August 15-18, 
September 3-6, 10-13, 17-19

Authors & Directors: Kate Bond, Morgan Lloyd

You don’t sit and watch this hit, it happens to you. One by one punters walk, slide or crawl into a series of rooms where they are plunged into a series of brief experiences. You might be suddenly be surrounded by the mayhem of an auction room and be asked to be the auctioneer, or find yourself walking out into a TV studio where you’re the chat show host, or find yourself presiding over an army medical. In fact you won’t experience any of these, the exact sequences of extraordinary adventures you’ll face is kept a secret so as not to spoil the surprise but during the 45 minutes that you’re passing through this unique event you’ll encounter over a dozen situations that are every bit as varied and exciting. 

Each moment is beautifully achieved with minutely detailed sets and hundreds of volunteer performers bringing the set pieces to life. At first it’s nerve-racking but once you come to realise that nothing’s been designed to humiliate or scare you and that you’re not being tested or judged it’s tremendously liberating and you’ll find yourself thrilled to be turning each corner. There’s been quite a few of these interactive, solo audience pieces recently but this is a masterpiece of the genre. They’ve already run it in Brighton, Holborn and Bethnal Green, now it’s in Stratford, East London.

VERDICT: ***** (Five Stars) A masterpiece. The best £20 you’ll ever spend on theatre... if you’re lucky enough to get a ticket.

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