Articles by Katie
PXR2026 Comes to a Close
- PXR Conference
- Review
- Single Thread Theatre Co
On the final evening of PXR2026 Conference, people gathered into a Virtual Reality (VR) world where rolling hills were lit by moonlight. We made our way over to sit on a hillside that sloped toward a pond, where a projection screen glowed from across the water. Throughout the festival, VR had revealed itself not as an escape hatch but as a medium of attunement. Participants shrank to two inches tall, […]
Vulnerable in VR: ‘Uncanny Valley’ and ‘Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis’
- PXR Conference
- Review
- Single Thread Theatre Co
The following review details two shows as part of PXR2026 Conference. Uncanny Alley: A New Day VR asks for a layered kind of courage. I had assumed the hardest part would be the technical unfamiliarity, but the real bravery comes when you step from your quiet room into a space full of life. This creates the opportunity to arrive exactly as you are in that moment, stepping forward with genuine […]
PXR 2026: Opening Weekend
- PXR Conference
- Review
- Single Thread Theatre Co
Presence acts as the sustaining heartbeat to live theatre. In our lifetime, where the digital age brings distancing and screen barriers, I think we are all contemplating the multidimensional angles of presence. It’s easy to refer to it on the surface layer—‘just show up’—but as our experience of ‘just showing up’ becomes increasingly challenging, the need for presence becomes increasingly desperate. As someone who often feels apprehensive about the weight […]