Enjoyed together, Red Dwarf and Jane Austen offer a lesson in immersive world building

Enjoyed together, Red Dwarf and Jane Austen offer a lesson in immersive world building

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. An Austen enthusiast might attend the birthday ball at the Alton Assembly Rooms in Hampshire or take an Austen-themed walking tour. They might dance at the Pump Rooms in Bath, a city with strong Austen connections, or in Utah, which has none. These kinds of immersive events tend to surge in times of social and economic fragility. In part, this may be due to a particular form of nostal…