How Immersive theatre will transform your night, and many nights after!
Immersive theatre is a buzz word for a very good reason.
It brings a totally new kind of buzz!
Like stage theatre, books, screens, computer games, and virtual reality, immersive theatre attempts to engross you in a story.
However, you are not just a voyeur in this process - you are IN IT!
Being among the set and actors allows you to feel it so much more. The format has evolved to allow for interactive moments, to the point where the audience actually steers the outcome of the show.
Immersive theatre performers have upped their game with improvisational talent that welcomes both introverted and extroverted audience members.
This allows a safe and supportive play space which makes for a night out like no other.
Unlike any screen based experience, the story has the opportunity to affect you in the moment and for many moments after.
To immerse is to delve in, to totally transport yourself to another world!
The popularity of this burgeoning format may well have something to do with being taken away from the world we are reminded about all too often!
Immersive theatre performers can be found enrolling you into their story at festivals and shows all over the UK.
There are some wonderful companies running shows, each with their own flavour - as it is with any storyteller!
Delve in for some transformative fun…
THE HUNT FOR THE SMOKING CATERPILLAR
Delve into a Wonderland taken over by the patriarchy!
Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland of White Rabbits, Dodos, Caucus races, tea parties and general nonsense - but with a twist!
New Wonderland features rules, consumerism, advertising and a thriving economy thanks to a Baron inspired by our world!
CROOKS
IT IS 1926. IN LONDON, IT’S TOTAL WAR.
Plunge deep into the cockney criminal underworld of Elephant and Castle as you are immersed in one family’s brutal battle for supremacy. Nothing is certain, violence is rampant and bargains are made to be broken. COLAB Theatre’s most ambitious immersive production will grant you complete autonomy.
In 1990, Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee and Vermeer’s The Concert were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. They have remained missing to this day. The Perfect Crime combines immersive theatre and escape games in an action packed experience. Assemble your crew to commit the theft of the century!
CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS?
It's 1979. Jim Callaghan's Labour Government has a working majority of zero. Parliament is deadlocked. The workers are on strike. Your advice will change the country forever.
Can you rescue the government, reconcile the trade unions and survive a vote of no confidence? Or will Britain plunge into chaos?
GET YOUR FIX OF ESCAPISM
Immersive theatre has something for everyone.
We are so happy to be welcoming you all back with the fun stuff.
Our new London venue caters for big groups with private meal and drink packages, as well our ticketed shows.
In the Hunt for the Smoking Caterpillar, you’ll be welcomed with a ‘drink me’ tipple, and paid in golds to take on your role as a ‘Wonderhunter’.
By following clues taking on missions and gathering golds, scenes are triggered that reveal more about the hidden truths of New Wonderland.
“Crystal Maze-esque escapades and the imagination of Lewis Carroll”
This immersive show has been popping up at London venues and festivals since 2018 to the delight of 5 star reviewers.
Dates are now set in the theatre room of a buzzing South London venue - Ninth Life.
Up to 24 participants are taken upstairs by the White Rabbit after receiving their Wonderhunter pack, complete with 5 golds to help kick start their adventure.
Revelations may be found through events such as the beauty contest, a court case, a marriage proposal, terrorist drills, or a moment of discovery inside one of the many mystery boxes.
Taking a trip down this rabbit hole may reveal more about your choices and actions in this immersive world, as well as the co-created world we actually live in, fondly referred to as ‘Aliceland’!
Get your team together for some well earned human interactive joy!
Please contact us for private bookings with Christmas party meal and drink packages.