The Wasteland Theatre Company in the News
General:
PCGamesN: “Fallout 76 players are bringing theatre to Appalachia”, July 15, 2021.
Polygon: “Fallout 76 role-players are staging in-game plays and productions”, September 21, 2021.
NME: “’Fallout 76’ player recreates the Globe Theatre and is staging plays”.
Lucca International Film Festival: “The (video) game of the theatre?”, September 30, 2022
IGN: “The Weird and Wonderful Fans Still Playing Fallout 76: IGN Inside Stories”, October 22, 2022.
PCGamesN: (mention): “Fallout 76 update finally nerfs the MMO’s most broken weapons”,
The Guardian: “All the (open) world’s a stage: how the video game Fallout became the backdrop for live Shakespeare shows”,January 25, 2023
Gamerant: Opera Group Gives Nintendo-Themed Performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, January 26, 2023
Magazine: Is the Metaverse really turning out like ‘Snow Crash’?, February 2, 2023.
Game Rant Fallout 76's Wasteland Theatre Company Recognized By Major Academic Publication September 30, 2024
Macbeth:
PCGamesN: “Fallout 76 acting troupes set to perform Macbeth”, October 8, 2021.
Eurogamer: “The pandemic ravaged the theatre industry, so a group of Fallout 76 players performed Macbeth live in-game”, November 6 2021.
PCGamer: “Digital acting troupe brings Shakespeare’s Macbeth to life in Fallout 76”, November 8, 2021.
RockPaperShotgun: “Fallout 76 roleplayers formed a theatre company and performed Macbeth”. November 9, 2021
Sonnet Festival:
PCGamesN: “Fallout 76 players hold a Shakespearean Sonnet Festival”
GameRant: “Fallout 76 players hold Shakespeare festival”, February 9, 2022.
NME: “‘Fallout 76’ players hosted a live reading of Shakespearean Sonnets”, February 9, 2022.
Sonnet Festival Pt II
PCGamesN: “Fallout 76 Shakespearean Sonnet Festival set for Sept 4”
Romeo & Juliet:
Destructoid: “A Fallout 76 theatre troupe is performing Romeo and Juliet tomorrow”.
RockPaperShotgun: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-fallout-76-theatre-troupe-are-performing-romeo-and-juliet-live-in-game-tomorrow
TheGamer: https://www.thegamer.com/fallout-76-romeo-juliet-live-twitch/
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Le Monde/Pixels: “Quand le theatre s’invite dans les jeux video: Shakespeare dans Fallout 76, Tchekov dans Les Sims”, July 6, 2022. (paywalled, .pdf (its in French)
PCGamesN: “Fallout 76 theatre group to stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream benefit”
A Christmas Carol
Rock Paper Shotgun: “Fallout 76’s Wasteland Theatre company just did A Christmas Carol”. December 9, 2022.
Alice in the Wasteland
MMORPG.com: “Fallout 76 Players Are Putting On A Rendition Of Alice In Wonderland”. December 27, 2022.
PCGamesN: “Fallout 76 theatre group plans a trippy version of Alice in Wonderland”. December 27, 2022.
Kontekst (Norway) “Dette teaterkompaniet fremfører kjente stykker i et populært dataspill”. April 5, 2023.
Coriolanus
Game Rant “Fallout 76's Wasteland Theatre Company Director Talks Coriolanus, Adaption, Community, and More” Nov 21, 2023
RICHARD III
Rock Paper Shotgun A Fallout 76 theatre troupe is putting on Richard III, with a ghoul king inspired by the Fallout TV show, May, 2024
Game Rant How Amazon's Fallout Inspired Fallout 76's Wasteland Theatre Company Oct 1, 2024
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