The latest Punchdrunk show is about to land... and it's called LANDER 23.
Billed as a live action video game, featuring "genuine agency and true video game mechanics", LANDER 23 arrives in Woolwich — where the Punchdrunk company is now based — with previews beginning on Wednesday 17 September 2025.
Players of the multiplayer co-op stealth game split into two squads: Command (Drivers) and Ground Team (Fields). As the Fields navigate the alien landscape, you'll rely solely on the voice and guidance of your Drivers, stationed aboard the ship.
A further explainer runs:
The Lander Division of the Centre for Astrobiology is responsible for exploring the outer realms of the galaxy. No division goes further or deeper into the unknown.
A week ago, the crew of LANDER 23 vanished while harvesting a new and valuable energy source on Hisarlik 426. A distress signal, then silence.
You are the next crew in.
Tickets are now on sale, and as the game officially starts out in 'testing mode', up until 6 October 2025, will cost the reduced price of £23.
Pioneers of immersive theatre since 2000, Punchdrunk specialises in sprawling theatre shows, in which the audience is sucked into the action, and one way or another, become characters in their own right.
LANDER 23, from 17 September 2025-1 February 2026, tickets now on sale.
