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Five immersive shows to get lost in this autumn

By Lucy Brooks on 12/10/2017

Party with Jay Gatsby, mastermind a heist, join the jury on a murder trial and run shoulders with Tristan and Isolde: our five favourite immersive experiences this autumn

Enter the roaring twenties with The Great Gatsby

Step into the roaring twenties of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel as The Great Gatsby immersive theatre production takes over Gatsby's Drugstore (84 Long Lane, Borough) after a sellout season at The Vaults underneath Waterloo Station.

WHEN

01 Jun 2017 – 31 Dec 2017, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

Gatsby's Drugstore
84 Long Lane, London, SE1 4AU

Far from the concert platform, the Arensky Orchestra unfolds a love story in music

Rub shoulders with Tristan and Isolde

Who said classical music was about sitting bold upright in a concert hall? The Arensky Chamber Orchestra, the team behind Alice's Adventures Underground and chef Natalie Coleman collaborate to bring Wagner's love story to life. Follow Tristan and Isolde into the deep recesses of the sort of secret location that the illicit lovers are forced to inhabit.

WHEN

19 Oct 2017 – 22 Oct 2017, times vary

WHERE

Secret Location

Join the jury at a murder trial

A rich woman is found dead. Her younger lover and only heir, Leonard Vole, is on trial for the murder. You are invited into the courtroom, to witness the dramas of a trial as they unfold, in a new site-specific production of Agatha Christie's classic crime

WHEN

06 Oct 2017 – 11 Mar 2018, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

The Chamber, County Hall
Belvedere Road, London, SE1 7PB

Mastermind a heist

Sink into the criminal underworld in a new site-specific show that invites audiences to mastermind a heist. Tackle ‘laser corridors, dodge CCTV, and avoid pressure sensitive floors’ in a bid to take on ‘the most dangerous vault keeper in London’.

WHEN

06 Oct 2017 – 22 Oct 2017, Dates and Times Vary

WHERE

CoLab Factory
74 Long Lane, London, SE1 4AU

A Christmas Carol Immersive Event

Three ghosts have come to visit... A Christmas feast and a heart-warming story await you in this immersive Christmas Carol

WHEN

01 Dec 2017 – 31 Dec 2017, Tuesday – Sunday, 7.30pm 4.00pm matinees on Saturdays

WHERE

Scrooges Parlour
3 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6PG

Five immersive shows to get lost in this autumn

Party with Jay Gatsby, mastermind a heist, join the jury on a murder trial and run shoulders with Tristan and Isolde: our five favourite immersive experiences this autumn

Enter the roaring twenties with The Great Gatsby

Rub shoulders with Tristan and Isolde

Join the jury at a murder trial

Mastermind a heist

A Christmas Carol Immersive Event

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