Odd Man Out NYC Reviews and Tickets

78%

(3 Reviews)

Positive

100%

Mixed

Negative

Members say

Entertaining, Clever, Absorbing, Ambitious, Multi-sensory

About the Show

An immersive theatrical experience that takes place in complete darkness.

Odd Man Out includes sensorial special effects such as enriched smells, tactile objets, water and wind and a 360º binaural audio system with a sound so real audiences will feel inside of the work. Participants will be completely immersed in the story of Alberto, a blind musician traveling home from New York to Buenos Aires, Argentina after decades of self-exile. As audiences enter Alberto’s story, they begin a multi-sensory journey of love, prejudice, and fears that were left behind.

Member Reviews (3)

Ambitious, Quirky, Confusing, Multi-sensory

See it if You are curious about alternative experiences. Wearing mask, blindfold & earphones focuses attention inward onto the audio descriptions

Don't see it if The script jumps from present to past without making clear transitions which is confusing without visual input.

Disappointing, Entertaining, Absorbing, Clever

See it if It different for you are using your hearing, touch and smell in this.

Don't see it if The story line goes present and past.

Entertaining, Clever

See it if You like unusual theater experiences. The show is engaging, the story line interesting

Don't see it if You don't want to be blindfolded or experience the show through headphones

Critic Reviews (2)

"Without the benefit of sight, one must strain to listen more closely in order to understand the events of the play; footsteps, cane taps, ball bounces, far off music, distant voices and other incidental sounds make much more of an impact in the story, sounds that would have held less significance when simply watching a play. The original music by Mirko Mescia sounds even more beautiful when listened to without visual distraction, including a notably gorgeous guitar piece played by Roberto Ariel Cáceres during an especially transporting interlude. All told, the binaural sound design by Nicolas Álvarez was robust and inventive, providing an amazing, three-dimensional sound experience of Alberto’s world."
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"That said, Odd Man Out offers a compelling new take on “immersive theatre,” and an important reminder that by subtracting one sense, you can often experience “more” with the others. And Teatro Ciego, theatreC, and PITCHBLACK are definitely companies to watch. While the reliance here on audio recording is understandable given the pandemic, I eagerly await their future endeavors, especially if they are able to shift more fully to live performance."
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