NoPro Recommends: Best of 2022 (So Far)
by Noah Jacob Nelson · March 14, 2025
At NoPro we're dedicated to discovering the BEST in immersive art & entertainment and introducing new audiences to the experiences we love.
With so many shows opening – and reopening – we knew it was time to help those who are new to the joys of immersive experiences connect with the best examples of the form currently running. From high art to popular TV shows come to life and almost everything in between.
Your initiation into the mysteries of the immersive begins here...
[Alphabetical by city/region. Initial publication: 9/1/2022]
LAS VEGAS
Particle Ink: Speed of Dark
One of the most innovative immersive performances in years merits a trip to Las Vegas all on its own.
Booking Through: Sunday, December 4 2022
From our review:
Animated characters dance upon the walls and quest through the set pieces thanks to...
LONDON
The Burnt City
Punchdrunk, the company that kicked off the Immersive Renaissance with the seminal Sleep No More, produce their most ambitious work in years at their new home base venue in London.
Booking Through: Sunday, September 24 2023
From our Review:
The cities — characters in and of themselves. Filled...
Phantom Peak
The doorway to an alternate history America where steampunk tech ushered in a very different frontier experience has opened in London. Phantom Peak is from the creative minds behind Time Run and Sherlock: The Game.
Peaky Blinders: The Rise
Step into one of the world's most popular TV series, Peaky Blinders, in this event from Immersive Everywhere, creators of the immersive experiences The Great Gatsby and Doctor Who: Time Fracture.
From our Review:
The audience enters...
Booking Through: Saturday, May 27 2023
LOS ANGELES
A Forest For The Trees
From the producer of In & Of Itself, The Atlantic and Superblue present a stunning work of installation art that focuses on what has been lost as the United States has sidelined indigenous peoples and their stewardship of the land.
NEW YORK CITY
Bottom Of The Ocean
The co-creator of Whisperlodge summons up an entirely new journey through a mysterious seascape. Strange encounters await you on the bottom of the ocean.
From our Review:
Every single room, every encounter in BOTO, has been meticulously curated...
Booking Through: Wednesday, December 21 2022
Heresy: 1897
The Doors of Divergence have opened, kicking off a three experience cycle where your choices in one chapter are meant to impact the ones to follow.
From our Review:
Sometimes, there comes a seismic shift in a...
Booking Through: Saturday, October 28 2023
Sleep No More
The show that kicked off the Immersive Renaissance has returned from its pandemic pause to celebrate over ten years in Manhattan.
Sleep No More invites guests to explore the hallways of the McKittrick Hotel, where a deadly plot stalks the royal...
Booking Through: Sunday, January 5 2025
SAN FRANCISCO
Stranger Things: The Experience (SF)
Hawkins is in danger, again, only this time so are you! The biggest series on Netflix comes to life.
Booking Through: Sunday, October 2 2022
From our Review (of the NYC instance of the show):
[This] is an event that’s got something for...
FLIGHT
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