July 2010
ENO & Punchdrunk present
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
13 - 24 July. 13 Performances only. 
The Duchess of Malfi has been commissioned by ENO from composer Torsten Rasch, and will be presented at Great Eastern Quay in London’s Royal Albert Basin, Newham E16. The production is a new immersive opera, with libretto by Ian Burton, featuring a cast of twenty singers and performers and a full 69-strong symphony orchestra.
 
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 4 JUNE - ONLINE ONLY AT: www.eno.org/punchdrunk

THIS PRODUCTION IS SOLD OUT. NO FURTHER PERFORMANCES ARE PLANNED.

READ REVIEWS:

Time Out

The Observer

VOLUNTEER STEWARDS WANTED

Punchdrunk is seeking volunteers over the age of 18 to assist on this production.

Information here.

January 2010
This was the decade of immersive theatre. All over the country, dramas flew out of purpose-built stages, mixed dance, music and installation art, and had spectators on their feet, helping to create their stories. The company that set the movement alight was Punchdrunk. For Faust, they took over a warehouse in Wapping and danced a tale of necromancy through a pine forest, an Edward Hopper bar, a line of motel rooms. They commandeered a factory in the Oval, London, a tunnel underneath Waterloo station, and in Manchester chased their own audience through a disused building. The gothic horrors of Edgar Allan Poe were evoked in a former town hall, with screams behind closed doors and the smells of camphor and incense.... This was a theatre which reeled in new audiences, shook them up and sent them away looking differently at the world around them. Susannah Clapp, The Observer, 27 December 2009.

Punchdrunk and A.R.T. present
SLEEP NO MORE
Showing until 7 February 2010, in Boston, U.S.A
American Repertory Theatre Website

Elliot Norton Awards 2010 - Special citation for Outstanding Theatre Event of the Season.

"Sleep No More is unlike any theatrical experience you've ever had." The Boston Herald. "Mesmerizing experience. Ingenious." The Boston Globe

Read Lyn Gardner, first UK journalist to review Punchdrunk and the original London production of Sleep No More in 2003, reporting from Boston: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/oct/22/punchdrunk-macbeth-massachusetts

Collaborative Doctoral Award
Audience Immersion: Environment, Interactivity, Narrative in the work of Punchdrunk.

An Arts and Humanities Research opportunity to pursue a fully-funded PhD with Punchdrunk and the University of Exeter.

The deadline for applications has passed.
Full details here.

Sample Reviews
“Punchdrunk release you into the outside world looking at it differently. They are one of the hubs of theatrical life.”
The Observer.

“I have never seen a more ambitious, elaborate example of site-specific work.”
The Times (It Felt Like A Kiss)

“Exquisite, visceral theatre.”
London Evening Standard (Tunnel 228)

“ There's nothing else in British theatre quite like a Punchdrunk show.”
The Times (The Masque of the Red Death)

IT FELT LIKE A KISS (2009): The Daily Telegraph

TUNNEL 228 (2009): The Guardian , The Observer , Time Out , Evening Standard , The Independent

THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (2007/08): The Observer , The Independent , The Daily Telegraph

FAUST (2006/07): Evening Standard , The Guardian , Metro , The Observer , The Times , Independent on Sunday , Time Out , The Sunday Times , The Daily Telegraph

THE FIREBIRD BALL (2005): The Guardian , Metro , The Observer

Keep In Touch
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Artistic Director: Felix Barrett felix@punchdrunk.org.uk
Executive Director: Colin Marsh colin@punchdrunk.org.uk
Associate Director and Choreographer
Maxine Doyle: maxine@punchdrunk.org.uk
Senior Producer: Colin Nightingale nightingalecolin@yahoo.co.uk
Enrichment Director: Peter Higgin pete@punchdrunk.org.uk
Admin: punchdrunk@punchdrunk.org.uk

Telephone: +44(0) 20 7655 0940

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