Wasn't it wonderful? Sounds like you got really lucky and saw some of the really secret secrets (and being unmasked as well).
I loved the whole thing. It took me ages to see studio three but I got to see the stakes/box trick too which most of our group missed.
Downstairs a postcard showed a hotel and was written from one of the pairs of lovers. The top floor had the sign from the same hotel but buried under a sand dune. My theory is the whole top floor was a hallucination of one of the characters as he has a breakdown... which is why it was so sparse and weird.
I like your theory. I read somewhere else that the two middle floors are the "real" world and the basement and the top are the imaginary and the subconscious. I nearly missed the top floor - I'm glad I continued exploring after the magic trick.
Ah... that idea about the basement and top being different would make a lot of sense. The top and basement were definitely the "Weirder" floors.
I was tempted to go back then I thought it might spoil it to see it again -- though it would be great to explore more. (plus it's pretty expensive). Like you, I like exploring on my own as much as I like watching the action.
Reading around I've found people who have gone TONS of times. Where do they find the money!? They must be obsessed. But they all sound like they still love it.
This was my 3rd punchdrunk show and I've come to the conclusion that you have to go with the flow, by yourself, and not worry too much. Either the action comes to you or you stumble upon it. I actually enjoyed more my moments of solitude than the ones where "something" was happening. And I felt sorry for the people who only moved in groups!
Probably not to this show, but would be interested in going to the next one. I hated the pushy crowds whenever anything started to happen (and people talking and holding hands, boo) so wish I'd done more poking around on my own (though I did a bit of that). At one point I ended up getting in the way of a surprise dance routine behind a desk which was super awkward, though I guess the actors must be used to that.
It's sometimes hard to tell whether there's anything to find or not - I hung around in the cinema in the hope of a film or event starting but they never did as far as I know. I guess that makes it more of a reward when you do find something.
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I loved the whole thing. It took me ages to see studio three but I got to see the stakes/box trick too which most of our group missed.
Downstairs a postcard showed a hotel and was written from one of the pairs of lovers. The top floor had the sign from the same hotel but buried under a sand dune. My theory is the whole top floor was a hallucination of one of the characters as he has a breakdown... which is why it was so sparse and weird.
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I like your theory. I read somewhere else that the two middle floors are the "real" world and the basement and the top are the imaginary and the subconscious. I nearly missed the top floor - I'm glad I continued exploring after the magic trick.
I'm tempted to go back...
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I was tempted to go back then I thought it might spoil it to see it again -- though it would be great to explore more. (plus it's pretty expensive). Like you, I like exploring on my own as much as I like watching the action.
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This was my 3rd punchdrunk show and I've come to the conclusion that you have to go with the flow, by yourself, and not worry too much. Either the action comes to you or you stumble upon it. I actually enjoyed more my moments of solitude than the ones where "something" was happening. And I felt sorry for the people who only moved in groups!
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It's sometimes hard to tell whether there's anything to find or not - I hung around in the cinema in the hope of a film or event starting but they never did as far as I know. I guess that makes it more of a reward when you do find something.
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