Artistic

DARKFIELD presents ARCADE: but this isn’t an ordinary arcade and these are not ordinary arcade machines. Every machine offers you the chance to enter the world of the game and choose your own unique journey. As you guide your avatar through a world ravaged by endless war, there are many routes you can take and there are many different outcomes. You can choose a side, win or lose the war, search out a more peaceful route, or join a cult promising a better version of reality. Where will your decisions lead you?

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 draws from Leo Tolstoy’s Russian masterpiece War and Peace. The show follows Natasha, who develops a relationship with rebel, Anatole, while her betrothed Andrey is off fighting. Andrey's best friend Pierre remains on high alert as the new romance takes shape. The show takes place in Moscow, 1812.

24h Performance is a unique experimental performance form. It is a hybrid mix between group performance, real-life in the city, an exhibition, music production, a demonstration, a festival, a survival experience, a temporary autonomous zone, film shooting, a climax, and poetry.

Cascando by Pan Pan Theatre is an outdoor experience, transforming Samuel Beckett's 1963 radio play into a physical journey. Directed by Gavin Quinn, the production leads the audience on a rhythmic ensemble experience, wearing black cloaks and headphones and becoming part of the spectacle.

DARKFIELD presents ARCADE: but this isn’t an ordinary arcade and these are not ordinary arcade machines. Every machine offers you the chance to enter the world of the game and choose your own unique journey. As you guide your avatar through a world ravaged by endless war, there are many routes you can take and there are many different outcomes. You can choose a side, win or lose the war, search out a more peaceful route, or join a cult promising a better version of reality. Where will your decisions lead you?

Then She Fell was a fully immersive, multisensory experience in which only 15 audience members per performance explored a dreamscape where every alcove, corner, and corridor had been transformed into a lushly designed world.

Is it a performance, a theatrical production or a real truth commission? The terms don't matter. Come and see for yourself.

The artworks featured in the performance – together with the pieces brought from the Hungarian National Gallery for this occasion – span nearly 4000 years: visitors will explore almost every collection unit of the museum during their journey.

Directed by Louise Lowe, The Dead by James Joyce is reimagined in an immersive way for all audiences. 

"Sleep No More tells Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth through a darkly cinematic lens, offering an audience experience unlike anything else. Audiences move freely through the epic story, creating their own journeys through a film noir world. Taking Punchdrunk’s work to Asia for the very first time, Punchdrunk International and SMG Live have co-produced a re-imagined version of the original production, now set in Shanghai in the 1930s. This production sees new surprises hidden across five storeys of this newly built building in the Jing’An District."