Review: PHANTOM PEAK: FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION, London
by Franco Milazzo - Apr 10, 2024
When Phantom Peak, one of London's most innovative and ridiculously fun theatrical experiences, holds a Festival Of Innovation, how can one say no? It is not the only impressive immersive show in town but its near-peerless execution and boundless imagination puts it up there with the more well known Punchdrunk.
Full Cast and Team Set for MACBETH, Starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 31, 2023
Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the location, cast, and creative team for the highly-anticipated spring production of Macbeth. Directed by STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin, Macbeth stars Tony and BAFTA Award-winner Ralph Fiennes and Olivier Award-winner Indira Varma as the leading lord and lady. Learn more about the location, cast, and creative team here!
Punchdrunk Will Host a Closing Party For THE BURNT CITY Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 11, 2023
Punchdrunk announces The Last Rite, a closing party to celebrate The Burnt City on Sunday 17 September. The Last Rite will feature pop-up performances by the cast and extended performing family of The Burnt City and guest DJs including Mynxie.
Photos: Punchdrunk Releases Images of dodie Performing at THE BURNT CITY
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jul 20, 2023
photosEarlier this week, singer-songwriter dodie joined Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City in a one-off sold out performance. dodie performed an acoustic set in The Burnt City’s very own speakeasy, Peep, featuring covers of David Bowie’s Life on Mars? and Alison Moyet’s All Cried Out.
Review: PHANTOM PEAK: THE PLATYPUS PARADE, London
by Franco Milazzo - Apr 4, 2023
Can the best get better? In my 2022 year-end roundup, I ranked Phantom Peak as my favourite immersive show of 2022, ahead of bigger shows like Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City and TV show-based drama Peaky Blinders: The Rise. The latest iteration has a new platypus theme and even more mysteries to solve but will it be enough to retain top spot?
2022 Year in Review: Franco Milazzo's Best of 2022
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 28, 2022
If 2020 was the year theatre ground to a halt and 2021 was when it nervously found its legs again (only to fall over occasionally), then 2022 was when it blasted back to some kind of normal with many pandemic-delayed shows finally seeing the inside of a venue.
BroadwayWorld UK's Best of 2022
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 29, 2022
After Covid dealt a stuttering start to the year, 2022 brought some standout shows and performances. Here are some of our critics' highlights from the past twelve months.
2022 Year in Review: Kat Mokrynski's Best of 2022
by Kat Mokrynski - Dec 22, 2022
Well, we may not know how we got here, but here we are - December 2022. Somehow, we are nearly at the end of the insane year that has been 2022. In this article, I take a look back at some of the highlights of my time in the theatrical worlds of New York and London these past twelve months.
Leah Harvey Will Lead THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA at Stratford East
by Stephi Wild - Aug 9, 2022
Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced full cast for Anthony Neilson's poignant and comical delve into the nature of mental illness, The Wonderful World of Dissocia, directed by Emma Baggott. Leah Harvey, BAFTA nominated star of the Apple TV+ series Foundation and last seen on stage in the National Theatre's Small Island, will play Lisa.
Theatres Make Adjustments To Cope With Heatwave
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jul 18, 2022
Theatres are making adjustments to cope with the current heatwave. The UK could have its hottest day on record this week, with temperatures forecast to hit up to 41C (106F).
BWW Review: AGE OF RAGE, Barbican Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - May 6, 2022
Revenge is a dish best served old seems to be the message in Age Of Rage, the latest of Ivo van Hove’s latest extreme theatre productions as he serves up seven Greek stories, all in gloriously guttural Dutch. Read our critic's review.
Punchdrunk Signs With 42 For Global Representation
by Stephi Wild - Apr 19, 2022
Immersive theater company Punchdrunk has been signed by 42 for global representation. Punchdrunk is currently hosting the new show Burnt City, which is now in previews and opens on 21 April in London.
Punchdrunk Returns To London With THE BURNT CITY
by Marianka Swain - Sep 6, 2021
Punchdrunk, the internationally-acclaimed theatre company who pioneered the breakthrough of immersive theatre in the UK, are returning to London for the first time since 2014. Following a break from the capital, with sell-out international productions and their award-winning foray into TV, with The Third Day, the company are back in their home city to premiere their first major new show since The Drowned Man.