Maggie Bain
Maggie is a non-binary actor, movement practitioner, collaborative theatre maker, voice actor and creative technology and performance consultant with over 18 years experience
In 2021 they performed the role of Cobweb 'DREAM', (RSC, Philharmona & Marshmallow Laser Feast) an online immersive theatre show using motion capture technology as part of UKRI's Audience of the Future programme. Since then their creative focus has broadened to include XR technologies and Virtual Production. As a Creative Consultant to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Digital Department they have been invited to speak about the role of performers within XR technology and their interaction with it at numerous conferences including SXSW & BEYOND, as well as at the Houses of Parliament.
They are currently co-director and performer in SHAPESHIFTER, a new 40-minute location-based experience leveraging live motion capture and VR headsets to immerse audiences in new ways of seeing the natural world and the diversity within it as it seeks to break new ground in avatar design and audience integration into live immersion, currently in development.