Casting call for buildings: on location with Punchdrunk and the Spectators' Guild
How do site-specific theatre companies pick the magical venues to host their elaborate productions? Veronica Horwell tours London to find the stories behind Venice Preserv'd and The Drowned ManIt's easy to see why Paynes Wharf, near Deptford Creek in south London, is playing the lead in the Spectators' Guild company's production of Venice Preserv'd. It has an old Thameside maritime facade a former boilermaking works…