by Maxine Doyle | May 2, 2011 | Press
By Hilton Als | The Theatre |May 2, 2011 Doors. Rooms filled with desks, old papers, stuffed animals, all dimly lit. We’re on the verge of horror. But where is it? In our very imaginations? One of the rooms contains a number of beds with iron frames; clipboards with...
by Maxine Doyle | Apr 28, 2009 | Press
By Josephine Machon About the book A timely book that identifies the practice of ‘(syn)aesthetics’ in artistic style and audience response, which articulates the power of experiential practice in the arts. Interviews with: LINDA BASSETT is an...
by Maxine Doyle | Oct 4, 2007 | Press
The Masque of the Red Death: A Night of Delicious Terror Charles Spencer | October 2007telegraph.co.uk Do you mind if I have a quiet sit down and a cup of hot, sweet tea? There’s something deeply disturbing going on at the old Battersea Town Hall, and my nerves...
by Maxine Doyle | Oct 4, 2007 | Press
by Michael Billington | 4 October, 2007★★★★☆theguardian.com “Wave goodbye to your friends,” one is enjoined at the start of Punchdrunk’s latest site-sympathetic extravaganza, based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Donning a white mask and a black...
by Maxine Doyle | Nov 23, 2006 | Press
Conversation with Josephine Machon, Brunel University London | November 2006 JM: Talk to me a little about your approach within the Punchdrunk aesthetic. MD: I’m really interested in the dancers’ ability to feel the space, touch spaces textures surfaces, temperatures....