United Kingdom

The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable (2013) is a large-scale immersive theatre production by Punchdrunk, directed by Felix Barrett. The work is set within a fragmented, noir-inflected vision of 1960s Hollywood and was staged across a vast warehouse environment at Temple Studios, London. Masked audience members are invited to move freely through an extensive architectural world composed of film studios, desert landscapes, bars, trailers, dressing rooms, and private interiors.

The Lander Division of the Centre for Astrobiology is responsible for exploring the outer realms of the galaxy. No division goes further or deeper into the unknown.

Tasked with discovering unchartered territories, exploring the outermost reaches and bringing back valuable data to the mothership.

A week ago, the crew of Lander 23 vanished while harvesting a new and valuable energy source. A distress signal then silence.

You are the next crew in.

This multi-room immersive Experience is London’s newest family attraction situated on London’s South Bank. Step into Paddington’s world by helping him and the Brown family prepare for a VERY special occasion, The Marmalade Day Festival!

Mr Gruber's Antiques Store:

This Production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street first took place in Harrington's Pie Shop, one of the oldest pie shops in London in October 2014. . The production was produced by Tooting Arts Club, and was directed by Bill Buckhurst. The show performed 6 shows a week, while the pie shop operated as normal during the day. The immersion began across the street in Anton's Barber Shop for the preshow, and the entire performance was performed live for guests, who sat in the dining seats while the action took place around them.

Written by Duncan Macmillan and performed by Jonny Donahoe, the play was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014. “The play’s conceit is simple. In response to his mother’s suicide attempt, a young boy makes a list of all the things worth living for – like water-fights, ice-cream and “things with stripes”. As he gets older the list keeps growing. The magic lies in the way the audience are invited to participate. They are assigned lines and even roles in the story. Almost everyone contributes and a community is created” (Guardian). 

Directed by Felix Barrett and Hector Harkness, and narrated by Helena Bonham Carter, Viola's Room is an 'audio-driven' immersive theatre experience  written by Daisy Johnson.

Viola's Room follows the story of a girl named Viola,  and her story of grief, obsession and loss of innocence. The story is loosely based on Barry Pain's story, The Moon-Slave, which  was adapted by Johnson. 

The performance describes the life of the people who worked at The Great Grimsby Docks in the UK. It talks about the dangers of people who went missing or got lost at sea and the hardships and suffering of these working people in the 1930's. 

Set in Leningrad in 1942, the story mixes Russian folktale and survivor accounts from the war to convey the story of children who are forgotten by the war. To the backdrop of an old apartment block the story sees four orphans (Leah, Zoya, Tati and Kub) join forces in attempt to survive the Leningrad blockade. Navigating the cruel winter, harsh hunger and enemy shelling the group have a collective dream of escaping through the only road out of the city, the ice road. 

Uses performance, music, film, creative technology, animation and aroma to tell the story. 

The Afters is two interrelated VR narrative dramas told from the perspectives of a 17-year-old girl and boy. Designed primarily for schools, college and university students for relationships and sex education, this first-of-its-kind VR narrative will help inform young people on the subtleties of verbal and non-verbal communication regarding sexual consent. It also encourages conversations around empathy and awareness with peers to help them safely navigate intimate situations in the future.

The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable was an immersive theatre performance created by Punchdrunk and co-produced by National Theatre, staged in London, where it ran from June 2013 into 2014. The show was a major success, playing more than 340 performances. It allowed audiences to step into the world of Temple Studios, a four-floor building and crumbling monument to the golden age of film that seduced dreamers with the promise of wealth and fame.