THE ENCOUNTER Announces Digital Ticket Lottery

Complicite's acclaimed production of The Encounter, conceived, directed and performed by Simon McBurney, will launch a digital lottery beginning Tuesday, October 18.

A limited number of tickets will be available through the lottery which will open midnight the morning of the desired performance and will close at 10:00am for matinee performances at 3:00pm for evening performances. Tickets will be $40 each and winners can purchase one or two tickets. Winners will be notified by email and must visit the box office by no later than 30 minutes prior to curtain to purchase their tickets. For further details and entrance to the digital lottery, please click here: www.TheEncounterBroadwayLottery.com.

In addition to the digital lottery, The Encounter will offer an in-person general rush, accepting both cash and credit at the John Golden Theater Box Office (252 West 45th Street). The box office opens at 10:00am Tuesday-Saturday and 12:00pm on Sundays. Patrons can purchase one or two general rush tickets (subject to availability).

Direct from London and an international tour, Complicite's acclaimed production of The Encounter, conceived, directed and performed by Simon McBurney, is now playing at Broadway's John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street) through January 8, 2017.

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.

The Encounter was inspired by the book "Amazon Beaming" by Petru Popescu. The Financial Times called it "An aural and visual delight. A tour de force."

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.

Richard Katz will perform the role at certain performances.

TICKETING INFORMATION

Tickets for The Encounter are available by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200, or online by visiting www.Telecharge.com, or at the John Golden Theatre box office at 252 West 45th Street beginning Tuesday, August 23.