Contact

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Author

Andrew Eglinton

Andrew Eglinton is an associate professor of theatre studies at Konan Women’s University, Kobe, Japan. His research interests include theatre + documents, disability, site-specificity, corporeality, technology, and virtuality. He has translated Japanese plays for contemporary performing arts festivals and professional theatres in Japan, including works by Ueda Kumiko, Matsubara Shuntaro, and Kato Takuya.

Discordance by Unwired Dance Theatre

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Andrew Eglinton on 25th Jul '25

A VR dance piece exploring (dis)connection and embodiment in a networked performance space.

Reviews

What Is Virtual Art – Volume 1

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Andrew Eglinton on 21st Jul '25

What Is Virtual Art – Volume 1 is an ambitious attempt to rethink the history of visual storytelling through immersive VR technology.

Reviews

VR Deep Sea Project (Deep Sea Aria & Archive)

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Andrew Eglinton on 20th Jul '25

Deep Sea Aria is a VR reading drama about a young woman who decides to upload her consciousness to an electronic city called Deep Sea. The performance blends speculative fiction, poetic monologue, and live music into a story about the limitations of digital existence

Interviews

Shogekijo x VR: Interview with “Meadow” director of the Mashiro Small Theater

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Andrew Eglinton on 9th Apr '25

In this interview, I spoke with artistic director, Meadow, about the challenges and possibilities of creating shogekijo engeki in VR.

Reviews

Omnibus Performance Vol.1

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Andrew Eglinton on 28th Feb '25

In Omnibus Performance Vol. 1, four Japanese VR plays explore the relationship between past and future prediction and memory.