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standing, denies any nefarious goings-on, but in the next breath, a prophecy echoes throughout the prison, speaking Tickets are priced from £53.95 per person and can be booked via hexmoor.co.uk For more reviews of immersive experiences like Hexmoor: Wizarding Prison, check out our recent Reviews .

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Saint Jude is the latest immersive experience from Swamp Motel - a company that seems to constantly be pushing themselves to create truly original and engaging pieces of immersive theatre, both in the real world or online. Through the COVID-19 lockdowns, they developed Isklander - a trilogy of excellent Zoom based escape experiences that had audiences hacking into social media and email accounts in search of a missing woman against the clock. Once on the other side of the UK's numerous lockdowns and restrictions, they opened The Drop, an escape experience that had audiences enter the criminal underworld trying to locate a long-lost book inside an unassuming office block in Aldgate. It was a show that constantly pulled the rug out from under its audience, leaving those playing to never truly know where the escape-room experience ended and the real world began. With expectations high, they return now with Saint Jude - a show created in collaboration with CharismaAI, that is vastly different to their previous shows. While it may not stick the landing in the same way some of their other work has, it's a unique and engaging hour of entertainment. The premise of the show finds audience members arrive at Saint Jude, a private company that describes itself as a 'world first organisation that allows you to communicate with people trapped in lifelong, irreversible comas'. We're there for our trial shift as Guidestars - those who are paired to the mind of a random comatose patient, somewhere in the UK, and we're trying to form a strong enough connection to help them wake up. It's no surprise that the story we enter into has more to it than first meets the eye. During our briefing from Stefan, the Saint Jude staff member tasked with explaining the technology and advising us on how to best connect to our patients, he presents with a smile almost as false as his sincerity. Photo: Alexander Nicolaou Once settled into our desks, with headphones on and a million instructions flying through our heads, we begin to talk to our patient. Powered entirely by AI - with a slightly robotic sounding voice, we start to learn more about our patients past and are slowly asked to reveal more about ourselves all in the name of forming a connection - classic small talk topics such as our star sign, or our favourite movie. The technology on display is genuinely impressive, if at times a little restrictive. If you can suspend your disbelief it does feel like a proper conversation, albeit with someone who will occasionally ignore the personal details you've just shared to continue talking about themselves. It's not that surprising given you're always working towards a series of story beats, which your AI companion will keep hitting regardless of what you say. The journey, however, is thrilling and slowly escalates over an hour. Towards the climax, the story breaks free from your headphones and requires real-world action from yourself - an interaction with others that we navigated successfully thanks to some social engineering. Ultimately it's a small moment that feels a lot larger due to the pressure put on you by the AI voice in your ears egging you on. Swamp Motel has again delivered an experience that's totally different to anything else out there, and their ability to constantly reinvent or subvert the expectations of what an immersive experience can be is incredibly exciting, even if this show fell a little flat compared to their previous work. ★★★ ½ Saint Jude is located at 100 Petty France, London. Tickets are available through saintjude.ai , prices start at £20 per person.

We reviewed ARCADE earlier in the year during their Shoreditch Town Hall takeover. Read an extract below, with our full review linked underneath.

industry, including UNCLE BARRY, Phantom Peak, Voidspace, Sleepwalk, and Bridge Command to find out Peak. My favourite part of Phantom Peak is “payroll” - a game that comes around every 4 weeks, with a flourish Danny Romeo, Experience Director and Experience Designer at Phantom Peak , Founding Director of Ludens Danny Romeo, Experience Director and Experience Designer at Phantom Peak , Founding Director of Ludens

received complimentary tickets to this experience and as such, are disclosing this information before  our review Created and designed by Nick Moran (now best known for Phantom Peak) and Dean Rogers (who had previously of the escape room before stepping into the room, and seeing familiar characters appear on screen - speaking

We recap our picks for 2025's best immersive shows as part of our Year In Review series. #5  - Bacchanalia anticipated shows of the year, with the show's initial runs at Crypt in Bethnal Green garnering rave reviews numerous world-class performers, and, of course, additional one-on-one interactions for a lucky few. #4  - Phantom Peak (The League of Adventure) Canada Water, January to December 2025 Photo: Alistair Veryard Phantom Peak's ongoing narrative continued to outshine nearly every other immersive show out there in 2025 with

With our five-star review of Rhythm&Ruse already posted, it's time to see what tricks The Magician's anything else out there (unless you've also seen Rhythm&Ruse). ★★★ ½ Correction: We've updated this review Find out more about the show and book via magicianstablelive.com To stay up to date on news, previews and reviews of more immersive shows like The Magician's Table, follow us on Instagram .

Peak , Deadweight Theatre and Sleepwalk Immersive to find out their favourite pieces of work from the Danny Romeo , Experience Director, Phantom Peak A mind-blowing weird theatre experience, completely unlike Danny Romeo , Experience Director, Phantom Peak The big-budget remake of 2019's magical string and sticky Puck , Magician and Actor (Rhythm&Ruse) Phantom peak By The League of Adventure March - December 2024 Franco Milazzo, Critic, BroadwayWorld UK Phantom Peak is incredible!

Photo: R Space Productions This review contains mild spoilers for the contents of DEATHCELL: Magenta. They're eagerly awaiting a preview screening of a new horror movie, Magenta, which is playing at Rewind

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