Since 2012, The Dark Room has been at the forefront of interactive comedy, fusing improvisation and videogaming into the world’s only live-action text adventure game.
In 2022, it celebrates its 11th year of anarchic madness, and is just as unruly and unstable as any only 11 year-old.
All audiences have to do is pick options off a screen, but somehow the show’s become a cult sensation, and each show is a raucous, heavy metal cross between a strange Japanese game show and a revival meeting.
High-energy and immersive, The Dark Room has racked up sold-out Edinburgh Fringes, become an actual videogame and appeared at Insomnia Gaming Festival, Soho Theatre, PAX Australia, EGX, 21Soho, UK Games Expo, BlueDot, Melbourne Comedy Festival and on the global front page of the streaming platform Twitch.
There’s even a family-friendly spin-off, The Dark Room For Kids, which won the Leicester Comedy Festival Best Kids Show in 2018.
In 2020 and 2021, John performed The Dark Room for 48 and 50 hours straight on his Twitch channel, raising money for various charities. These shows and other sessions have raised over £100,000 for causes including NHS, Woman’s Trust, Refuge and Mind.
“NOT TO BE MISSED” – The Guardian
“A game of passionate nostalgia” ★★★★★ Skinny
★★★★ Den Of Geek ★★★★ List “irresistibly dangerous” ★★★★ Stage WINNER: Chortle Award 2020, SOLD OUT Edinburgh Fringe 2019
