Welcome to THE DARK ROOM – the world’s only live-action, text-based adventure game. It’s strange, insane and addictive – it’s a choose-your-own-adventure, so choose it!
WINNER - CHORTLE Legend Of Lockdown 2020
SOLD OUT - EGX, Insomnia Gaming Festival and PAX
SOLD OUT - Edinburgh Fringe 2019, 2022, 2023 & 2024
How do you play? The audience is trapped in a retro videogame with a sadistic end-of-level boss. Choose your options, survive the abuse simulator that is the improv comedy overlord John Robertson, and escape to win £1000 – or, be brutally murdered by the rest of the crowd!
Now, will you:
- Find the Light Switch
- Go North?
- Abandon Hope?
Now its 13th year, this high-octane interactive show is the brainchild of comedian & cult leader John Robertson. Filled with stand-up, appalling prizes and more audience chanting than you’d get at a protest – it’s a gut-busting rock n’ roll geek experience for everyone who buys a ticket.
John has performed The Dark Room to crowds of thousands at comedy, fringe, rock and gaming festivals, and to hundreds in theatres and arts centres around the world. These include Insomnia Gaming Festival, London Film & ComicCon, Sci-Fi Weekender, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, FringeWorld Perth, Leeds International Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, PAX Australia, EGX London, 21Soho, headlined the comedy stage at BlueDot Festival and multiple residences at Frog & Bucket Manchester and Soho Theatre. And of course, to millions of fans online on his Twitch Partner channel: www.twitch.tv/robbotron
Reviews of The Dark Room:
★★★★
“A Rocky Horror for gamers… reader, I howled” Telegraph, London
“NOT TO BE MISSED!”
Guardian
“What a marvellous, maddening concept this is from the twisted mind of Robertson”
Chortle
“Will have you crying with laughter”
Broadway Baby
“Watching people tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around. Don’t miss it.” The Daily Telegraph, Sydney
“One of the most innovative and original comedy shows around”
Manchester Evening News
“Loud, raucous and brilliantly daft, this is unrelenting fun for everyone”
★★★★★ ThreeWeeks
“You have to see the Dark Room at least once in your life”
★★★★★The Scottish Sun
“You must see this show”
★★★★★ British Comedy Guide
“A game of passionate nostalgia”
★★★★★ The Skinny
“Something of a masterpiece”
★★★★★ Fringe Review
Tickets and booking:
- £5 Full Price
- You will need to use a promo code on the booking page to purchase a ticket. This code will be shared to eligible students via the Games Academy team. If you experience any issues with the booking process, please email: boxoffice@falmouth.ac.uk
Contact us:
Upcoming events at AMATA

Thu 08 May 2025
Various dates, please see event listing
Crossroads
In-person
Crossroads is a collaboration of three performances, all exploring what it means to be human, along ...

Mon 12 May 2025
Various dates, please see event listing
Final Curtain Theatre: All My Love
In-person
Final Curtain Theatre proudly presents All My Love, a deeply moving and tragic queer love story that...

Wed 14 May 2025
Doors open 09:50, performance starts at 10:00
Estella Hurlock
In-person
Dolby Atmos Soundscape Performance: Inspired By Macbeth, an undoing.

Wed 14 May 2025
Doors open 10:50, playback starts at 11:00
HLP / Hamilton Live Productions CIC
In-person
HLP Hamilton Live Productions is a community-driven event promotion agency, that is dedicated to sup...

Wed 14 May 2025
Doors open 10:50, playback starts at 11:00
Sean Butcher
In-person
A Playback session featuring the work of Sean Butcher.

Wed 14 May 2025
Doors open 11:50, performance starts at 12:00
DJ Freeman: Printed Circuit Beats
In-person
Printed Circuit Beats: DJ Freeman, backed by 30 years in the business, will perform an eclectic sele...

Wed 14 May 2025
Doors open 12:50, playback starts at 13:00
Gaia Moura
In-person
Navigating between dark melodies and falsetto, Gaia Moura explores vulnerability, emotions and intim...

Wed 14 May 2025
Doors open 12:50, playback starts at 13:00
Senara
In-person
This album invokes a range of emotions, driven by both spirit and anguish.

Wed 14 May 2025
Doors open 13:50, performance starts at 14:00
Vuorloz
In-person
Welcome your awareness to a plane unfixed geometry.

Wed 14 May 2025
Doors open 14:50, playback starts at 15:00
G Mena-Gutierrez
In-person
A Playback session featuring the work of G Mena-Gutierrez.