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Dangerous bedroom reverie
WILL STONE is left wanting more by an immersive show that is within reach of greatness but doesn't quite grasp it
An audience member explores Viola's room

Viola’s Room
The Carriageworks, Woolwich

 

PUNCHDRUNK, the vanguard of immersive theatre, has made the giant Carriageworks — two former arsenal buildings in Woolwich — their headquarters since launching their last big work, The Burnt City, there in 2022.

The wildly ambitious and atmospheric production of The Burnt City, themed around the fall of Troy, saw punters donning masks as they followed any actors they chose around the cavernous site.

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