Welcome to John Robertson’s THE DARK ROOM – the legendary interactive comedy show that fuses improv, crowdwork and gaming to create an insane live-action videogame!
“An hilarious, participatory cult classic” Neil Patrick Harris
“hilarious game show” Independent
★★★★ “A Rocky Horror for nerds… reader, I howled” Telegraph, London
Come watch, and if you want – play – the choose-your-own-adventure madness!
The crowd is trapped inside an inescapable dungeon with a sadistic videogame boss!
Pick increasingly surreal options off the screen and try to escape!
If you win – you get money!
If you fail – YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE!
Now, will you:
- Find the Light Switch
- Go North?
- Abandon Hope?
- Be sworn at by a man wearing spiked armour and a lot of leather? (This option is permanently set to “On”)
Now in its 14th year, this high-octane interactive show is the brainchild of comedian & cult leader John Robertson. Filled with stand-up, appalling prizes and more audience chanting than you’d get at a protest – The Dark Room is a gut-busting comedy experience for everyone who buys a ticket.
Permanently on tour, The Dark Room has headlined stages at Glastonbury, PAX, Download Festival, MCM Comic Con, Utrecht International Comedy Festival 2000 Trees, UK Games Expo and Bluedot Festival, and sold out at Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theatre and hundreds of theatres around the world.
Tickets and booking:
Ticket prices:
- £12.00 for general public
- £10.00 for Falmouth University, University of Exeter, Falmouth Exeter Plus and the Students' Union staff
- £5.00 for Falmouth University and University of Exeter students
Falmouth Horror and Games Conference attendees:
Tickets for the Dark Room are included in the booking journey for the Falmouth Horror and Games Conference attendees. Tickets for the Dark Room are not included in conference registration, but if you have added this to your conference booking then there is no additional requirement to purchase a ticket via this event page.
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