Water, Water, Everywhere... NYC Reviews and Tickets

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(21 Ratings)

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Members say

Great staging, Clever, Ambitious, Absorbing, Entertaining

About the Show

In Exquisite Corpse Company’s performative exhibition, four overlapping storylines unfold in an immersive, interdisciplinary experience inspired by Governors Island’s past.

From the show:

Water Water Everywhere… is an intimate immersive performance that takes the audience on a whirlwind of time, space, and environment. In the multiple worlds of this play, ECC has recreated the past, reimagined the present, and hopes to find the future. The audience is split up into small groups, each experiencing the story with different characters from different times. You will meet twins from the 1800s, a family in both 1996 and 2019, a girl from the future, and a questionable, house spirit who doesn’t live in any one particular time at all!

Over the course of 90 minutes, the audience experiences movement, songs, projections, and installations. This site-specific piece challenges the audience to consider what is happening in our local water environment of New York City and how environmental crises can be felt at a personal level. ECC hopes to bring water environmental awareness to its audiences with a salty twist, of course!

Show-Score Member Reviews (21)

Ambitious, Great writing, Great staging, Clever, Absorbing

See it if you like immersive, site-specific theater where you get to wander around an abandoned house on Governor's Island.

Don't see it if you don't want to be on your feet and moving throughout an 80-minute show. You don't want to interact with actors.

Surprising, Quirky, Absorbing, Refreshing, Great staging

See it if Each room of this large old house comes as a surprise, with elaborate scenic design and close-up acting in 3 time periods. Immersive fun.

Don't see it if The family drama with the two children and their troubled parents works well, but the dystopian future with no water makes no sense.

The scenic design steals the show!

See it if You're into immersive, site-specific theater. You're into NYC history and theater that illuminates under-covered aspects of it.

Don't see it if You like to sit still to watch a play. You only enjoy linear narratives. Read more

Thought-provoking, Edgy, Great acting, Great staging, Ambitious

See it if You like immersive theater. The three paths through the story make seeing it more than once well worth while. A portable for climate change.

Don't see it if A little spooky and confusing is a problem. Time is fluid and ghosts are common. Read more

During previews

Relevant, Absorbing, Thought-provoking, Entertaining, Clever

See it if You enjoy immersive theater with acomplex non-linear story that makes you think. Well acted, and great staging.

Don't see it if If you want to be part of the show. (there was no audience interaction.) Or if you have difficulty standing or with stairs.

During previews

Immersive & participatory, Relevant, Entertaining, Ambitious, Absorbing

See it if You need an excuse to visit the awesome Governor's Island! Like immersive theatre. Appreciate good acting and creative design.

Don't see it if You are averse to immersive, interactive, mobile theatre. You have difficulty standing or climbing stairs. Read more

During previews

Masterful, Riveting, Great writing, Great staging, Great acting

See it if you're open to something very different: interactive immersive theater in a historic house with a complex but riveting intimate story.

Don't see it if you prefer traditional stage theater where you sit in a seat and watch the show passively. Read more

During previews

Entertaining, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You like immersive theatre and are intrigued by the houses on Governors Island. There are 3 possible shows so you can go more than once.

Don't see it if You don't like interactive or immersive theatre. If you want a linear, straightforward plot.

Critic Reviews (1)

"Water and memories guide us through a house's history in this poignant immersive piece…the piece's aquatic motif highlights life's beauty and fragility, while re-affirming our interconnectedness and responsibility to preserve that which we value."
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Creative team

Exquisite Corpse Company