No Escape’s Halloween programme is running nine horror-themed escape rooms across four London venues in Victoria, Oxford Street, Aldgate and Holloway from 23 October to 1 November.
Each of No Escape’s rooms is built around its own horror or thriller storyline. Players can find themselves facing demonic forces, sinister barbers, haunted toys, serial killers, butchers, witches and other figures best avoided after dark. Especially for Halloween, each venue will also feature live actors, bringing its darkest characters out of the shadows and terrifyingly close to players.
The nine experiences across the four venues are:
- Victoria: The Gates of Hell at Purgatory Bar
- Oxford Street: The Dentist and The Demon Barber
- Aldgate: The Haunted Toy Store, The Butcher, The Orphanage and The Witch’s Curse
- Holloway: The Killer and The Darkest Hour
At Victoria, The Gates of Hell is housed inside No Escape’s Purgatory Bar, combining an infernal escape-room story with theatrical cocktails and gothic interiors.
At Oxford Street, an apparently routine appointment leads players into the disturbing surgery of The Dentist, while The Demon Barber draws on the bloody world of Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett.
Aldgate offers four distinct routes into horror. Players can enter the unnerving world of The Haunted Toy Store, investigate the blood-stained story of The Butcher, uncover the secrets held inside The Orphanage or face the supernatural forces behind The Witch’s Curse.
At Holloway, players can find themselves trapped inside the revenge plot of The Killer, or become MI6 agents racing to avert a nuclear catastrophe in The Darkest Hour.
Each experience gives teams 60 minutes to search their surroundings, decipher clues and complete their mission. While the stories differ from room to room, all nine are designed to make solving the puzzle considerably harder once the lights fall, the clock begins counting down, and the setting starts to work on the imagination.
Purgatory at Victoria offers the perfect party atmosphere for spooky season with live actors that lock in with a back story for their characters, distorted voices and artistic, terrifying makeup. The on theme cocktails will leave you merry and wanting to try each and every one. Meanwhile, a seasonal Halloween pop curated playlist will transport you further into the setting with the likes of:
- Lady gaga, The Dead Dance
- Twenty One Pilots, Heathens
- Lana Del Rey, Season Of The Witch
- Tame Impala, Dracula
- Britney Spears, Circus
- Britney Spears, Toxic
- Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
- Nelly Furtado, Maneater
- Shakira, She Wolf
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs, A-Trak, Heads Will Roll – A-Trak Remix
- MARINA, Bubblegum Bitch
- Beyoncé, Sweet Dreams
- Stevie Nicks, Edge Of Seventeen
- will.i.am, Britney Spears, Scream & Shout
- SZA, Kill Bill
- Muse, Supermassive Black Hole
- Paramore, Decode
- Slayyyter, CANNIBALISM!
No Escape’s rooms and co-founder Darrell Johnston appeared in series 18, episode three of BBC One’s ‘The Apprentice’, where candidates were challenged to create and pitch a virtual escape-room experience.
Johnston said:
“Our rooms are designed to unsettle players throughout the year, but Halloween elevates everything. The atmosphere shifts before the game has even begun, and live actors bring an unpredictable energy that no set or sound effect can reproduce. At Purgatory, the combination of theatrical cocktails, The Gates of Hell and live performance creates a whole evening around the experience. Across all four venues, there are nine different stories and nine very different ways for players to test their nerve.”
Tickets for No Escape’s Halloween experiences go on sale for £45 on 5 October.
Find out more here: noescapelondon.co.uk
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