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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
[Julian Abrams]
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
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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