Punchdrunk

They've also announced, uh, The Shore Line, which is their sort of beach club with a reef out off the beach, um, 22 pools.

They've also announced Punchdrunk, um, is coming to the theater and doing a bespoke show.

So they've got ...

It's gonna be such an incredible entertainment precinct.

... really, really special.

Ghost Light's with Punchdrunk.

Punchdrunk.

Coming back into a theater.

So normally, Punchdrunk is famously known and a brilliant ef- for its immersive theater.

Yes.

You go to-

Yeah.

So, I mean, like, I love her music, and even just, like, hearing some of the songs, uh, how they're being used in the piece, just, uh, I, it, it, it was, like, shivers down my back.

Uh, I'm a big Punchdrunk fan as well, Indhu, and, uh, for the first time ever, uh, the National will host a Punchdrunk production here on, on the South Bank, conceived and, uh, dir- uh, directed by Felix, of course, Felix Barrett.

Uh, what do we know so far about Ghost Light, uh, and the ways, uh, audiences will be immersed here inside the National?

Again, you're, you're asking me to give away the secrets.

Um, and then also we've got, so Felix Barrett, who is currently wowing Broadway 'cause he directed Paranormal Activity-

Yes

... uh, he is sort of, like, going to the National with Punchdrunk to do a new immersive show called Ghost Light.

Uh, and it's curated by Lucy Kirkwood, who I think's had a couple of shows in New York, hasn't she? She's no stranger-

And then he was like, well, it's funny you should say that because George texted me saying.

would Neil Patrick Harris ever work in the UK and like it wasn't about Sonny and then so he basically match made us and put us on a Zoom that was supposed to be Neil says it was supposed to be 20 minutes I say it was like supposed to be two hours but you know we were then on for like two and a half hours just chatting about everything because my first lead role was with Sky and HBO Punch Drunk the immersive theatre company And that was when I was opposite Jude Law and it was an amazing thing to be a part of.

And Neil is the biggest Punch Drunk fan and a massive theatre fan ever.

Like, he's done that You, Me, Bum, Bum train.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

He's the artistic director of a company called Punch Drunk which is the company behind Sleep No More.

Yes.

If you're familiar with Sleep No More.