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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

As part of our Year In Review series, we spoke to creators, writers and performers from across the immersive industry, including UNCLE BARRY, Phantom Peak, Voidspace, Sleepwalk, and Bridge Command to find out Danny Romeo, Experience Director and Experience Designer at Phantom Peak, Founding Director of Ludens solving a murder mystery is far more fun when you're one of the suspects, with piles of evidence to review Danny Romeo, Experience Director and Experience Designer at Phantom Peak, Founding Director of Ludens

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!

and evolution of story quests under the artistic direction of Paul Flannery, who has also worked on Phantom Peak and LaplandUK. ★★★★½ [Tickets gifted in exchange for an honest review] The Loxwood Joust runs at Loxwood Meadow in West per adult (children 14 and under are free entry) and can be purchased via loxwoodjoust.co.uk For more reviews of immersive experiences like The Loxwood Joust, check out our recent Reviews

. ★★★½ Final Score: 1184 [Tickets gifted in exchange for an honest review] Boom Lab runs at 83 Rivington

Torches in hand, we venture into Bethnal Green's most haunted house to experience the latest show from London's top immersive horror producers. Halloween is an apt time for an immersive theatre company that specialises in horror experiences to return with a new show. Following up the 8-month run of Bloodbath, which occupied their venue located below the arches of Bethnal Green, Screamworks are back with a show that offers big scares and a compelling story for those willing to dive in head first... Set within the abandoned home of the Luff family, who all died in 1937 in a bloody murder-suicide, visitors are invited by paranormal investigator Hector Phoenix to explore the family home and uncover the story of what caused their horrific deaths to occur. Screamworks previous show blurred the boundaries of what is the norm in immersive experiences, with actors force-feeding and tying up visitors, and at its climax, attempting to undress those who have braved the show. It was an arresting experience for those who attended. The most confronting parts of Bloodbath saw visitors become complicit in the actions of a serial killer, and played with the ideas of voyeurism and torture being little more than entertainment for blood thirsty audiences. In our recent interview with Gary Stocker, the CEO of Screamworks, he shared how their commitment to creating the immersive experience may have put some visitors off by appearing too intense. Therefore, it's no surprise that The Ghost Hunt's website seems to promise a show that's less intense than Bloodbath, with no physical contact between actors and visitors, and a storyline that's sold as more spooky than gory. On paper, it may seem like a step away from the boundary-pushing experience that made their previous work so engaging, but in reality, The Ghost Hunt is just as intense and terrifying an experience, with dozens of moments that had us jumping, screaming and recoiling in fear. Upon entry, each visitor is handed a torch - it's largely up to them to find their way through the space and discover what's hidden inside the various dimly lit rooms that make up the 45-minute long-experience. Putting the responsibility onto visitors to find their own way helps ramp up the tension and makes going around every corner a frightening prospect. You're free to explore at your own pace, which allows ample opportunity to pore over the clues scattered throughout if you're so inclined. A section midway through the show allowed us to sit around a makeshift Ouija board as we quizzed one of the house's spirits on what had happened there nearly 100 years prior for as long as we liked. The show's cast of five, who can appear and disappear at a moment's notice through a maze of secret doors and hidden entries, keeps you constantly on edge. One moment towards the end of the show saw Hector Phoenix, the paranormal investigator who tasked us with exploring the house in the first place, appear behind us in a moment of complete darkness. Elsewhere, Geoffrey Luff - with a knife sticking out of his back as he's slowly dying of blood loss - cornered our group in one of the rooms as we were interrogated on what had become of his children. The key difference between Screamwork's productions and your run-of-the-mill scare experience is the ambitious storytelling. The Ghost Hunt tells a cohesive story that is drip-fed to guests across it's 45 minute duration. Through various newspaper articles and letters scattered across the show's 10 rooms, along with some set pieces that offer both scares and exposition, you leave the experience having learnt about the supposedly true history of the show's setting. Previously, we claimed that Screamworks would soon be the leading immersive horror creators in London. Based on the screams both from our group and the echoes of those elsewhere in the venue during our visit, they've delivered a show that confirms that theory, and we now feel they're hands down the top creators of immersive horror experiences in the city. While time is limited to experience this show before it closes on 31st October, future plans for the venue involve an escape room featuring live actors that will open in November. We'd recommend trying to get down there before this show closes, as it's easily one of the best scare attractions on offer in London this Halloween season. ★★★★ Screamwork's The Ghost Hunt runs from 5th October to 31st October in Bethnal Green. Tickets are available to book here.

. ★★★★ [Tickets gifted in exchange for an honest review] Everest: The First Ascent runs at Eclipso on

. ★★★ [Tickets gifted in exchange for an honest review] Christmas at Backyard Cinema runs until 31st

crack up at the absurdity of seeing an Alexa and a potted plant on the witness stand or hearing GAWD speak us confront them and consider where we go from here. ★★★★ [Tickets gifted in exchange for an honest review