The Encounter

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Event The Encounter
Venue ASB Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Auckland Arts Festival 2017
First Date 15 March 2017
Opening Date 15 March 2017
Last Date 19 March 2017
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The Encounter tells the true story of National Geographic photographer Loren McIntyre who is lost in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon in 1969. This leads to a startling encounter that is to change his life.

Directed by Simon McBurney and hot from London, Edinburgh and
Broadway, this solo performance by Richard Katz traces McIntyre’s journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest. Binaural technology (3D
audio) is used to build an intimate and shifting world of sound transmitted
through individual headphones. As McIntyre’s mesmerising tale reaches its climax, this extraordinary pe
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Video Art
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Kirsty Housley Assistant Director
Jemima James Associate Director
Michael Levine Designer
Simon McBurney Director
Paul Anderson Lighting Designer
Richard Katz Performer
Will Duke Projectionist
Gareth Fry Sound Designer
Pete Malkin Sound Designer
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality England
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure
Web
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 154564