2018 Edinburgh Fringe
John Robertson: The Dark Room
You awake to find yourself in The Dark Room! You (the audience) must choose an option - will you A) Find the light switch? B) Cry for help? C) Go north? Come and play a live-action, text-based adventure game! It's a choose your own adventure - so choose it! After 4 million YouTube hits, 10 crowd-surfs, four death threats and sell-out shows worldwide, cult hit The Dark Room returns to Edinburgh for its seventh consecutive run! Winner: ThreeWeeks Editors' Award Best Comedy Award. Nominee: FringeWorld 2017. ***** (Comedy.co.uk). ***** (Skinny). ***** (ThreeWeeks). ***** (BroadwayBaby.com).
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Comedian John Robertson returns for the 7th consecutive year at the Fringe with his 5 star, cult-hit show The Dark Room. This is a cross between a comedy show, a game show and a pantomime. Remember those text-based adventure games; 'You come to a fork in the road, do you go left or right?' This is that...LIVE!
The audiences are trapped in a Dark Room. They must choose options from the screen to try to escape.
Will you:
A) Find the Light Switch
B) Cry for Help
C) Go North
It's a choose-your-own-adventure, a test of skill, wit and cunning. It's strange, insane and addictive, and to top it all off, there are TERRIBLE prizes!
The Dark Room is a surreal, incredible show for anyone who's ever touched a video game, seen a video game or has done neither of those things but is willing to be thoroughly disturbed by John Robertson.
As seen at Insomnia Gaming Festival, EB Games Expo, MCM ComicCon, Underbelly Festival and more.
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'You must see this show at least once in your life!' - The Sun
Performances
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 3rd Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 4th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 5th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 6th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 7th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 8th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 9th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 10th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 11th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 12th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 13th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 14th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 15th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 16th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 17th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 18th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 19th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 20th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 21st Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 22nd Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 23rd Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 24th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |
| 25th Aug 2018 | 20:00 | Underbelly, Cowgate (White Belly) |