Jonathan Larson’s beloved musical, Rent, about impoverished artists making a living in New York City will be produced as an immersive production at the world’s oldest working Papermill.
Following the success of their immersive five-star production of Jason Robert Brown’s Parade, theatre company Vivo D’Arte are excited to announce their next production will be Jonathan Larson’s 1996 Tony Award-winning musical Rent. The production will be staged at the world’s oldest paper mill in July.
Loosely based on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished artists struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
Staged at the Frogmore Papermill in Apsley, Hertfordshire, the production will be directed as an immersive experience where audiences will follow the actors through the atmospheric building as they create a thrilling and visceral retelling of this true poignant story.
The promenade production will run at the Frogmore Papermill from the 10th to 21st of July.
RENT is presented by Vivo D’Arte, a theatre company looking to change the norms of a theatrical experience and offer a platform for both graduates and professional performers to showcase themselves. Casting is yet to be announced.
