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Jim Fishwick

Jim Fishwick

Immersive Theatre and Westworld, Part Four: Audience Experience

Wherein we explore how to scaffold an audience’s experience of an immersive world, as seen in the HBO series Westworld.

Sep 22, 2021

A series of screenshots from a scene in Westworld, showing William at a futuristic train station, then in front of a large screen showing footage of a field, then in a room containing shelves and draws of old-timey clothing and pistols, accompanied by a host. William is then dressed in the old-timey clothes and enters a train carriage.

Sep 22, 2021

Jim Fishwick

Immersive Theatre and Westworld, Part Three: Character

Wherein we explore how to create characters that support improvisation in experiential theatre, drawing on the HBO series Westworld.

Sep 15, 2021

Immersive Theatre and Westworld, Part Three: Character

Sep 15, 2021

Jim Fishwick

Immersive Theatre and Westworld, Part Two: Audience Agency

Wherein we explore how to empower audience members to make narrative decisions, using examples from the HBO series Westworld.

Sep 7, 2021

On the left is a woman’s arm, in a long pale blue sleeve, reaching out to take a white can of beans from a man’s hand in a black glove.

Sep 7, 2021

Jim Fishwick

Immersive Theatre and Westworld, Part One: Narrative Structure

Wherein we explore how the narrative principles of the fictional theme park Westworld can be applied to experiential theatre.

Sep 1, 2021

A red steam train pulls into the small town of Sweetwater..

Sep 1, 2021

Jim Fishwick

Stop Interrupting Each Oth-

This is the (lightly edited) transcript of a talk I gave the other week as part of Improv Theatre Sydney’s lecture series Rant Academy…

Aug 15, 2021

Stop Interrupting Each Oth-

Aug 15, 2021

Jim Fishwick

Helm Stories: The Mysterious Green Door

This story was written in conjunction with visitors to Hamilton Gardens, as part of the Hamilton Garden Arts Festival. Each person was…

Mar 2, 2021

A faded green door in the middle of a stone wall

Mar 2, 2021

Jim Fishwick

Helm Stories: The Compass Thief

This story was written in conjunction with visitors to Hamilton Gardens, as part of the Hamilton Garden Arts Festival. Each person was…

Mar 2, 2021

A hand holding up a nautical compass, in front of a large stretch of ocean. In the background is a ship.

Mar 2, 2021

Jim Fishwick

Who (and what, how, why) Is The Saboteur?

Five Comedians. One Betrayal. Zero Trust.

Feb 3, 2021

Three performers on stage, bathed in purple light. Two of them look suspiciously at a third, whose back is to us.

Feb 3, 2021

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ACMI LABS

Updating the ACMI Games Lab with a new selection of videogames

Background

Jun 22, 2018

Updating the ACMI Games Lab with a new selection of videogames

Jun 22, 2018

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Scene from a Chat

On Omnivorous Improvisors

This is the first conversation in our new series Scene from a Chat: Advancing and Extending Impro/v in Australasia. Two improvisors chat on…

Jun 3, 2018

On Omnivorous Improvisors

Jun 3, 2018

Jim Fishwick

Jim Fishwick

Performer person, wordplay wonk, alliteration… alligator… General Manager at Jetpack Theatre. ex-ACMI. they/them. The museum logos article was a fluke, sorry!

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