Photo Coverage: Simon McBurney Previews His Show THE ENCOUNTER
By: Walter McBride Sep. 16, 2016
Direct from London and an international tour, Complicite's acclaimed production of The Encounter, conceived, directed and performed by Simon McBurney, will play a limited engagement at Broadway's John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), opening on Thursday, September 29 and closing on January 8 2017. Previews begin on September 20. This week, he previewed the new technical piece to the press. Check out photos from the preview below.
Critics have reached for superlatives to describe the transcendent and unforgettable event which has stunned audiences in its previous engagements in London, Edinburgh and across Europe.
In 1969, Loren McIntyre, a National Geographic photographer, found himself lost among the people of the remote Javari Valley in Brazil. It was an encounter that was to change his life: bringing the limits of human consciousness into startling focus.
Simon McBurney traces McIntyre's journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest, using binaural technology (3D audio) to build an intimate and shifting world of sound. Audience members are given headphones to be worn throughout the performance in order to fully experience the visually stunning world created on stage - and inside their heads. Through innovative aural technology and brilliant storytelling, this is a heart-stopping, riveting, and slyly witty night of theater.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Simon McBurney previews his show 'The Encounter' on Broadway at John Golden Theatre on September 16, 2016 in New York City.
Simon McBurney previews his show 'The Encounter' on Broadway at John Golden Theatre on September 16, 2016 in New York City.
Simon McBurney previews his show 'The Encounter' on Broadway at John Golden Theatre on September 16, 2016 in New York City.
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