Figment Productions

03/10/2025

Happy 200th Anniversary to the Stockton & Darlington Railway - the world’s first passenger railway!

To mark the historic milestone, a replica of Locomotion #1 and Experiment carriage crossed the iconic Skerne Bridge. As part of the Hopetown Darlington project, Figment Productions, with lead consultants PLB Projects Ltd and hardware specialists FusionLX brought history to life by animating the famous painting of the pioneering journey in 1825.

Celebrating the birthplace of the modern railway, the Hopetown Darlington project also features more than 25 interactives, dynamic projections, evocative soundscapes, an AR app, and even an immersive motion-base time-travel ride, Experiment!

https://www.hopetowndarlington.co.uk/

20/05/2025

We are delighted to share a making of promo of Experiment! the immersive motion-base ride we produced the preshow and ride content for at Hopetown Darlington.

Created in collaboration with lead consultants PLB Projects Ltd, Darlington Borough Council, and AV & Lighting hardware specialists FusionLX together, we have crafted an innovative and immersive digital experience that brings the birth of the modern railway to life.

Experiment! was nominated for a prestigious Museums + Heritage - leading sector magazine and events Awards in the ‘Best Use of Digital, UK’ category 2025. Tickets are on sale now at Hopetown Darlington.

15/05/2025

Fingers crossed for the team tonight at Museums + Heritage - leading sector magazine and events Awards at the Hilton Park Lane, London!

We’re honoured to be nominated in the 'Best Use of Digital, UK' category for our immersive motion-base experience EXPERIMENT! at Hopetown Darlington.

Created in collaboration with lead consultants PLB Projects Ltd, Darlington Borough Council, and AV & Lighting hardware specialists FusionLX, this marks Figment’s second consecutive nomination in this category - following last year’s win for Dive The Mary Rose 4D.

The Museums + Heritage Show at Olympia London, will close with the highly anticipated awards ceremony celebrating creativity and innovation tomorrow evening.

12/05/2025

Saturday marked the exciting reawakening of the Grade I listed Maison Dieu Dover and we were thrilled to be part of it.

In collaboration with our fantastic partners; Designmap , FusionLX and The Workhaus Figment Productions produced and delivered multiple interactive touchscreens, documentary films and immersive audio soundscapes for this iconic site.

Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Dover District Council, The Dover Society and The Wolfson Foundation, the £10 million heritage and cultural regeneration project is a significant milestone in preserving and celebrating Dover’s rich history.

Drawing on our in-house expertise in design, 3D modelling, film editing and software development, we’ve created dynamic and immersive content that brings the Maison Dieu’s remarkable 800-year history vividly to life for visitors of all ages!

12/05/2025

Saturday marked the exciting reawakening of the Grade I listed Maison Dieu Dover, and we were thrilled to be part of it.

In collaboration with our fantastic partners; Designmap, FusionLX and The Workhaus, Figment Productions produced and delivered multiple interactive touchscreens, documentary films and immersive audio soundscapes for this iconic site.

Funded by the The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Dover District Council, The Dover Society and The Wolfson Foundation, the £10 million heritage and cultural regeneration project is a significant milestone in preserving and celebrating Dover’s rich history.

Drawing on our in-house expertise in design, 3D modelling, film editing and software development, we’ve created dynamic and immersive content that brings the Maison Dieu’s remarkable 800-year history vividly to life for visitors of all ages!

14/03/2025

We’re thrilled to announce that Experiment!, the immersive experience ride inside North Road Station Museum, has been shortlisted for the 'Best Use of Digital UK' Award at the Museum and Heritage Awards 🎉

The 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 awards celebrate the very best in the world of museums, galleries, and cultural and heritage visitor attractions.

The awards will take place in central London on Thursday 15 May 2025. Experiment! is up against digital projects at the Royal Armouries, Natural History Museum, London Museum and Perth Museum.

Wish PLB Projects Ltd, Figment Productions, FusionLX, The Workhaus, Darlington Borough Council and ourselves luck 🤞

13/03/2025

We’re thrilled to announce that Experiment! - created in partnership with project lead consultants and has been shortlisted for the prestigious Awards in the ‘Best Use of Digital, UK’ category!

The global awards celebrate the very best in the world of museums, galleries, and cultural and heritage visitor attractions and the ceremony to reveal the winners will take place on the evening of Thursday, May 15, 2025.

This marks our second consecutive nomination in this category, following last year’s win for our immersive Dive 4D experience.

Wish us luck, and stay tuned for updates!

13/03/2025

We’re thrilled to announce that Experiment! at Hopetown Darlington - created in partnership with project lead consultants PLB Projects Ltd and Darlington Borough Council has been shortlisted for the prestigious Museum + Museums + Heritage - leading sector magazine and events Awards in the 'Best Use of Digital, UK' category!

The global awards celebrate the very best in the world of museums, galleries, and cultural and heritage visitor attractions and the ceremony to reveal the winners will take place on the evening of Thursday, May 15, 2025.

This marks our second consecutive nomination in this category, following last year’s win for our immersive Dive The Mary Rose 4D experience.

Wish us luck, and stay tuned for updates!

14/01/2025

A fantastic review from The Northern Echo about our latest immersive experience, Experiment! the time-travel motion base ride at Hopetown Darlington. We produced a nine minute family-friendly and accessible ride experience that includes a preshow and seasonal variations for Christmas and Halloween.

We tried out the new Experiment! ride at Hopetown in Darlington over the weekend - here's what we thought.

04/12/2024

We are thrilled to announce that the time-travel immersive ride EXPERIMENT! has opened at Hopetown Darlington

Figment Productions is incredibly proud to have worked on this innovative immersive ride experience alongside lead consultants PLB Projects Ltd and our hardware partner FusionLX

Experiment! brings the story of passenger railways to life, captivating visitors of all ages, with a time travel motion-base adventure that celebrates the world's first passenger journey.

Three seasonal ride experiences were produced and this month, the Christmas version will be playing at Ho-ho-Hopetown.

https://figmentproductions.co.uk/index.php/pf/experiment-immersive-ride/

29/11/2024

Congratulations to the team at Hopetown Darlington who won the prestigious North East Culture Award for Best Museum or Cultural Venue last night!

Figment Productions, in partnership with project lead consultants PLB Projects Ltd LTD designed 25 family-friendly and accessible interactive exhibits celebrating the birthplace of passenger railways, both inside the museum and throughout the Hopetown site.

https://figmentproductions.co.uk/index.php/pf/hopetown-darlington/

🤩 We’ve only gone and done it again…

🏆 We’re very excited to announce that we’ve 𝘄𝗼𝗻 the North East Culture Award for Best Museum or Cultural Venue!

The award recognised the impact Hopetown Darlington has had in both Darlington and the wider region, and is a testament to all of the staff and partners who tell the story of Darlington's pioneering railway heritage.

We’d love for you to visit us to see why we’ve won the award 👇
https://www.hopetowndarlington.co.uk/

16/07/2024

Such a fantastic and important heritage project to be involved with!