the team, as Producer of A Moment of Madness.
Tricia Coleman is an arts and event producer with a special interest in interactive performance, digital arts practice and new commissions. She is producer for Manchester International Festival (MIF) a biennial arts festival of new commissions; and previously for Abandon Normal Devices (AND), a programme of new approaches to art-making, new cinema and digital culture. Recent projects include: the international tour of virtual reality exhibition Björk Digital by Björk (MIF); Joshua Sofaer’s Workshops in People’s Homes, featuring performative workshops in domestic spaces (AND); and Missing, a game-based interactive theatre experience for young people (with youth charity 42nd Street).
February 26, 2018 by katie
The Other Way Works is seeking a Freelance Producer to join our team to deliver the development and 2019 tour of ‘A Moment of Madness’ – a brand new immersive theatre meets real-world-gaming experience from The Other Way Works in collaboration with game designer John Sear.
This is a key management role, working alongside the Artistic Director Katie Day to ensure that the project is delivered in a high-quality and timely manner.
For further information and application process, please download the full Job Pack PDF here.
The deadline for expressions of interest is Saturday 10th March at 5pm.
October 7, 2016 by katie
We’re really pleased to announce that Arts Council England have awarded us a grant to support the development of a prototype of our new project: A Moment of Madness (previously being developed under the name ‘Agent in a Box‘).
Currently at concept stage, A Moment of Madness will be a new kind of spy-themed narrative game. Players provide live support as an agent in the field on a stake-out mission. The paper fragments enclosed in the packages together with a cheap mobile phone that accesses an automated interactive sms, voice call and message system deliver the hour-and-a-half-long narrative experience.
Artistic Director Katie Day will be collaborating with John Sear, an experienced game designer and software developer to create this new kind of narrative game.
We’re excited to be developing the project at BOM Lab, as an R&D Residency there over the summer.
