Punchdrunk
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| Theatre company | |
| Industry | Arts & Entertainment |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Felix Barrett |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Website | punchdrunk |
Punchdrunk is a British theatre company, formed in 2000, by Artistic Director Felix Barrett MBE. Since its inception, Punchdrunk has pioneered a form of "immersive" theatre in which the audience is free to choose what to watch and where to go. This format is related to "promenade theatre". Artistic director Felix Barrett prefers the term "site-sympathetic" when describing their work.
Punchdrunk was founded by Felix Barrett, who continues to be the company’s Artistic Director and works closely with the company’s creative team. Punchdrunk’s Executive Director is Rebecca Dawson and Peter Higgin is Director of Enrichment and Punchdrunk Village. Company members include Associate Director and Choreographer Maxine Doyle, Creative Producer Colin Nightingale, Creative Director Stephen Dobbie, Senior Designer Livi Vaughan.
The company is a National Portfolio Organisation with Arts Council England.
In 2015, Felix Barrett founded a new production company called Punchdrunk International. Punchdrunk International produces a number of Punchdrunk’s main projects overseas, including Sleep No More in Shanghai.
Punchdrunk International has also collaborated with selected organisations, including a longer term creative relationship with Samsung North America, formed after a project with Rihanna. These are led by Felix Barrett and the Punchdrunk International creative team.
In 2008, Punchdrunk founded a new branch of the company focussed on outreach to communities and schools called Punchdrunk Enrichment. Punchdrunk Enrichment projects are mostly aimed at children and young people but they are created out of the same ethos as Punchdrunk’s main projects, with a similar ambition in terms of form, scale and design.
Peter Higgin, Punchdrunk’s Director of Enrichment, described these projects as “transformative experiences with a wider educational focus and the trademark design and imagination that you’d get in bigger Punchdrunk shows.”
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