BRAZIL
DIR. TERRY GILLIAM
SECRET CINEMA
DELTA POINT, CROYDON
25 APRIL - 9 JUNE 2013
PRODUCTION
Creative director Fabian Riggall
Produced by Harry Ross
Performance Designer Helen Scarlett O'Neil
Art Director Rhiannon Newman Brown
Graphic Designer Susana Oliver
Performance Director Matt Costain
Performance Director Charlotte Westenra
Assistant Director Miguel H Torres Umba
CAST
Jacqueline Acheampong
Ali Al-Nakeeb
Jofre Alsina
Lowri Amies
Carmen Amigo.
Samantha Baines
Marc Barnes
Mary Bennett
Emma Rachel Blackman
Georgie Bloy
Ralph Bogard
Michael Brett
Vivien Bridson
Scott Brooksbank
Dominique Bull
Emma Carroll
Rob Cavazos
Dimitris Christopolos
Verity Clayton
Christian Coe
Daniel Copeland
David Cummings
Ashley Curtis Correya
Nick Dare
Joel Davey
Bill Davidson
Sam Donnelly
Gerald Dorrity
TIm Eagle
Mark Elias
Louisa Eyo
Jean-Baptiste Fillon
Sarah Fraser
David Frias-Robles
Andrew Glen
Finn Glendon
Simon Grujich
Tony Hasnath
Alexander Holloway
Suzanne Hyde
Avita Jay
Max Krupski
Gavin Lennon
Francesc Maqueda
Zoe Mills
Thom Mitchell
Simeon Oakes
Will Pearce
Jean Perkins
Melissa Riggall
Hilary Shaw
Claude Starling
Emily Swatton
Niamh Walsh
Patrick Warner
George Wigzell
REVIEWS
SECRET CINEMA. G.O.O.D. TIMES
We’ve just been made unemployed and had all our worldly possessions taken away. Just another night at Secret Cinema…
The 20th production of the immersive cinematic event may have had had a delayed start, but is in full swing now and yet again delivers a one-off experience - in parts thrilling, surreal, fun and always involving.
As with Prometheus before it, this production saw participants working for an organisation - in this case G.O.O.D. - with the night taking place at the company’s headquarters, with viral videos building up the company in recent months.
Having settled in to our new roles – or in Screen’s case, chose our affordable (read, derelict) housing having been let go – we were left to explore the headquarters at our leisure.
Even by Secret Cinema standards, the set-up and attention to detail is impressive with this production’s location ranking as one of their most ambitious to date: a 13-floor building with something to discover on almost every level.
Quite frankly, anyone going along who complains of boredom just isn’t getting stuck in enough. Secret Cinema is, and always has been, about exploring for yourself and letting your inhibitions go when the consistently excellent actors interact with you.
A lot has been made of the film screening aspect of this production and we can safely confirm that the secret film in question is shown in full. More so than ever though, this production allows you to set your own agenda for the night.
For us, it was all about exploring the space but that doesn’t mean that, true to form, the night didn’t end on a spectacular note with an outstanding piece of staged theatre timed to the climax of the film. As with the rest of this production, it’s a bold and fittingly ambitious end to another memorable, pulsating night of immersive cinema.
While a different, less visceral, experience than The Shawshank Redemption (the 19th production), Secret Cinema 20 still delivers everything it has become renowned for. There simply isn’t anything else quite like it out there.
And now we’re off on a honeymoon. Oh, didn’t we say? Screen got married. Just another night at Secret Cinema.
Ian Sandwell, Screen Daily