Your TurnOur live monthly game show at the Bella Union in Carlton where the audience faces off against our two guest teams. Click here to see the video |
Now Life In This HouseA new durational role-playing game based on Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard Click here to see the video |
#TrueRomansAllWe all know how Julius Caesar meets his end in Shakespeare’s play… but this isn’t a play. Click here to see the video |
Spirits WalkA Lost Waif, a Wandering Entertainer, a King by the River… the spirits of Melbourne must find the forgotten and impossible Gods who walk the streets as the sun is setting… Click here to see the video* |
Fresh Air 2014 trailerRun from monsters, seek out ancient spirits and carry out secret missions as Fed Square is once again turned into a giant playground with our 2014 Fresh Air Festival. Click here to see the video* |
This Is A Door 2013 trailerA month long festival of games, play and participatory performance presented by Melbourne’s New Games designers and playful companies. Click here to see the video |
Focal Point trailerA story telling game for all ages for the State Library of Victoria’s Carnival of Curiosity. Click here to see the video |
Ben McKenzieA 2012 interview from film maker James Tresise Click here to see the video |
Sayraphim LothianA 2012 interview from film maker James Tresise Click here to see the video |
Robert ReidA 2012 interview from film maker James Tresise Click here to see the video |
Playtesting Office WarsA short film showing our game design process via playtesters. Click here to see the video |
Feed Your FamilyA team game utalising puppetry, spectacle and theft, first played at the Fresh Air Festival in 2013. Click here to see the video |
New Games: Play in the UKA new documentary about social and pervasive gaming filmed in the UK by Pop Up Playground’s Robert Reid and Sayraphim Lothian. Click here to see the video |
Fresh Air trailerFresh Air is an outdoor games festival with a range of new games and playful activities from local, national and international companies to be held in Feb 2013. Click here to see the video |
The Curse, filmed by Lawrence LeungThe lovely Lawrence Leung bought a camera along to film his experience of playing The Curse. November 2012 Click here to see the video |
The CurseThe Curse, a creepy game played behind the tents and through the crowds of The Village. November 2012 Click here to see the video |
What is Pop Up PlaygroundA trailer looking at what we do and how we play, August 2012. Click here to see the video |
This Is A DoorOur international indoor games festival, July 2012. Click here to see the video |
Mass Werewolf at the Melbourne International Comedy FestivalPop Up Playground designed a modification of the traditional werewolf parlour game for the Melbourne Comedy Festival in April 2012. Click here to see the video |
Game.Play at NGV Studio 2The second public play day held by Pop Up Playground at the National Gallery of Victoria Studio, Fed Square. 29th October 2011. Click here to see the video |
Game.Play at NGV Studio 1The first public play day held by Pop Up Playground at the National Gallery of Victoria Studio, Fed Square. 1st October 2011. Click here to see the video |

Your Turn
Now Life In This House
#TrueRomansAll
Spirits Walk
Fresh Air 2014 trailer
This Is A Door 2013 trailer
Focal Point trailer
Ben McKenzie
Sayraphim Lothian
Robert Reid
Playtesting Office Wars
Feed Your Family
New Games: Play in the UK
Fresh Air trailer
The Curse, filmed by Lawrence Leung
The Curse
What is Pop Up Playground
This Is A Door
Mass Werewolf at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Game.Play at NGV Studio 2
Game.Play at NGV Studio 1