Simon McBurney

Director and start of "The Encounter"

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Director and start of "The Encounter".

Simon McBurney on KCRW

British theater company Complicite has a new show called “The Encounter,” running now at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

'The Encounter' plays with audiences' perceptions and senses

British theater company Complicite has a new show called “The Encounter,” running now at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

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