Immersive theatre: It was a ghost in the library with a violin . . .

Immersive theatre is everywhere right now – even classical concerts are getting in on the act. Andrew Dickson investigatesIt's late in the evening, and in a room deep inside Chetham's School of Music the young Russian virtuoso Alina Ibragimova is easing into the slow movement of Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin. As she coaxes tender, sorrowing sighs from her instrument, a screen alongside judders with black-and-white images. Some are easy to interpret – the body of a girl lying in a coffi...

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