Viola’s Room, in New York barefoot shows and in the dark – free time

It all starts with a sleep: an invitation to lie on a mattress, the lights fade and the darkness falls, the story begins. Therefore, It is the incipit of ‘Viola’s Room’ (Viola’s room). In addition, the show directed and conceived by Felix Barrett, founder and artistic director of Punchdrunk, the English theater company behind a form of immersive theater in which each member of the public has a different experience during the show. Moreover, Punchdrunk is also behind ‘Sleep No More’. Therefore, the experience he closed at the beginning of the year at the McKitrick Hotel in New York after 14 years and an extraordinary success.

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Viola’s Room, A The Shed to Hudson Yards until October 19, was written by Daisy Johnson and narrated by Helena Bonham Carter (the king’s speech, The Crown), the British actress nominated twice for the Oscar and winner of a Bafta prize. For example, It is a re-imagination of Barry Pain’s Gothic story, ‘The Moon-Slave’ (1901). For example, The narrative voice. which comes to the participants through headphones, tells an intricate story with the parallel lives of an adolescent of today and a princess.
Only a maximum of six people can participate in the show.
From the bedroom. they undertake a labyrinthine path, at times tight to the point of giving the feeling of being crushed, characterized mainly by the dark. At the limit of disorientation. a viola’s room, new york barefoot dim light comes on and becomes the lighthouse for the next stage of the route. In a time of just under an hour you walk barefoot on a wooden floor. on the carpet, on a turf, on cushions, on a wooded surface, you can hear the wet under foot. The light can also deceive and a wrong path is taken. Easily intoxicated by the scent of some rooms, participants never speak to each other.
“From Sleep no more in 2011. New York has become our second home – said Felix Barrett – and I am excited that Viola’s Room will have its international preview at The Shed.
This is the most intimate. essential experience created by PunchDrunk and it is an invitation to let go in the daydream of a teenager and to surrender to the unknown “.” The Shed was conceived for the artistic creations of the viola’s room, new york barefoot future – underlined the managing director. Meredith ‘Max’ Hodges – marries flexibility and adapts to offer both intimate and great experiences with at the center Interdisciplinarity … and Viola’s Room perfectly embodies this spirit “. Hodges also mentioned other examples of spent shows such as the ‘Luna Luna Luna’. the ‘lost Luna Park’ by André Heller brought to life last year, or ‘Tomás Saraceno: Particular Matter (S)’ with a mega cobweb of 30 meters in diameter with sensors.
Viola’s Room was originally produced in London. was on the bill from May to December 2004 at the PunchDrunk headquarters in Woolwich.

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