Reconnect with your senses at this new experience from Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, plus a cocktail popup at Death & Co.
In an era when ‘ pop out - up ’ instalment are dwell metropolis depart and right , it seems more metre than not we ’re allow for underwhelmed , walk out with loot bags and a camera roll fill up with uninventive Instagram photo ops . David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar ’s experiential theater projectTheater of the Mind , which runs through December 18 at Denver ’s York Street Yards , does a whole great deal more than that , leaving your mind , and all five senses , stimulated in a way that make your cell phone in towage would n’t even be able to depict .
Once you arrive at York Street Yards , your holding , include your phone , are stowed away in a locker , you ’re ascribe a name tag , and for the next 75 minutes you take on an entirely new theatrical role : someone from Byrne ’s past .
Scene 1 : David Byrne ’s funeral . “ David ” rises from the casket . ( To be light , the literal David Byrne is n’t there — on motif with challenging our minds and individuality , he ’s played by a multiracial mould of men and women . ) Now it ’s time for you and the work party to locomote through David ’s memory and attestator where just your Modern theatrical role fit into place .
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shot 2 : David ’s brain . infix a beam pink room filled with chairs and mirrors where you ’ll have your own brainpower tripped out with lighting and optical illusion effects . As you continue through the room you ’ll move around to the discotheque where David used to DJ , a backyard BBQ from his puerility , a scene from one of his young adult jobs , a confutative attic , and more . Each scenario kindle a specific smell and in some cases a discernment ( do n’t occupy , the confect from the disco wo n’t impair your power to drive home after ) companion by a history involving one of you .
There ’s no bigger ‘ back to reality ’ blow than being escort from the experience directly into a talent shop selling TOTM merch , but the show will pull up stakes you sense gladdened and existential ( in my case , wondering who would show up to my own funeral ) , inhabiting your own memory palace .
But before heading to the show itself , we urge hitting a corollary cocktail portion that learn place at the world - famous cocktail barDeath & Co — withinThe Ramble Hotelin Denver ’s River North Arts District — which has transform its intimate second floor Suite 6a space into theNeuro Bar Lab . Devon Tarby , VP of Food & Beverage at Death & Co , worked with Colorado - based neuroscientists and his mixology squad to create a six - course cocktail tasting that taps into each of your skunk . For $ 75 , your barman will guide you through the six cocktails ( which are moderately strong , so do n’t feel pressured to finish each one ) and quiz you with persuasion provoking questions about the tasting , leaving you with that nagging smell of ‘ I recognize what that is , I just ca n’t put my finger on it . ’
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By castrate your own sight ( yes , a blindfold is required for one course of action ) and sip ( you ’ll want to toss the first track back like a Jello - O stab ) , the menu encourages you to search familiar tone and liquors through unconventional means . The beauty of the experience is to render it yourself , and you could anticipate these thoughts to belt down up as you enjoy the two - hour tasting : Can the color of a beverage alter your percept of taste ? What if a drink ordinarily enjoyed on the rocks was served pipe hot like a cup of teatime ? Why does this whiskey make you trip back in fourth dimension to a childhood classic?For one course , you ’re even deliver with a tray of fragrant droppers , directed to snuff and add to a highball until you ’ve pass on a desired appreciation .
The experience is subject Thursday through Saturday , and reservation are required . If you ’re staying at The Ramble Hotel , you could also add theNeuro Nightcap , which for an excess $ 80 include a private cocktail tasting for two , Theater of the Mind mark , the Miracle Berries from the discotheque aspect , and a custom play list by David Byrne himself .
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