THE ENCOUNTER Brings Brazilian Adventure to Broadway Tonight

Direct from London and an international tour, Complicite's acclaimed production of The Encounter, conceived, directed and performed by Simon McBurney, begins performances tonight at Broadway's John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). The production will open on Thursday, September 29 and play a limited engagement through January 8 2017.

Critics have reached for superlatives to describe the transcendent and unforgettable event which has stunned audiences in its previous engagements in London, Edinburgh and across Europe.

In 1969, Loren McIntyre, a National Geographic photographer, found himself lost among the people of the remote Javari Valley in Brazil. It was an encounter that was to change his life: bringing the limits of human consciousness into startling focus.

The Encounter was inspired by the book "Amazon Beaming" by Petru Popescu.

Simon McBurney traces McIntyre's journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest, using binaural technology (3D audio) to build an intimate and shifting world of sound. Audience members are given headphones to be worn throughout the performance in order to fully experience the visually stunning world created on stage - and inside their heads. Through innovative aural technology and brilliant storytelling, this is a heart-stopping, riveting, and slyly witty night of theater.

Richard Katz will perform the role at certain performances.

The creative team is Michael Levine (design), Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin (sound design), Paul Anderson (lighting), Will Duke (projection) and Jemima James (associate director). It is co-conceived by Kirsty Housley.

The Complicite production of The Encounter is produced on Broadway by Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Douglas L. Meyer, James D. Stern, Barbara & Alan D. Marks, Timothy Headington, Ian Bentley, Don Clark, Dan D'Angelo, Jim Kierstead, Willette & Manny Klausner, D. ReBecca Davies/Marks-Moore-Turnbull Group, Gary Goddard Entertainment/Jerry Katell, Larry Kroll/David L. Shapiro. It is originally a Complicite co-production with Edinburgh International Festival, the Barbican, London, Onassis Cultural Centre - Athens, Schaubühne Berlin, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne and Warwick Arts Centre.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride