The Uncanny Things Trilogy

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  • COLAB Tower

Description

  • Immersive Theatre, Immersive and Something A Little Different
  • Tickets from £10.00 - £120.00
  • Over 14
  • Various dates from Tuesday 4th March 2025
  • Multiple start times (see ticket info)

You are invited into a wyrd world of bargains, community, and magic in a trilogy of interactive immersive operas.

This is a world much like ours, with one exception.

Those creatures in old stories and legends: the fey in the shadow of ancient trees, the hellkin lingering in bloody cellars, the bastions chanting at the edge of hearing: they are real.

That flicker of movement in the corner of your eye, the faint laugh heard in an empty house - those were Uncanny Things. So too the unexpected gift, or inexplicable sickness. Not always, but often.

Doors to their labyrinths - strange pocket-worlds formed around the Things - bloom and vanish in stone henges, fog-filled streets, and oil-slicked puddles. Some hold strange kingdoms, mirrors of our own. Others, dangers that spread into our world.

The Uncanny Things Trilogy is a trio of shows where you join a community, coming together and deciding how to change your lives by mastering rituals, crafting offerings, and negotiating with the strange and powerful Uncanny Things.

With rich lore, total audience freedom, and a commitment to creating communities with our audiences, each audience’s choices will develop the world of the show further, creating a uniquely growing experience across the run. 

If you like dark rituals of iron and salt, tense bargains to preserve an eternal court or a child’s dreams, obsessive mages and glamorous monsters, or local council representatives just trying to keep everyone safe, this is for you: a unique kind of interactive theatre.


What’s In The Trilogy? 

Three shows - you can come to just one, all three, or return again and again to find out how your community cares for one another at the edge of the real…


Come Bargain With Uncanny Things

A ritual.

The Wyrd is rising. But if a community comes together and performs a ritual of bargaining, the Things’ power can be bound, controlled, used, or abused to solve their problems.

You have been asked to attend such a ritual in these difficult times, deciding who to help and how. As the wyrd rises, what will you do? (sold-out launch at COLAB Tavern, 2022)


Come Worship Our Uncanny King

A comedy.

Your community has become the court of an inexpressibly powerful uncanny thing; a place of laughter and hilarity. It requires you to honour it, praise it, and serve it. 

You will decide how as you strive for the favour amid the dangerous gaiety of the Uncanny King (work-in-progress sharing sold out at Voidspace Live, 2024).


Come Murder An Uncanny Thing

A tragedy.

A rogue bargainer has captured an Uncanny Thing. A dangerous, manipulative being. But in two and a half hours, its power will be released.

You are invited to guide it, channel it, and say how we should use our new power. Behold our enemy, an Uncanny Thing. You are here to decide how it dies (premiere 2025).


Trilogy In A Day

A chance to experience all three shows in a single day, happening on both the 22nd and 29th of March. The exact runtime is TBC, but we would estimate 11:00-13:30 Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, 15:30-17:30 Come Worship Our Uncanny King, 19:30-22:00 Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.


Dates

In general, Come Bargain is on Tuesdays and Fridays, Come Worship on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Come Murder on Thursdays and Sundays. Sometimes this changes due to us running Trilogy In A Day events, so do check the specific date you're booking for.


Previous Reviews

Recommended for 2025 in NoProscenium’s 2024 Journalist Roundtable (London) 'Just a group of people in the dark making magic together'

★★★★★ - DesignMyNight, based on 21 audience reviews of Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, 2022 (our favourite? "Uncannily enjoyable. Wyrdly entertaining. Unsettling wholesome. Good excuse to wear black lipstick. I would go back.”)

'boundless in opportunity for audience improvisation/ interactivity.’ NoProscenium (reviewing Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, 2022)

'Inventive and intriguing... really could reach new audiences. A strange, slow-burn, potential sleeper hit.’ Opera Magazine (reviewing Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, 2022)

‘an original, atmospheric, immersive role-play opera. ★★★★ The Stage (reviewing Come Bargain With Uncanny Things work-in-progress, 2021)

"Uniquely atmospheric, playful, and extremely weird: the Uncanny Things Trilogy is a genuinely exciting addition to the interactive arts landscape" - Katy Naylor, Curator, Voidspace Live Festival


Getting Here

To get to COLAB Tower it is easiest to search 54 Park Street, London, SE1 9EA as the entrance is opposite that address. 22 Southwark Street will take you to the ground floor and you will need to make your way to the lower ground floor of the building by descending the steps on Southwark Bridge.

