One Last Thing Before You Go

Neat! Mysterious too.... full review

FANTASTIC! This is what I hope for in immersive shows--a show where my presence is meaningful and impacts the experience. Without spoiling anything, I thought the concept was clever in design, elegant in its simplicity and beautiful in execution.... full review

This was a fun surprise! Not exactly what I expected, but a uniquely empowering experience that's also creepy in the best way. The less you know the better, so I won't say much more, but I'd love to see the creators expand on this. It could be the perfect show for Halloween.... full review

A wry, emotional, thought-provoking interactive little ditty that hit me right in the feelings. It left me wanting to go back again and do things differently, just to see what might happen.... full review

A deceptively simple concept that is wonderfully and effectively executed. I felt transported and wanted the experience to be longer.... full review

Magical.... full review

A swift and effective immersion into the underworld and back. ... full review

Creators Aaron Vanek and Kirsten Hageleit have produced a quiet and thoughtful piece that, like most of life, lasts but a moment.... full review

This is a highly immersive, highly interactive short piece centering on loss and grief and the search for hope while dealing with both. Aaaaannnndd… that’s about all I can say without spoiling everything. The piece is very short, running only 15 to 20 minutes. I found this fascinating and a clever use of the audience. Totally engaging and a blast to go through.... full review

"Congratulations, you're dead." It’s probably not the way you expect a theatre show to begin, but this is the Hollywood Fringe Festival, after all–and this is Aaron Vanek and Kirsten Hageleit’s One Last Thing Before You Go, so it’s not particularly surprising. Vanek and Hageleit's brief but intriguing twenty-odd minute solo immersive piece is a fantastic opening to what deserves to be a longer show. It’s the beginning of a strong foundation to a piece that hopefully will be expanded and remounted in the coming months; Vanek expertly uses his extensive live action role playing background to craft a multi-option experience that immersive theatre veterans will be pleased to experience, and newcomers to the genre will likely find very accessi... full review