In a tangle of
tunnels deep beneath Waterloo, an army of faceless workers
toil in the dust and dark. Banging machinery echoes through
this dank subterranean maze - while shadowy figures lurk,
bloated corpses float by and cigar-chomping fat men lounge
in their management offices.
It sounds like a scene from some dystopian movie - but it's actually a bold new performance event set to take London by storm. It's the brainchild of Hollywood actor and Old Vic Theatre artistic director Kevin Spacey, who was inspired by street artist Banksy's "pop-up" graffiti exhibition in a nearby Waterloo tunnel last summer. In association with experimental theatre company Punchdrunk, he has assembled a crew of performers and big-name urban artists from Antony Micallef to Slinkachu, to create a creepy underground world in the vein of 1920s sci-fi movie Metropolis.
