![]() ![]() This is Madame Daphne’s dimly lit reception, replete with hanging antique birdcages, taxidermy, ornate velvet couches, navy and gold-starred wallpaper, heavy Persian rugs, wooden carved cabinets, beveled smoky mirrors and various unusual trinkets. An address is given, a code to get in communicated, and down along a hallway, up a staircase and into a receiving room we gather. Thankfully we were joined by four laypersons, escape room challenge veterans all, and invaluable problem solvers during the evening.īut before the locking of the room or the need to solve clues begins, there is theater. No doubt there’s a joke to be had about a theater company locking critics in a room and watching them struggle. The night I attended, I did so with four arts writer colleagues. It’s then up to us to solve the clues that will set Harry free, fill in the story blanks we crave and allow us to escape the room that somehow we’ve become locked in during the process. More specifically, his death and the beloved wife he left behind.įor each performance, four to eight audience members attend a séance hosted by medium Madame Daphne, who calls upon the ghost of Houdini in order to discover who was responsible for his demise. In case you are new to immersive theater - and no one would fault you since Houston has had precious little - it’s theater that breaks the fourth wall between performer and audience both physically and verbally, allowing the audience to be part of the story.īut while Punchdrunk’s blockbuster Sleep No More had us all chasing after the Macbeth gang in a mystical hotel and Sheridan College’s award-winning Brantwood: 1920-2020 brought audiences into a soon-to-be-closed high school for a final reunion, The Man From Beyond concerns famed escape artist Harry Houdini. Part séance, part escape-the-room challenge, The Man From Beyond brings an immersive theater experience to Houston that rivals the best of these types of shows in London, New York and Toronto. But all that’s about to change thanks to a superbly unique show, The Man From Beyond, meticulously conceived by the newly formed Strange Bird Immersive company. ![]() ![]() When was the last time you unexpectedly laughed out loud at the theater? How about screamed with fright? Used your intellect? Bonded with the other patrons? Felt a sense of accomplishment and narrative closure? Now, have you ever experienced all these things at one performance?įair guess is that the answer is no. ![]()
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