PLAY - Showroom
What: festival
When: 29th July - 9th August
Where: Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX
Who: Ages 2-18
Watch, game, make! A new festival of interactive creativity for big and small screens.
Showroom’s new festival for young people and families explores new forms of storytelling through gaming, interactive media, immersive technology and film. Running throughout the venue, PLAY offers a host of accessible events for family audiences this summer.
Join in with 12 days of screenings, gaming and workshops this summer in Sheffield, with a packed programme of films and events that celebrate creativity!
Play together, across interactive video game concerts, bold VR stories and animated adventures. There’s something fun for all ages over the summer holidays at Showroom.
The dedicated ‘Playroom’ will feature free video games, crafts and pop-up activities in a relaxed and cosy space throughout the festival. All other events will be ticketed (with films discounted to as part of Great British Summer Savings).
Some highlights to include:
• WiFi Wars (Wed 29 Jul @ 18.00) - The award-winning live comedy game show, where the entire audience competes. Games, quizzes and chaos abound. Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil. For ages 6+.
• Concerteenies: The Duck with No Luck (Mon 3 Aug @ 11.15) - The much-loved children’s book is brought to life with animation, live narration and performance from bassoonist Daria Phillips and pianist Annabelle Lawson. For ages 2-6.
• Extra Lives (Fri 31 Jul @ 18.00) - A live-scored audience RPG, where you vote to shape the watch-along video game, while the musician-nerds of Extra Lives perform your soundtrack in real time. For ages 8+.
