30 June until 10 July 2022, Braunschweig

Image description by the editorial staff of Festival Theaterformen. Self-description of the depicted persons follows. / A person with headphones centered on a moving escalator in a shopping mall. The person is standing with their back to the camera, and they are touching the escalator handrail with their right hand. There is a filter over the photo in shades of pink and blue.
The logo of “Radio Ghost”: A black background and a pink circle with an icon of a vintage microphone in the center. A neon pink stripe cuts through the image below the microphone. The lower part of the image is blue and interspersed with white tiles.
Image description by the editorial staff of Festival Theaterformen. Self-description of the depicted persons follows. / A person wearing headphones with their back to the camera. They are in a toy store and surrounded by shelfs. There is a filter over the photo in shades of pink and blue.

Radio Ghost

ZU-UK

London

Do you believe in ghosts?
 

In order to catch a ghost, you must behave like a ghost. Radio Ghost is both a voice in your head and a captive, site-specific multiplayer game using a smartphone and headphones. Together with two other agents, you will embark on a ghost hunt in the Schloss-Arkaden shopping center in Braunschweig. 

You must disguise yourself as a harmless visitor in order to decipher the history of the shopping center. You will travel through portals to the most remote dimensions of the haunted shopping center and follow the instructions that take you to a world full of price tags behind which the true costs are hidden.

On this mission, which is part game, part interactive radio show, and part ghost hunt, your team of ghost hunters must blend into the crowd. 
Warning! This game is not a real ghost hunt. You won’t be looking for headless kings or gray ladies in attics. The ghosts you’ll be hunting are of an entirely different nature … 

 

The theater and digital art collective ZU-UK is known for its personal, political, and ethical approach to international projects that concentrate on interactive experiences online and in the public realm. Their work focuses on sustainable consumption. They are active in the UK and abroad. 

www.zu-uk.com

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Production credits

Creation, Production ZU-UK Creative Team (in alphabetical order) David Aldhouse, Mink Ette, Ross Flight, Kesia Guillery, Hayley Hill, Arlo Howard, Jorge Lopes Ramos, Persis Jadé Maravala, Jess Marcotte, Maria José Marulanda, Marnie Nash, Alex Peckham, Carlos Eduardo Pires, James Turpin

German Version
Voices Theresa Weihmeyer, Wiebke Yervis, Steven Cloos, Amer Maghmoumah, Jule Pöppich, Bernadette Wildegger Sound Rebecka Fokken, Martin Funk Artistic support Teresa Gburek Assistant Director Chiara Hunski Translation Ulrike Syha

Part of the Liveness Project, in collaboration with TAG.
Co-commissioned by LIFT, Lowry and Tramway.
Funded by ACE, Innovate UK and UK-Canada Immersive Exchange.

The German version is co-commissioned by Festival Theaterformen and SÜDWIND – 1. Bayerisches Theatertreffen für Junges Publikum