Take off your shoes and socks, spray your feet with sanitiser, and you're ready to brave Viola's teenage dream (or is that nightmare) of a bedroom with Helena Bonham Carter, writes PATRICK MARMION By Patrick Marmion Published: 01:17, 7 June 2024 | Updated: 01:24, 7 June 2024 e-mail View comments Viola's Room by Punchdrunk (1 Cartridge Place, Woolwich) Verdict: Teen dream Rating: My advice would normally be to avoid entering a teenager's bedroom at all costs. Nonetheless, for strictly professional reasons, I took the plunge for the latest 'immersive experience' from Punchdrunk theatre company. Viola's Room is a 1990s-themed teenage gothic fantasy by novelist Daisy Johnson, based on a short story by the Victorian author Barry Pain, here narrated on headphones by Helena Bonham Carter .
The adventure begins in the poster-bespattered boudoir of Viola, a teenage girl who has recently lost her mother and who is also caught up in a dream of marrying a prince. Having entered the room as part of a group of up to six, we crawl through an improvised tent into a network of claustrophobic hessian and calico corridors. We then follow lights through a succession of miniature and life-size sets including castles, woodlands and a small chapel.
Viola's Room is a 1990s-themed teenage gothic fantasy by novelist Daisy Johnson It is based on a short story by the Victorian author Barry Pain, here narrated on headphones by Helena Bonham Carter The adventure begins in the poster-bespattered boudoir of.
