Punchdrunk's The Burnt City (London)

If anyone is looking I have one ticket for sale for Wednesday April 20th!

I’m also going in June.

A common complaint I’ve heard from folks who’ve seen it is that the space is bigger than it initially appears, and they spent a long time wandering around going “This is it?” only to discover how much the space actually opens up too far into the show to appreciate it. It’s also a much more sprawling story (where Sleep No More is essentially one plot thread and The Drowned Man was two plots mirrored) with many characters telling a few different narratives. Sounds like the real issue is focus, which Punchdrunk is not really known for. They bank on sensory overload and an “If you missed it, it wasn’t meant to be” mentality.

The show is still in previews, so I imagine both the "text" and the performances will continue to get richer and develop between now and April 21 opening.  And if other Punchdrunk shows are any indication, they'll likely keep developing things even after opening.  

I'm going in May for several shows, and I'm excited to see how the show has settled into the space by then.

I saw it this past weekend. I've only been to SNM once in NYC and I felt so lost in that. For some reason, I got into TBC a bit more and that's as someone who doesn't know anything about Greek tragedy. I think because I started off at Mycenae first, what happens there was a bit more straightforward. When I went to Troy, that's where I had a harder time figuring out what was happening. The different physical spaces probably helped (one being very open and the other with so many rooms). While it's still previews, I would be curious to see what changes are made and if I went off & tried to follow not the main characters as I had did during my first visit.