'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 that's 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 *
