DARKFIELD

DAVID ROSENBERG
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

David and Glen co founded DARKFIELD in 2016. David previously co-founded Shunt and directed all their shows: The Ballad of Bobby Francois, Tennis Show, Dance Bear Dance, Tropicana, Amato Saltone, Money, The Architects and The Boy Who Climbed Out Of His Face. Working with Frauke Requardt he conceived and co-directed The Roof, Electric Hotel and Motor Show, for which he used binaural sound recordings to allow the audience intimate access to distant spaces. David co-directed DeadClub – presented at The Place, and he is one of the team behind Wiretapper – an audio project hiding performance in public spaces.

GLEN NEATH
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
glenneath.co.uk | @GlenNeath

Glen and David co founded DARKFIELD in 2016. Glen has written novels, plays for radio, for the stage and non-theatre locations, performed by rehearsed and unrehearsed actors and by members of the public who are also the audience. Projects include Wedding, Free Show (bring money) and Die or Run with Hannah Ringham, Hide with Lizzie Clachan, Unpack with Neil Bennun and Hello for Dummies and Romcom with Ant Hampton. His radio plays for BBC Radio 4 include Listen Up, Six Impossible Things, Occupied, The Long Count and an adaptation of The Arabian Nights. His debut novel, The Outgoing Man, launched Portobello Books in 2005 and was shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award. Glen Neath and David Rosenberg have been collaborating since 2012. Previous shows Ring (2013) and Fiction (2015), both produced by Fuel, toured extensively and had several sell-out runs in London.

ANDREA SALAZAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Andrea has been project managing experimental and site-specific performances in London since 2005. She is passionate about high-quality projects that activate unusual locations; where the audience discover the venue, immerse themselves in the event and return to the real world changed. Andrea worked on various Shunt productions, including project-managing The Shunt Lounge. She was production manager on Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable; Against Captain’s Orders; The Village; various R&D projects and is currently their Head of Production. In 2016 Andrea co-founded Darkfield with David Rosenberg and Glen Neath to create shows in completely dark shipping containers. She loves the opportunities new technology can offer to performance, live events and storytelling. She is a team maker and a team player, with a passion for spreadsheets, tools and wires. She just loves making things happen.

VICTORIA EYTON
SENIOR CREATIVE PRODUCER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
@victoriaeyton

Victoria has worked with DARKFIELD since 2016 across all projects, and has extensive experience working within large scale immersive theatre performance. Her portfolio also includes Brave New World for NBC Universal and ABBA’s new sell-out show The Voyage. Victoria has also worked for Punchdrunk since 2013 on projects including Sleep No More Shanghai, The Lost Lending Library, The Oracles, Absolut Silverpoint, The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable and various R&D projects. In 2022 Victoria co-founded the Ida XR Studio & Network, supporting women, trans and non-binary people working in immersive tech.

SARA CODRINGTON
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR & FINANCE MANAGER

Sara has worked in theatre for over 10 years, beginning with an internship at the Arcola Theatre. She then began predominantly working in immersive theatre, starting at Shunt and working on their shows Money, The Architects and The Boy Who Climbed Out of His Face. In 2011 Sara started work as a stage manager at Punchdrunk on a variety of projects including …and Darkness descended, Absolut Silverpoint and Fallow Cross. She was Production Coordinator for The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable. Sara has stage managed for Lemonade and Laughing Gas and was Company Manager for Lapland UK and Remote London. Sara has worked with Darkfield from the beginning in production and operations.

MEET THE PRODUCERS

denvercenter.org

Off-Center produces unexpected theatrical experiences that put the audience at the center of the story. What began in 2010 as a small theatrical test kitchen has grown into a signature line of programming for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, credited with bringing immersive theatre to Colorado and helping establish Denver as a national hub for immersive art.

Among Off-Center’s large-scale productions that have garnered local and national praise are: the world premiere Theater of the Mind created by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar, Sweet & Lucky created with New York-based Third Rail Projects, Camp Christmas with artist Lonnie Hanzon, The Last Defender, Space Explorers: THE INFINITE, and a 360-degree staging of The Wild Party. With support from the Doris Duke and Wallace foundations, Off-Center has been recognized as a leader in developing new programming that attracts new audiences. Through Off-Center, the DCPA is the only professional regional theatre in the country regularly developing, producing, and presenting large-scale immersive and experiential work.

Learn more about DCPA Off-Center here.

PRODUCERS IN US, CAN, AU & NZ
@realscapeproductions

Realscape Productions specialises in tech-infused, experiential productions that make your brain go “OoOoh!”, including DARKFIELD, the Australian productions of the hit West End play Ghost Stories, the award-winning one-on-one encounter, Mummy’s Milk and acclaimed sci-fi dance phenomenon, Future Cargo by Requardt & Rosenberg.

An Australian-born company led by Producers Amy Johnson and Nathan Alexander, Realscape aims to captivate audiences outside of traditional theatres with innovative experiences that ignite the senses and spark imagination. Working closely together since 2017, Realscape thrives on presenting DARKFIELD’s work in new locations, enthralling new audiences as the unsettling worlds unfold around them in darkness.