Why not play…? A new kind of party night invites revellers to play:
The Hide&Seek Weekender Party!
Saturday 15 September, 8pm – 1am
Tickets £13 / Concessions £10 (includes a £1 restoration levy)
The Old Vic Tunnels, Station Approach Road Entrance
The Hide&Seek Weekender Party heads to its most exciting venue yet – the extraordinary Old Vic Tunnels. Join us for
…MUSIC! DJ sets from Ed Barber and the amazing Fred Deakin and his equally amazing WHEEL OF MUSIC.
…PERFORMANCES! About Tetris, obsession, and ukulele, from Ross Sutherland, Tim Clare, Patrick Ashe, and Tom Webb
…and of course GAMES! Including Killer Queens, discotectives, and the most intimate swordfight you’ll ever take part in.
Performances:
Several Amazing Things About Tetris (Patrick Ashe) 20:15-20:55
A short performance piece about the video game Tetris, obsession and some amazing things that lasts for as long as one person can play Tetris.
MegaGames (Tom Webb) 21:00-21:20
A hilarious tournament of interactive games played by and made up of YOU.
Infinite Lives (Ross Sutherland and Tim Clare) 21:30-22:30
Combining the live forms of ‘literary recital’, ‘comedy club’ and ‘episode of Gamesmaster’, Infinite Lives includes a live text adventure, a Street Fighter 2 tournament, some ukulele solos, and many other secrets still waiting to be unlocked.
Games:
Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik) From 20:00
A no-graphics, digitally-enabled playground game played with PS Move motion controllers.
Who Took The Apple? (Lau Korsgaard, Copenhagen Games Collective) 20:00-22:00
A game played backwards in time, featuring an apple, a bucket, four beers and a set of large cards.
Swordfight (Original design by Kurt Bieg and Ramsey Nasser, UK version by Gareth Briggs) From 20:30
Keep your tip high and push your opponent’s buttons in this uniquely below-the-belt version of fencing.
Do Move Say (Peter Vigeant) 20:30-21:30
Become an inhabitant of a strange but perilous town, where everyone acts a bit oddly – and one of you is a murderer.
Discotect (Ivan Gonzalez, Hide&Seek) 21:30-22:30
Half the dancers have music; for the others, the disco is truly silent. Can you work out who is who? Play as a dancer or a discotective.
Firefly (Pollie Barden and Chloe Varelidi) 22:30-23:30
A tagging game of dark intentions where players compete/collaborate to steal the most flashing LED badges from other players.
Killer Queen Arcade (Joshua DeBonis and Nikita Mikros) 22:30-24:30
Two teams, each led by a powerful Queen, face off to be the first to bring the giant snail god home, horde twelve morsels of nectar, or assassinate the enemy Queen.
Drunk Dungeon (Margaret Robertson, Hide&Seek) All night
An ambient party game that has partygoers simultaneously constructing and exploring a top-down dungeon in order to score more points for their respective teams.
Parlour Games All night
New and classic parlour games, around the party’s quieter corners.
The Hide&Seek Weekender Party is part of the Hide&Seek Weekender 14 – 17 September 2012.