‘John Robertson’s The Dark Room’ is the legendary show that combines adventure gaming and improv with big laughs galore.

Stepping into this live-action, text-based nightmare means surrendering to total, glorious chaos. Guided by the sadistic glee of comedian John Robertson—flamboyantly clad in neon and wielding a microphone like a weapon—the audience must collectively navigate a brutal 1980s computer game. You have four choices: A, B, C, or D. Choose wrong, and you die, facing immediate verbal execution from your bombastic host while the entire room erupts into frenzy. Part retro gaming nostalgia, part relentless crowd-roasting, and entirely unpredictable, it is a high-octane experience dunked in interactive comedy. Will anyone actually escape the room, or will you all just end up screaming options into the abyss?

John Robertson’s The Dark Room, Thursday 12 November, The Stand, Newcastle, 8pm, from £13, thestand.co.uk