Darkfield at The Ditch – Shoreditch Town Hall
Set in the basement of Shoreditch Town Hall, Darkfield at The Ditch offers four immersive micro-experiences around theme of fear and darkness. I sampled two: VISITORS and ARCADE.
VISITORS was a big no from me. After a monotonous and fast pre-show briefing that left me overwhelmed with instructions and still no clue as to what I was getting myself into, I was invited to take a seat and put on some headphones. Then hell broke loose. With noise-isolating headphones flooding my ears with 360-degree voices of the Dead and no visual cues to ground me, my body went into high alert; for 20 minutes I sat in palpable panic, hyper-aware of every breath and terrified at the idea of something suddenly appearing or touching me without my consent. The added instruction to stand with my back to a door ...