Punchdrunk
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Punchdrunk are a British theatre company, formed in 2000 with the aim of creating performances "in which the audience are free to choose what they watch and where they go"[1].
In a Punchdrunk production, audience members are free to wander around the "theatre" -- which can be as large as a five-story industrial warehouse -- and can either follow the actors and themes (any of them, for there are usually multiple threads at any particular point in time), or just explore the scenery, treating the production as a vast art installation.
The current artistic director is Felix Barrett, and the current producer is Colin Marsh.
[edit] Past productions
- The Cherry Orchard (2000)
- The House of Oedipus (2000)
- Johnny Formidable: Mystery at the Pink Flamingo (2001)
- Midsummer Night's Dream (2002)
- Chair (2002)
- The Tempest (2003)
- Sleep No More (2003)
- Woyzeck (2004)
- The Firebird Ball (2005)
- Marat/Sade (2005)
[edit] Current production
Punchdrunk is currently performing Faust; an adaption of Goethe's Faust set in 1950s America, which takes place across five storeys of warehouse in the London neighbourhood of Wapping.
