News about Immersive Theatres in Europe

Binaural Dinner Date by ZU-UK | London UK
2023-11-10 - 2023-12-17
Part audio-led interactive performance, part dating agency, BDD invites strangers to get to know each other better.
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Velvet Pines | London UK
2023-11-10 - 2023-12-16
Tucked away just 5 minutes from London Bridge, for a strictly limited six-week run, discover a hidden alpine gem – Velvet Pines. Step into the enchanting world of this alpine town, as you brave the blizzard and take your seat. Get ready to be dazzled by a captivating blend of immersive cabaret performances.
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Within Touching Distance by ZU-UK | London UK
2023-11-11 - 2023-12-17
London premiere of virtual reality artwork mixing real life with synchronised one-on-one VR experience facilitated by a live performer.
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The Great Christmas Feast | London UK
2023-11-14 - 2024-01-14
Dickens’ timeless classic ‘A Christmas Carol’ transformed by Victorian feasting, ravishing live music, and spellbinding theatre.
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Radio Ghost Shows by ZU-UK | London UK
2023-11-22 - 2023-12-17
Part game, part interactive radio show and part ghost-hunt. Navigate a world that knows the price of everything, and the cost of nothing!
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Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds | VR | London UK
2023-12-01 - 2024-09-29
Get ready for a completely unique multi-sensory experience that transports you back to 1898 to experience a Martian invasion.
Live actors guide you through 24 interactive scenes enhanced with virtual reality and multi-sensory effects – all set to Jeff Wayne’s iconic score.
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The Gunpowder Plot | VR | London UK
2023-12-01 - 2024-03-03
Travel back in time to the dark and dangerous streets of London in 1605, where there’s a conspiracy afoot.
Find yourself spying for the Crown, sympathising with the oppressed rebels, smuggling gunpowder and escaping from the Tower of London before your head ends up on a spike.
Who are the traitors and who can you trust? This thrilling 1hour 40 minute immersive performance is brought to life by live actors, million-dollar room sets and 3 incredible virtual reality scenes.
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Christmas at the Peak: The Beast of Winter | London UK
2023-12-07 - 2023-12-30
The town is in lockdown, with all your favourite characters gathered together to make sure the town is set for the big arrival. With festive trails and an expansion of the Old Town as some parts of New Town close due to the chilly season, visitors can partake in classic Wintermas games, a spectacular puzzle hunt and the usual Phantom Peak madness.
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Alice's Adventures Underground | London UK
2024-01-01 - 2024-03-03
The dates on the website are not accurate!
The hit immersive show returns! The world-renowned Olivier nominated smash hit will once again open in London – but this time at its new home, LABYRINTH Waterloo. ALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND is a fusion of storytelling, music, circus, puppetry and spectacle.

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Phantom Peak [London, UK]
2024-01-30 - 2025-05-31
Phantom Peak is an immersive open-world adventure in Canada Water, London.
You step into a fully realised town inhabited by quirky characters and full to the brim with mysteries and stories to discover.
Spend 4+ hours exploring the town, enjoying food and drink in our wild-west themed Thirsty Frontier Saloon, and interacting with immersive sets, technology, and live actors.
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Bridge Commander [UK, London]
2024-03-27 - 2025-12-31
A fully interactive starship bridge simulator, powered by technology and live actors. Somewhere between escape room and immersive theatre.
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Violas Room, Punchdrunk [London, UK]
2024-05-14 - 2024-12-23
An audio-driven journey through a moonlit fever dream.
Barefoot and wearing headphones, audiences feel their way through a labyrinthine installation as an unseen narrator reveals a story of innocence lost and obsession unleashed.
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1881, Teatru Malta [Attard, Malta]
2024-12-31 - 2025-03-31
Inspired by international large-scale immersive
theatre, where you are not just a spectator, but
wander through the set, interact with the cast, and
make decisions that will alter the narrative of the
performance. 1881—commissioned by Teatru Malta
and brought to life by the visionary minds of game
designer and conceiver Prof. Gordon Calleja, game
dramaturg and co-writer Rob Morgan, and co-writer
and theatre director Sean Buhagiar—transports you
to a universe where every decision could be your last.
It’s more than a show; it’s an entryway to a forgotten
dimension where time and space warp around your
every move, pulling you into a world of ritualistic
encounters and sensuous experimentation.
Excerpt by Teatru Malta.
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Key of Dreams [UK]
2025-04-24 - 2026-12-31
An event spread over twenty-four hours. A historic manor house where fact and fiction rub shoulders over sumptuous meals in the oak-clad banqueting hall. Where each glorious vista, snatched musical refrain or hushed conversation with one of the many characters might unlock a moment of revelation. This show can be seen as a successor to the Locksmith’s Dream. First runs were in April 2024.
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Gatsby! Immersive theatre in Görlitz [Germany]
2025-05-10 - 2025-07-13
A 2.5-hour immersive experience in Görtlitz that is only available for a limited time. Follow actors, dance in the swing club, or explore hidden rooms in the large villa.