Do arrive early and enjoy a drink in COLAB Tower's bar - you never know, some of the characters may be there to join you...


Pricing

Standard tickets for The Uncanny Things Trilogy cost £45, plus booking fees.

If this price is a barrier to you joining us, we encourage you take one of the £10 tickets available for select performances (listed as "affordable", usually Tuesday-Thursday).

Throughout the run, there are limited bundle prices available for each full performance of the Trilogy, with up to a £30 discount on the usual price (bigger discounts available for early bookers before 23rd February). This is the most cost-effective way to see all three shows, and we're happy to shift tickets to alternate dates if you let us know when you purchase them this way.

Our Trilogy In A Day events promise to be really special, not least because they offer a chance to see the whole trilogy at a discount in a single day.

We've tried to price this as accessibly as possible while paying all our team a fair union rate. We don't receive any subsidy, and everything you pay goes towards making this kind of intimate, communal work.


Accessibility

We are delighted to be performing in a DDA compliant venue, and we have been working to make sure that the performance spaces are as accessible as possible. All three shows are accessible with a motorised wheelchair, though we would appreciate advance notice so we can make sure the necessary access ramp is appropriately prepared. There is not a low section of the bar, but there will be servers on the floor to speak to.


Content Advisories

Please note that as a trilogy of improvised interactive shows, it is possible that things may come up that are not included in these content warnings. 

However, we will strive to make this a safe and enjoyable space for all. Our general position is that where difficult material comes up, it’s with a safe level of distance due to the supernatural setting.

These shows will involve manipulation of and by supernatural creatures, unequal power dynamics, moderate threat to audiences from supernatural creatures and events, potential physical harm/pain to supernatural creatures, and moderate swearing.

Offstage, but described, will be death, dying, human sacrifice, insomnia, magically-caused delusion and misperception of reality, missing children, sickness.

The venue has a licensed bar which will be serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.


Cast & Creative Team

CN Lester: Guildmaster McCall (Come Bargain)/Adorer (Come Worship)

Sarah Griffin: Carol Schuster (Come Bargain)/Silent (Come Worship)/Local (Come Murder)

Amy Kearsley: The Wyrd Gazer (Come Bargain)/Vigilante (Come Murder)

Hestor Dart: The Master of Processionals (Come Worship)/Lawful (Come Murder)

Maggie Vaz Neto: Cover/Assistant Producer  (The Uncanny Things Trilogy)


Leo Doulton: Creator/Uncanny Things (The Uncanny Things Trilogy)

Charley Ipsen: Designer (The Uncanny Things Trilogy)

Erika Gundesen: Musical Adviser (The Uncanny Things Trilogy)


About Virtually Opera

Virtually Opera is a fusion opera company, combining everything from sketch comedy to cinema to noh theatre to create beautiful entertainment. They’ve spent the past six years creating a unique system for interactive immersive opera. Their goal is to create work that feels truly live: for the audience as a particular community, there and then. Work on parts of The Uncanny Things Trilogy has been supported by Britten Pears Foundation Creative Retreat, the International Opera Awards Foundation Bursary, Tête à Tête, Voidspace, and the generous support of crowdfunder backers.


Photos (C) Claire Shovelton, Charley Ipsen, & Emily Carding.

Offers

Promotions

Tickets/Times

Ticket Event time Cost
Come Bargain (Preview 1) 4/3/2025

Preview-price ticket to Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £20.00
Come Worship (Preview 1) 5/3/2025

Preview-price ticket to Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

19:00 - 21:30 £20.00
Preview Trilogy #1 Bundle 4-6/3/2025

A bundle-price ticket to the full preview trilogy, saving £15 on the usual price.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Murder (Preview 1) 6/3/2025

Preview-price ticket to Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.

19:00 - 21:30 £20.00
Preview Trilogy #2 Bundle 7-9/3/2025

A bundle-price ticket to The Uncanny Things Trilogy preview week performances 7th-9th March, saving £10 on the usual price.

