The Punchdrunk Encyclopaediais the definitive book on the company-s work to date, marking eighteen years of Punchdrunk-s existence. It provides the first full-scale, historical account of one of the world-s foremost immersive theatre companies, drawn from unrivalled access to the collective memory and archives of their core creative team.
The playful encyclopaedic format, much like a Punchdrunk masked show, invites readers to create their own journey through the ideas, aesthetics, contexts, and practices that underpin Punchdrunk-s work. Interjections from Felix Barrett, Stephen Dobbie, Maxine Doyle, Peter Higgin, Beatrice Minns, Colin Nightingale and Livi Vaughan, among others, fill out the picture with in-depth reflections.
Charting Punchdrunk-s rise from the fringe to the mainstream, this encyclopaedia records the founding principles and mission of the company, documenting its evolving creative process and operational structures. It has been comp
