Punchdrunk
The best theatre to stream this month: The Boy With Two Hearts, Punchdrunk and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Billy Crystal’s musical about a fading comedian, a female Faustus and a revival of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate
Chris Wiegand
01, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM
Theatre: Susannah Clapp’s 10 best shows of 2022
Thirties Harlem and the siege of Troy rocked, along with Joan of Arc, Orlando and the Ladies of Llangollen, to be greeted by funding cuts across the board
Susannah Clapp
18, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM
The week in theatre: Punchdrunk: The Burnt City; Scandaltown
The immersive theatre trailblazers return with an all-consuming vision of the siege of Troy
Susannah Clapp
24, Apr, 2022 @9:30 AM
What links Punchdrunk’s Burnt City to Patti Smith and John McEnroe?
As the celebrated theatre group launches a new immersive show, follow it down the rabbit hole via Damon Albarn, Meryl Streep and Glenda Jackson
Larry Ryan
23, Apr, 2022 @12:00 PM
Punchdrunk: The Burnt City review – spectacle eclipses story in siege of Troy epic
This immersive retelling of Greek tragedies is stylish and atmospheric but lacks narrative momentum and its scattered scenes can be frustratingly arcane
Arifa Akbar
21, Apr, 2022 @10:00 PM
‘Adrenaline-fuelled’: Punchdrunk return with the horrifically timely siege of Troy
After almost a decade away, the world-conquering theatre rebels are back with The Burnt City, an epic take on the ultimate war story. We meet them at their cavernous new premises
Charlotte Higgins
21, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM
The Lost Lending Library review – immersive family show champions the magic of books
Punchdrunk Enrichment’s site-specific project for children aged six to 11 turns a historic building into a secretive library
Chris Wiegand
29, Oct, 2021 @9:17 AM
Punchdrunk to stage epic ‘future noir’ drama in old London arms factory
Dystopian Trojan war play The Burnt City will be company’s costliest and most ambitious immersive production
Chris Wiegand
05, Sep, 2021 @11:01 PM
Jude Law: 'When I became a parent, I would cry at anything'
As he plays a troubled dad trapped on a sinister island in The Third Day, the star reveals how the drama unlocked his deepest parenting fears – and shares his worries about its 12-hour, live-action section
Emine Saner
07, Sep, 2020 @5:00 AM
Pokémon Go creator joins Punchdrunk theatre for interactive venture
Immersive theatre company and augmented-reality game developer Niantic team up to explore ideas that fuse ‘physical and digital worlds’
Keza MacDonald
30, Jun, 2020 @1:00 PM
Punchdrunk and Sky announce world's first immersive TV drama
The Third Day, starring Jude Law and Naomie Harris, will be followed by a theatrical event by the world-renowned company
Hannah J Davies
12, Feb, 2020 @7:30 PM
The 50 best theatre shows of the 21st century
A hip-hop history lesson, a dizzy Dahl musical and a continent-hopping barbershop … we pick the finest new works of theatre since 2000
Michael Billington, Alexis Soloski, Catherine Love, Mark Fisher and Chris Wiegand
17, Sep, 2019 @2:43 PM
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