Copyright Wonderpup Media 2023The latest production from Space Productions, the in-house company at off West End performance venue The Space, tells a story never really told, against a dynamic and eye-opening immersive sound design by the company’s Keri Chesser, who added impressive realism and intense drama using TiMax. A five-star review of the production from Sue in the Stalls, notes, “…the sound effects were spot-on. An air raid had you cowering along with the cast as some huge explosions detonated around the room.” Psneurope
“West End fringe venue The Space and its in-house company Space Productions, are building a solid reputation around great acting and direction as well as new and challenging drama. The company’s sound designer, Keri Chesser, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of sound design within the intimate site, confidently manipulating the audio framework of productions using a TiMax SoundHub spatial audio matrix.”
Space Productions – the in-house company at off-West End fringe venue the Space – has brought The Lighthouse, to its boards. Written by promising new playwright Rachael Claye, The Lighthouse is a festive tale of a young girl on the brink of disaster and an old man who has forgotten his way. They must find a way forward together… Chesser uses TiMax to create the intimate atmosphere of The Lighthouse, and also the anchoring spot effects: ‘There are a couple of flashbacks our male protagonist experiences where he hears echoes of the past. He remains tethered to the present replying to those words of the past. I anchored the different voices to specific locations to help create the conversations between Nikolas and those voices.’ Fast and Wide
In Vernon God Little, Chesser recreates the frenetic but isolated world of the main protagonist –one sequence relies on an immersive memory soundscape using Out Board’s TiMax Soundhub audio showcontrol for tracking/panning effects. Here voices and the sounds of a bell and gunshots come at him from different directions. ‘For the audience it recreates that claustrophobic can’t escape feeling that he has in that moment, because they are in the thick of it too,’ she says. Fast and Wide