EXPLORING THE FUSION OF THEATRE, XR, GAMING & TECHNOLOGY
BIO
Christopher is an internationally recognized director, producer, consultant, and educator whose work sits at the forefront of theatre, virtual reality, and emerging technologies. As Creative Director of Groundling’s Performance & Immersive Technology (PIT) Lab in Toronto, Lane lead projects that fused live performance with digital innovation. His recent work includes The Hunt: A Shakespeare Story (Groundling Theatre), the VR musical prototype, Sunshine (Global Musicals/Perfect Pitch, London, UK) and the VR Backstage Tour - part of the Chichester Festival’s Digital Stages Project, which won the 2022 UK Theatre Award for Digital Innovation.
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Lane’s creative leadership extends to his tenure as Creative Director of the UK based VR storytelling studio, Relative Motion – he directed and produced their work between 2017-2023. For their production of Shakespeare VR, Relative Motion was recognized by UKRI as delivering one of the most influential immersive experiences of the past two decades. The company collaborated internationally on In a Thousand Silences with Palestine’s, The Freedom Theatre and the British Council, and their Tosca VR experience was chosen to be part of Ulster Touring Opera’s new HoloEdge platform, currently available on the Apple Vision Pro.
As a consultant and trainer, Lane has worked with leading institutions including the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Royal Opera House, the Chichester Festival, and Theatre Aquarius, delivering insights, workshops and lectures on VR/XR storytelling and digital performance. He was part of the 2019 Royal Shakespeare Company/Magic Leap Extended Fellowship Cohort and a member of Digital Catapult's 5G Testbed in London/Brighton. Lane has delivered several keynote talks including: the Future of Cinema & Performance/2025 Creativity & Cognition Conference and Screen Industries Northern Ireland. Additionally, he has developed & facilitated workshops in narrative VR for the MA in Contemporary Circus at the Stockholm University of the Arts, the Langham Directors Programme and The Lab at the Stratford Festival of Canada, and for Theatre Aquarius's Digital Storytelling initiatives.
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Lane’s theatre directing work spans over twenty-five years and includes musicals, opera, new writing, classical and devised theatre. He was part of the staff directing team at the Royal Opera House from 2014-2017, and he directed the London/UK premieres of the musicals John & Jen, Bright Lights Big City, and The Theory of Relativity. Holding an MA from the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, a BEd from Lakehead University, and a BA from the University of Western Ontario, Lane continues to champion the integration of technology, storytelling, and education, shaping the future of new immersive artforms, live performance and cinema.
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