The immersive theater company Punchdrunk has returned to New York City with “Viola’s Room” — and it couldn’t be more different than their signature international hit, “Sleep No More.”
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Whereas “Sleep No More” — which ran in New York for 14 years and is now playing in Shanghai and soon to open in Seoul — is a large-scale, big-cast, multi-floor epic that plays to audiences of hundreds, “Viola’s Room” is an experience for no more than six people at a time, exploring a smaller-scale but elaborate installation and guided by the recorded voice of Helena Bonham Carter, speaking over headphones.
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