'A brilliant piece of theatre a marvellously luminous and engaging show that teaches us, entertains us and finally transports us' * The Arts Desk * 'Blindingly ingenious a stunning mix of communal and personal epiphany thats the hi-tech equivalent of chomping on a hallucinogenic cane toad' * Time Out * 'This is, in every sense, an adventure both an extraordinary yarn and an expedition into theatrical possibility' * The Times * 'Astonishing... a hypnotic, almost religious experience that warrants those two much-abused terms, "immersive" and "unmissable"' * Evening Standard * 'Masterful storytelling from a man and a company who are incapable of remaining within known theatrical boundaries' * Independent * 'The stuff of a twisting, turning, thoroughly engrossing fairytale... McBurney captures the metaphysical spirit - as well as the pulse-quickening heart - of the experience with this head-turning, spellbinding show' * Telegraph * 'The effect is a soundcloud of a process, in which fact and fiction, past and present, research and production intermingle, spinning a story out of the air' * Variety * 'Astonishing the power of this story is enough to knock you flat' * WhatsOnStage * 'In a solo performance made with many people... [ McBurney] pulls the thread of a story from out of the noise of contemporary western life and the sounds of the jungle to create a meditation on interconnectedness, perception and time' * Guardian * 'The Encounter is a tour de force that shows contemporary theatre at its most immersive and thought-provoking' * Financial Times *
