LIMINAL
ADJECTIVE /ˈlɪmɪn(ə)l/
Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.
We are an LGBTQIA+ disabled-led Warwickshire-based
stage, screen and immersive company originating ambitious creative content and exhilarating audience experiences at the intersection of live performance and emerging realtime technologies. We collide different media, genres and forms that disrupt the boundaries of stage, screen and the liminal spaces between.
Our work is socially and environmentally conscious, and we celebrate diversity in everything we do.
LIMINAL
ADJECTIVE /ˈlɪmɪn(ə)l/
At a boundary or transitional point between two conditions, stages in a process, ways of life, etc.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
In 2024 we:
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Were selected for the West Midlands Create Growth Programme
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Collaborated with Target3D on a generative AI digital human sprint supported by Digital Catapult with funding from Innovate UK, culminating in a demo at SXSW 2024
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Provided the keynote speech at Innovate UK’s BridgeAI Programme’s Annual Showcase, along with workshops on assembling skilled AI teams for the 2024 BridgeAI cohort
In 2023 we:
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Were awarded funding from Creative UK’s New Ideas Fund
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Delivered a 2-day VP training event, 'Creative Convergence', for ScreenSkills using funding from Arts Council England, introducing 25 arts + culture professionals to emerging realtime technologies
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Attracted the interest of Hat Trick Productions in our flagship cross-medium spectacle universe
In 2022 we:
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Were selected by The Guardian as "the best digital theatre to stream" with our “brilliantly eerie nailbiter”, GREY MAN, starring Kate O’Flynn
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Were 1 of 8 companies selected for an 8-week intensive virtual production training programme with StoryFutures Academy, Epic Games and ILM
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Were seed-commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company
CREATIVE CONVERGENCE 2023
Last year ScreenSkills commissioned us to deliver a 1.5-day workshop in partnership with the brilliant Target 3D, Mocap Vaults, Copper Candle and our Technical Associates at BRiGHTBLACK. We welcomed an extraordinary cohort of 25 arts and culture directors, producers, makers, curators and other artists to explore how the technologies, processes and workforces of the creative industries are converging. Participants received an In-Camera Visual FX demo from Liminal, training in directing mocap from the Mocap Vaults, sessions on producing shows incorporating virtual production technologies and workflows, and live R&D demos experimenting with the real-time application of bleeding-edge virtual production techniques in Target 3D's brand new LED volume on Dock Street, E1.
LIVE PERFORMANCE GOES DIGITAL 2022
In 2022 ScreenSkills commissioned us to deliver a series of workshops on capturing live performance onscreen using funding from Arts Council England + partnership support from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Eight Engines and Ugly Duck.
