The Crash of the Elysium

Synopsis

The Crash of the Elysium been created by Punchdrunk, pioneers in immersive theatre and is a live Doctor Who theatre adventure in which the audience is the star of the show. There will be performances for schools as well as for families and older audiences. New Wolsey chief executive Sarah Holmes and Borough Council leader David Ellesmere both welcome the project, which it is hoped will bring new audiences into Ipswich as well as captivating its present ones.

Our Review:

Paul Couch - 24 June 2012

There’s a dilemma for the producers of The Crash of The Elysium, currently being hosted in Ipswich as part of the Ip-Art Festival. By its very nature, any show based on the Doctor Who franchise has necessarily to be non-threatening enough for young children to enjoy without being traumatised, yet adult enough not to have the grown-ups standing around feeling bored as they endure such infantile improvised dialogue as “Hands up who knows what a TARDIS is?”.

The producers, PunchDrunk, partially succeed and there are indeed some terrifying moments. Of course, it would be inappropriate to discuss them here but, suffice to say, fans of the television series will not be disappointed as we’re chased around a cleverly-constructed downed spaceship by several of The Doctor’s latter-day adversaries.

Denied the opportunity to explore the plot, it befalls the critic to look instead at production values. It has to be said that, given ...

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