•
The Cherry Orchard (2000), based on the play by
Anton Chekhov •
The Moonslave (2000), an experience that saw single audience members taken to an old mansion house by a masked chauffeur, following candlelit paths through a dense forest where the story unraveled. •
The House of Oedipus (2000), an adaptation of
Oedipus Rex and
Antigone by
Sophocles, staged in the garden of
Poltimore House, Devon. •
The Tempest (2003), an adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, again performed at the Old Seagar Distillery, using its five floors to create a dark vision of Prospero's island. •
Sleep No More (2003); see below for the
2009,
2011, 2016, and 2025 reinventions. An adaptation of Shakespeare's
Macbeth in the style of a
Hitchcock thriller, using reworked music from the soundtrack of classic Hitchcock films. Staged at the Beaufoy Building in London, an old Victorian school. •
Woyzeck (2004), an adaptation of the play by
Georg Buchner. Performed at the
Big Chill Music Festival. •
Marat/Sade (2005), an adaptation of the play by
Peter Weiss. Performed at the 2005
Big Chill Music Festival. •
The Firebird Ball (2005), inspired by Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet and
Stravinsky's ballet
The Firebird. Staged at
Offley Works, a disused factory in
South London.
The Firebird Ball ran for six weeks and received
The Observer Review of the Year award for Best Out-of-Theatre Experience. •
Faust (10 October 2006 until 31 March 2007), an adaptation of
Goethe's
Faust Part One, relocated to a small town in the 1950s
Midwest. Staged across of a derelict 5-storey archive building at 21 Wapping Lane in the London neighbourhood of
Wapping. The production, which was presented by Punchdrunk and the
National Theatre, earned the company a nomination for the
Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer and won the
2006 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Designer. •
The Masque of the Red Death (2007–8), a co-production with
Battersea Arts Centre (BAC). An adaptation of stories by
Edgar Allan Poe including "
The Masque of the Red Death". Performed at the BAC from 5 October 2007 until 12 April 2008. While each performance culminated in a ball scene, Friday and Saturday night performances were followed by Red Death Lates, an elaborate after-party with interactive performance, celebrity guests, live bands and cabaret. •
Tunnel 228 (2009), a collaboration with the
Old Vic theatre, in the abandoned tunnels beneath London's
Waterloo station. •
Sleep No More, a 2009 reinvention in Boston of the 2003 London production. An adaptation of Shakespeare's
Macbeth. Produced in association with the
American Repertory Theatre at the
Old Lincoln School in
Brookline, Massachusetts. •
It Felt Like a Kiss (2009). Commissioned by the
Manchester International Festival and produced in collaboration with documentary filmmaker
Adam Curtis and musician
Damon Albarn at a deserted office block in
Spinningfields, Manchester. It depicted "America's rise to power in the golden age of pop, and the nightmare that came back to haunt us all." The production won the
Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Special Entertainment. •
The Duchess of Malfi (2010), an operatic adaptation of
the play by John Webster with a
score by
Torsten Rasch. Produced in collaboration with
English National Opera and performed in a vast, decommissioned pharmaceutical headquarters at London's Great Eastern Quay.
Sleep No More won a
Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience and a Special Citation For Design And Choreography at the
Obie Awards. Its New York run ended on January 5, 2025. •
The Crash of the Elysium, commissioned by
Manchester International Festival,
BBC,
London 2012 Festival and
Salford City Council. A 2011 one-hour show for children aged between 6 and 12, made in collaboration with the television series
Doctor Who. •
The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable (2013-2014), an adaptation of
Woyzeck set in a sixties film studio, performed in a disused postal sorting office in Paddington, London. Presented by Punchdrunk and the
National Theatre. •
Sleep No More, a 2016 re-imagining of the London production in Shanghai. An adaptation of
Shakespeare's
Macbeth. Co-produced with
Shanghai Media Group Live. •
Kabeiroi (2017), a six-hour immersive production performed on the streets of London, designed for only two audience members at a time. •
The Guilty Party, a 2017 interactive experience commissioned by
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) and Civic Entertainment Group, USA for the launch of season two of
Search Party. •
The Third Day is a co-production between
Sky Studios and
HBO, in partnership with
Plan B Entertainment, writer
Dennis Kelly and Punchdrunk International. The six-part, one-hour episode limited series stars
Jude Law as Sam, who after being drawn to a mysterious Island off the British Coast, is thrown into the unusual world of its secretive inhabitants. •
The Burnt City (2022-2023), a production based around the fall of Troy, performed in
Woolwich's
Royal Arsenal, London. • ''Viola's Room
(2024), an audio-driven journey through a moonlit fever dream. Barefoot and wearing headphones, audiences feel their way through a labyrinthine installation as an unseen narrator reveals a story of innocence lost and obsession unleashed. Ran at The Carriageworks in Woolwich from May - December 2024. Viola's Room'' has since been revived in New York City at the
Shed in
Hudson Yards, where it is scheduled to run from June 17—October 19, 2025. •
Sleep No More, a 2025
Seoul production based on the
New York production of the same name. In partnership with the Ms. Jackson production company. Scheduled to begin previews in July 2025. •
Lander 23 (2026), a multiplayer stealth game performed in London. ==
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