NIGHTCRAWLERS: A Queer Immersive Halloween Haunt

My name is Jos Porath. I have been directing immersive performance installations, primarily in Berlin/DE for nearly a decade. You can find more information about me and examples of my work on my website .

With this campaign, I am raising funds to cover rent costs for NIGHTCRAWLERS, my latest undertaking and a true heartblood project.

Some snack-sized info chunks about NIGHTCRAWLERS:

• Berlin's first and only queer Halloween Haunt
• blend of innovative performing arts experience & cutting-edge entertainment
• 3 exclusive shows on 28th, 29th and 31st October 2023
• historical event location Alte Münze in the heart of Berlin
• 120-150 guests per night
• 30-minute high intensity 16+ experience
• solo/small group walk-through
• 20 themed, multisensory spaces over 800 sq m
• designed for an international audience (language: EN/DE/non-verbal)
• 20 professional performers
• sophisticated original audio & light design for full immersion

This is our website: www.nightcrawlers.lol

The horror genre has been home to the exploration of queer identities and desires since its earliest days. NIGHTCRAWLERS updates this history to a 21st century Berlin setting and celebrates the state-of-the-art monsters and their frightening yet alluring netherworld.

Horror has been with me since I was a teenager - as genre, obsession, artistic language, aesthetic and a growing archive of stories that would not be told elsewhere. NIGHTCRAWLERS sets out to prove that horror speaks uniquely of and to queer experience, and that Haunts belong in the immersive performing arts.

By the same token, we want to reach horror aficionados and horror newbies, hard-boiled haunters and scaredy cats, culture vultures and seasonal thrill-seekers, queers and allies, and everyone in between.

NIGHTCRAWLERS was researched, developed and produced with support by Fonds Darstellende Künste, Germany’s primary funding for the performing arts and a marker of artistic excellence. However, public money for the performing arts has been slashed in the past couple of months, and so I am pivoting to run NIGHTCRAWLERS as a self-financing venture that exists independently of increasingly meager funding.

The 2023 shows will be the proof of concept. The plan is for NIGHTCRAWLERS to run again next Haunt season, financially independent and self-sustaining. But to get there, we - the NIGHTCRAWLERS team -need your help.

Thanks to the mentioned past public funding, we were able to finance the set/light/sound design and costumes, so NIGHTCRAWLERS is good to go except - we need to raise 3000 EUR to cover rent costs at our venue upfront, plus 150 EUR crowdfunding transaction fees, so 3150 EUR in total.
If we manage to raise the amount in full, every EUR made through ticket sales will be split among the performers to pay them.

If you can afford to, please consider contributing to the campaign; if not, we appreciate you telling anyone who you think might be interested in NIGHTCRAWLERS to take a look and share it in their networks.