Klaxalterian Sequester

by Ben Beckley and Asa Wember

Edinburgh Fringe, Assembly Fringe. August 6th - 30th, 2021


A MESSAGE FROM AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. A VOICE FROM AN ETERNAL PRESENT

A DIGITAL SHOW THAT WILL PERMANENTLY ALTER YOUR SENSE OF TIME AND SPACE.

Developed over a year and a half with the prestigious writer/ creator group Fresh Ground Pepper, KlaxAlterian Sequester is an immersive solo quarantine adventure created by designer/creator Asa Wember and writer/actor Ben Beckley. Harnessing the audience member’s smart phone, it reframes the experience of walking around a home, transforming their flat, house, mansion, or trailer into the theater itself.

★★★★ It turns you inward and makes the familiar strange.
— The Scotsman
★★★★ It is technically several levels above [other] digital work... blends elements of 12 Monkeys and Quantum Leap with something more contemplative... a through provoking and innovative peice that makes you pause and look afresh at the world around you.
— The Stage
The spirit of John Milton’s Paradise Lost hovers over a very deftly put together show which is cleverly formed and whose set-up and narrative dovetail neatly with the digital form. I like that... It makes you surprise yourself.
— Lyn Gardner, Stagedoor
“Makes the familiar strange, asking us to think deeply about what we often take for granted — the facts of the human body and its lived environment. I didn’t think that after this many months indoors my tiny apartment could ever seem foreign. But for that hour it did. Even the simple act of sipping a glass of water felt weird and charged.”
— Alexis Soloski, The New York Times
It’s solid storytelling, right down to the bones... In qualitative, experiential, terms this is exactly the kind of thing I hope for... Brilliant in its simplicity... the whole of the experience design is fantastic.
— No Proscenium
KlaxAterian’s futuristic, experimental experience is a show for our times, entertainment to be experienced when chosen to, and easily accessible online. The show’s intense, yet philosophical, spiritual feel [has] an aspect that has you as the participant wanting to learn more about the scenario presented. Asa Wember‘s maze-like structure intrigues, the experience’s unpredictability an exciting yet suspense fuelled adventure, the show’s multi-sensory approach asking for us to consider our senses, making KlaxAlterian Sequester thought-provoking and worth the watch and listen.
— Theatre Full Stop
KluxAlterian Sequester has very clever moments which make you think and gives the chance to continue to play with the digital form.
— LouReviews
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