"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."

 The Times

"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."

 The Guardian

"The Encounter is a tour de force that shows contemporary theatre at its most immersive and thought-provoking."

 Financial Times