It’s been three years since the Whingers tramped out to God-knows-where to see the site-specific, promenady Punchdrunk production The Duchess of Malfi where Andrew sighed,“It’s more of the same, really”. You would think we would learn. But it seems Andrew did learn something; he was having none of it this time round. And, of course, The Drowned Man is more of the same. Read the rest of this entry »
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Review – The Duchess of Malfi, Punchdrunk/ENO
Friday 23 July 2010
“It’s just more of the same, really,” lamented Andrew, finally able to relax a bit and gather his thoughts now that the Whingers and party had located the hidden bar.
“It’s less of the same,” retorted Kat, pithily, which is exactly what the Whingers would have said had they thought of it.
Indeed. The Duchess of Malfi feels like Punchdrunk spread somewhat thin, despite the addition of an orchestra. The venue feels larger (three stories of an unoccupied office in Gallions Reach, Beckton) but there seem to be fewer actors and less going on.
Mind you, this time they’ve really upped their game when it comes to the futility involved in being an audience member. Read the rest of this entry »
Review – Tunnel 228 (Punchdrunk)
Saturday 9 May 2009
Tunnel 228 is said to have been inspired by Fritz Lang’s 1927 movie Metropolis but under the inspiration of Kevin Spacey‘s Old Vic and Punchdrunk the result owes more to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Odditorium on Blackpool’s Golden Mile and Mouse Trap Game
It’s free and you get a very big and glossy brochure at the end of it. The railway arch location is very atmospheric.
But because it’s free, the run has already sold out. Most of the tickets will have gone to Punchdrunk fanatics which is a shame because if you’ve never seen a Punchdrunk production before this would be an amazing experience.
But if you did see Faust and/or Masque of the Red Death then you may feel that the laws of diminishing returns have set in. It’s smaller in scale, there’s more art than performance and – worst of all – there’s no bar.
As you can’t see it there’s no point telling you much about it really.
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