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Audible’s Headphone Horror A Ghost in Your Ear Opens Off-Broadway

Recordings during the run will let Audible bring the headset-driven production’s binaural sound to a wider audience as live performances continue at Minetta Lane Theatre.

Overview

  • A Ghost in Your Ear opened Wednesday, October 14, at the Minetta Lane Theatre and is presented as a headphone-driven show in the venue’s intimate house.
  • Audience members wear headphones fed by a dummy-head binaural microphone so sounds move in three dimensions and are delivered directly into each ear.
  • Lucas Iverson stepped into the lead role about three weeks before opening and critics singled out his performance and Owen Campbell’s work as key onstage strengths.
  • Reviews have widely praised brothers Ben and Max Ringham’s immersive sound design and the production’s technical ingenuity while noting Jamie Armitage’s script feels thin and grows more explanatory toward the end.
  • Audible will record the run for release as an Audible Original, and published listings disagree on the advertised closing date, commonly reporting November 22 with at least one report saying December 12.