19:00 - 21:30 £105.00
Come Bargain (Preview 2) 7/3/2025

A ticket for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things with a £10 preview week discount.

19:00 - 21:30 £35.00
Come Bargain (Affordable Ticket) 7/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Come Worship (Preview 2) 8/3/2025

A ticket for Come Worship Our Uncanny King with a £10 preview week discount.

14:00 - 16:30 £35.00
Come Worship (Affordable Ticket) 8/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

14:00 - 16:30 £10.00
Come Murder (Preview 2) 9/3/2025

A ticket for Come Murder An Uncanny Thing with a £10 preview week discount.

14:00 - 16:30 £35.00
Come Murder (Affordable Ticket) 9/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.

14:00 - 16:30 £10.00
Trilogy #3 Bundle 11-13/3/2025

A bundle-price ticket to The Uncanny Things Trilogy 11th-13th March, saving £30 on the usual price.

You can buy this ticket and ask us to move the dates you attend individual part(s) of the Trilogy after purchase. Full details of how will be in your confirmation email.

19:00 - 21:30 £105.00
Come Bargain 11/3/2025

A ticket for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Bargain (Affordable Ticket) 11/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Come Worship 12/3/2025

A ticket for Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Worship Affordable Ticket 12/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Come Murder 13/3/2025

A ticket for Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Murder Affordable Ticket 13/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Trilogy #4 Bundle 14-16/3/2025

A bundle-price ticket to The Uncanny Things Trilogy 14th-16th March, saving £30 on the usual price.

You can buy this ticket and ask us to move the dates you attend individual part(s) of the Trilogy after purchase. Full details of how will be in your confirmation email.

19:00 - 21:30 £105.00
Come Bargain 14/3/2025

A ticket for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Worship 15/3/2025

A ticket for Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

14:00 - 16:30 £45.00
Come Murder 16/3/2025

A ticket for Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.

14:00 - 16:30 £45.00
Trilogy #5 Bundle 18-20/3/2025

A bundle-price ticket to The Uncanny Things Trilogy 18th-20th March, saving £30 on the usual price.

You can buy this ticket and ask us to move the dates you attend individual part(s) of the Trilogy after purchase. Full details of how will be in your confirmation email.

19:00 - 21:30 £105.00
Come Bargain 18/3/2025

A ticket for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Bargain (Affordable Ticket) 18/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Come Worship 19/3/2025

A ticket for Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Worship Affordable Ticket 19/5/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Come Murder 20/3/2025

A ticket for Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Murder Affordable Ticket 20/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Come Bargain 21/3/2025

A ticket for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Trilogy In A Day 22/3/2025

A ticket to the full Uncanny Things Trilogy, performed in one day (save £15 compared to the usual price).

11:00 - 22:00 £120.00
Come Worship 23/3/2025

A ticket for Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

14:00 - 16:30 £45.00
Trilogy #7 Bundle 25-27/3/2025

A bundle-price ticket to The Uncanny Things Trilogy 25th-27th March, saving £30 on the usual price.

You can buy this ticket and ask us to move the dates you attend individual part(s) of the Trilogy after purchase. Full details of how will be in your confirmation email.

19:00 - 21:30 £105.00
Come Bargain 25/3/2025

A ticket for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Bargain (Affordable Ticket) 25/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Come Worship 26/3/2025

A ticket for Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Worship Affordable Ticket 26/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Worship Our Uncanny King.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Come Murder 27/3/2025

A ticket for Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Come Murder Affordable Ticket 27/3/2025

Please use this ticket option if price is a barrier to you attending Come Murder An Uncanny Thing.

19:00 - 21:30 £10.00
Come Bargain 28/3/2025

A ticket for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00
Trilogy In A Day 29/3/2025

A ticket to the full Uncanny Things Trilogy, performed in one day (saving £15 on the usual price).

11:00 - 22:00 £120.00
Come Murder 30/3/2025

A ticket for Come Murder An Uncanny Thing, and finale of our 2025 run.

19:00 - 21:30 £45.00

Location

Address

COLAB Tower, COLAB Tower, 22 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 9HB

Nearest Station

Southwark (Tube)


Getting there

Organiser

Virtually Opera

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