Taking A Trip: Beyond the Road at the Saatchi Gallery (Review)

UNKLE and Punchdrunk unite to create an explosive, immersive exploration of belief, life and death. LONDON – A Punchdrunk experience, loosely described, feels something like a trippy fever dream, bringing audience members into a sprawling, labyrinthine world that toes the line between imagination and reality. Darkly imaginative, intricately detailed and with a flair for the theatricality at every turn, suffice to say, it’s an experience that … Continue reading Taking A Trip: Beyond the Road at the Saatchi Gallery (Review)

Shanghai Nights: Sleep No More《不眠之夜》by Punchdrunk International and SMG Live (Review)

The definitive immersive theatre experience deserves its success and all the accolades. SHANGHAI, CHINA – How does one even begin to describe what is already one of the best immersive theatre productions in existence? After enjoying immense success across London and New York, Punchdrunk made a journey to the East to bring Sleep No More to Shanghai, certainly, the kind of theatre that heralded nothing China had ever … Continue reading Shanghai Nights: Sleep No More《不眠之夜》by Punchdrunk International and SMG Live (Review)

Sleep No More《不眠之夜》: An Interview with Punchdrunk Artistic Director Felix Barrett

SHANGHAI, CHINA – It’s been almost three years since Punchdrunk brought their blockbuster immersive theatre experience Sleep No More to Shanghai, and the success they’ve seen so far isn’t letting up anytime soon, as good as or even better than previous editions staged in New York and London. Based off Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth, Sleep No More takes the experience up a level by turning it into a film noir-like tale, … Continue reading Sleep No More《不眠之夜》: An Interview with Punchdrunk Artistic Director Felix Barrett