Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) is having an unusual autumn. While most performing arts venues start September with a new programme of plays, workshops and special one-off events, BAC is bolting its main doors and sending all those who dare approach through the back door and around each room in the venue for the mind-blowing Masque of the Red Death. We have had a range of experiences in this extraordinary production – and it just......

Go. Go. Go. Never have we wanted to shout about a theatre production company more than Punch Drunk. Ever since we saw them perform Faust in an old warehouse, we were obsessed. On Friday night, we went to see their new offering, Masque of the Red Death at the Battersea Arts Centre and we haven't shut up about it since. There is no other show like this. Seriously. What other theatre will plunge you......

You might recall us raving last year about theatre company Punchdrunk's performance of Faust in a disused warehouse in Wapping. We loved the way they occupied the whole building, encouraging visitors to wear masks and walk among the actors as they wordlessly played out the story. You could choose to stay in a room and wait and watch as actors drifted in and out, or follow actors around as they carried out their routine.......

It's almost Halloween which means London, despite the unseasonably pleasant weather today, is draping itself in black and preparing to scare itself stupid or at least do stuff that pretends to be scary but isn't at all and is just a thinly disguised excuse to get done up in drag . There are Halloween films, Halloween parties, Halloween clubnights, Halloween walks and, of course, lots of Halloween sweets. But what about Halloween theatre? (The......