Extract from the website in German:
Die Goldenen Zwanziger kehren zurück! Mit GATSBY!, einem spektakulären immersiven
Theatererlebnis von Daniel Morgenroth nach dem Roman DER GROßE GATSBY von F. Scott
Fitzgerald, erwartet das Publikum ab dem 10. Mai 2025 eine einzigartige Reise in eine längst
vergangene Epoche. Bis zum 13. Juli 2025 verwandelt sich das historische KEMA-Gelände in
Görlitz in die schillernde Welt von Jay Gatsby.
Zuschauerinnen und Zuschauer bewegen sich frei durch eine aufwendig gestaltete Kulisse
voller Glamour und Geheimnisse – von Gatsbys luxuriöser Villa bis hin zu einem extravaganten
Swing-Club, namens Fitzgerald’s. Nach einem gemeinsamen Start entscheidet jeder selbst,
welchen Wegen und Charakteren er oder sie folgt. Wer bleibt an der Bar stehen, wer entdeckt
geheime Räume, wer tanzt bis zum Morgengrauen im Fitzgerald‘s? Jeder ist seines eigenen
Glückes Schmied und geht auf eine ganz individuelle Reise durch das Long Island der 1920er.
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The Locksmith’s Dream [UK]
2025-10-29 - 2025-11-02
Set in the occult 1920’s, The Locksmith’s Dream invites guests to step into a magnificent 17th century house in the Monmouthshire countryside. A mysterious setting which allows guests to explore their own curiosity and moments of joyous realisation when solving intriguing puzzles. Come for a luxury overnight stay and join a narrative occult scavenger hunt of mysterious proportions.
The Locksmith’s Dream is an immersive and interactive overnight experience, with actors in character throughout, and a stunning venue to explore with puzzle and narrative elements seamlessly threaded through. It combines a narrative, scavenger hunt, escape room and theatrical experience with fine dining and cocktails in a unique and beautiful location.
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Apple of Discord [Nottingham, UK]
2026-03-30 - 2026-04-05
From the official website:
Theatre company to launch immersive Trojan War production in Nottingham
A legendary story from the mythical world of Ancient Greece is being brought to life at an unusual venue in Nottingham next month.
‘Apple of Discord’ is the latest immersive production from the pioneering and critically-acclaimed theatre company Chronic Insanity, based in the city.
Artistic Director Joe Strickland aims to provide an experience that rivals the production values of London-based immersive shows from companies like Punchdrunk, but with affordable ticket prices, and has local performers at the heart of the magic.
Chronic Insanity has a glowing 7-year track record producing innovative immersive experiences on a variety of scales. It has previously worked with industry giants such as The BBC, BFI, and Nottingham Playhouse.
‘Apple of Discord’ will take place in the Grade II listed People’s Hall in the heart of Nottingham City Centre. This stunningly preserved, 18th century townhouse has three floors, with an ornate central staircase, cellars and subterranean caves. The site has had many uses over the years, including a working men’s club, a textile training school, and a meeting place for the fraternal lodge – ‘The Antediluvian Order of the Buffalo’. Rich in history and dripping with character, it is an ideal location for an interactive production.
This new and dramatic experience of the world of the Trojan War will take place over multiple rooms in the building, with a cabaret in the main hall, static exhibitions in other rooms, and live immersive and interactive performances to transport audiences along the way.
Visitors can grab a drink, enjoy the cabaret and watch scenes and stories unfold, or they can tackle quests and solve puzzles themselves, and even talk to the Ancient Greek characters. They will also be free to move between different levels of engagement at their own pace, to tailor their own experience of the legendary story of Troy.
Joe Strickland says: “For the audience, it’s not about seeing all of it necessarily. The point is to immerse yourself in a new world, and know that around every corner there’s going to be something interesting to do, to see, and take part in if you’d like to.”
People’s Hall is managed by Nottingham Historic Building Trust, a National Lottery-funded charity committed to saving at-risk heritage assets across Nottingham. They are delighted to host Chronic Insanity, and their Development Officer Josh Packham says: “What I particularly liked about Chronic Insanity’s pitch is how the story will be flexible to the spaces we have. This is an excellent opportunity to invite residents and tourists of Nottingham to experience The People’s Hall like never before.”
Strickland has intentionally pitched ‘Apple of Discord’ as an accessible and affordable offer from the usually expensive world of immersive theatre. The industry has a reputation for eye-watering ticket prices, not to mention the additional costs of travel, food and accommodation for anyone outside London.
By comparison, ‘Apple of Discord’ will offer 3-hour tickets for £30 and 2-hour tickets for £20. With cheaper travel costs for people living close to Nottingham, and the wealth of food options in the city centre, the experience will be much more affordable than events in the capital.
Strickland says: “We are trying to create something that is often inaccessible financially and geographically to people in the East Midlands. Our mission is to widen participation in this exciting form of theatre. The people of this area deserve to experience this wonderful art form. There’s no question that ‘Apple of Discord’ will be the ‘must-see’ show in Nottingham this Spring.”
Tickets for the show can be booked through the following link: https://www.universe.com/events/apple-of-discord-tickets-YKQX9G
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