A Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable. by Punchdrunk

Seen in someways appropriately on the 4th of July, this is very much an independent theatrical experience where exploration of a story across four floors and 200,000 sq ft of a redundant postal sorting office has you, the usually seated public, scampering around.
Through the back lots, bars and trailer parks of Hollywood to the desert of Death Valley this production is one incredible feat of theatre production where you the voyeuristic and masked cinema goer have to explore to root out the story that unfolds. A small flyer handed out before you are masked, reveals the black and white, two sides to a story, tale of a couple whose relationship is breaking up, and it is them that you follow, or try to follow over three hours from the cool and barren basement to a high kicking finale.
I though next day that we had seen between a third and a half of the actual story and have since learnt that stringed together the actual production would last ten hours which temps the question, do you back for more? Quite possibly as you know where to look, who to follow and what to avoid.
We fortunately witnessed the start of the tale which was acted out to just three of us, and again saw a conclusion at the end before rushing after the fleeing actor to the finale a couple of floors below. But only just considering that most of the audience were already there. This bathing scene we missed and only heard about it outside afterwards.

So, this is not for everyone, story a bit thin and you physically have to work at it to keep up, but as an experience, this is second to none and will linger in the head for a long time.
8.5 / 10