Secret Cinema

During our July trip to London, we had a team building at the "Secret Cinema" in London.  

Secret Cinema is a unique interactive cinematic experience where they show an undisclosed film at an undisclosed location, which is usually some sort of warehouse that you find out a couple days before your event date.  There are elaborate sets and actors that act out scenes from the movie and interact with you as though you're part of the world.  

This year, they decided to disclose the name of the film ahead of time: Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back.  

Prior to the event, viewers were invited to begin immersing themselves into the world through an elaborate website that provides you with a "character" for dressing up, plus helpful items that you could bring for the event (dress and items are optional).  

http://www.rebelxbase.co

In addition to being immersed and participating as "extras" in various scenes of the film, you also figure out that there's also a bit of a side game going on in the world, so the more you interact with the various characters, the more tasks you accomplish to progress to stages/scenes of the film.  

It's impossible to describe how amazing and elaborate the entire setup and experience was!!  Since it was mandatory for everyone to seal their phones and cameras in electrical static-bags at the beginning of the event, we don't have any of our own pictures of the amazing sets and characters to post :(  But here are some pics that we grabbed from this article.. these are images from scenes that we actually experienced!

http://www.express.co.uk/travel/shortbreaks/586248/Review-Secret-Cinema-Star-Wars-Episode-V-The-Empire-Strikes-Back

The event is a bit expensive but it lasted 6-7 hours and all of us, including the skeptics in the group, were blown away by how well done and amazing the experience was.  The event is only ever offered for a limited time, but if you happen to be in London when a secret cinema is happening, you absolutely HAVE to go!  It was SO much fun!!  http://www.secretcinema.org