Performing with Adventurers Wanted for their 2019 Fringe show, Banishment
The Grand Finale of ‘Adventurers Wanted: Rebellion’ at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018
27 Monday Aug 2018
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inThe last four hours of the Adventures Wanted: Rebellion show at the Edinburgh Fringe, 2018, and how it was a fitting end to the adventure that brought out the best of table-top RPGs.
Adventurers Wanted: Rebellion at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
12 Sunday Aug 2018
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Adventurers Wanted, Dungeons & Dragons, Gabrielle Hecht, Public Engagement, Table-Top Roleplaying Games
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, I was on stage as part of a show called ‘Adventurers Wanted: Rebellion’ a couple of times, which was a live play of Dungeons & Dragons, combining table-top role-playing with improvised story-telling. These are some of my thoughts on how I managed to make my PhD research dovetail with the character I played.