Find WiiLii, Live VR Theater to World Premier at SXSW

LOS ANGELES - Feb. 15, 2023 - PRLog -- Find WiiLii - Ep.1 The Gate-Crasher, will have its World Premiere at SXSW.

"We are incredibly grateful to be coming back to SXSW this year," says show Director, Whitton Frank  "and to collaborate with this incredible company. Highlighting the importance of human connection, intimacy and storytelling in a virtual environment is what allows us to create powerful experiences for our audiences."

NARRATIVE SUMMARY
You have been recruited by the prestigious teleportation company Iioiig, to be a part of their mysterious 'Find WiiLii' project. Discovering your job is to collect the bits of memory created when someone uses a teleporter.  But is the company is being less than forthright about what they intend to do with these collected memories?

HOW IT WORKS
Find WiiLii  is performed live with two actors playing multiple roles. Through the magic of VR technology, participants feel fully immersed in our 3D world.

"Virtual reality is fertile ground for live theater," says producer Deirdre V. Lyons, "each interaction is unique and can only be found in the moment, like a sandcastle, it is temporal in nature."

PROJECT HISTORY
Ferryman Collective and GiiÖii have collaborated successfully before on the Korean version of the Ferryman show: The Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite, which went on to acclaim across Asia.

"When approached by GiiÖii," explains producer Stephen Butchko, "we were excited to collaborate once again with this incredible team, and Find WiiLii, with its sci-fi feel, brings us back to our first show, PARA, there's a beautiful serendipity there."

Coming off the award-winning success of the festival darling Gumball Dreams, Ferryman Collective continues to trailblaze in this new storytelling medium. Ferryman Collective is also known for the award-winning The Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite.

GiiÖii, a leading immersive studio known for its innovative and story-driven content. The project, which took three years to complete, was selected as a "Development Showcase" at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival XR Market, drawing attention from its planning stage. GiiÖii has established a reputation for producing immersive experiences, such as Missing Pictures and Ihyangjeong: Carving with Memories, which was selected for the SXSW competition category for the second year running. Find WiiLii is a testament to GiiÖii's continued commitment to creating impactful and memorable virtual experiences. CEO Rene Hyewon Lee says, "We are honored to have produced 'Welcome to Respite Korean Edition' last year and are excited to bring Find WiiLii to life in English".

Ferryman Collective is part of a new emerging group of theater production companies that are using the metaverse to reach audiences across the globe.