In Lights Out, death is always on the cards
In the Merely Roleplayers podcast’s first theatre production, roleplaying game elements mean nothing is predictable – except that everyone will die in the dark
The team behind the Merely Roleplayers podcast bring their brand of high-drama improvised storytelling to the London Horror Festival 2021 in Lights Out, their debut live stage show.
Part séance, part campfire tale, part roleplaying game, Lights Out is a departure from the usual podcast live show format. Co-produced with long-time collaborators and London Horror Festival veterans Blackshaw Theatre Company, the show translates Merely Roleplayers’ high-stakes storytelling and ensemble chemistry into a tense, intimate, undeniably theatrical performance.
Lights Out is a tragic horror told by dwindling candlelight, full of twists and turns even the performers can’t see coming. The outcomes of key events are decided by drawing tarot cards; the only certainty is that when the final candle goes out, the story ends with no survivors.
Will anyone find hope before darkness falls absolutely? The only way to find out is to attend this one-night-only experience.
Date: Sunday 24th October 2021
Time: 8:30pm (1 hour)
Venue: DownStairs, Pleasance Theatre, Carpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF
Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions) – pleasance.co.uk/event/lhf-lights-out – 020 7609 1800Lights Out contains death, darkness, bright flashes and sudden loud sounds.
About Merely Roleplayers
Merely Roleplayers is a podcast where theatrical people play roleplaying games, running since 2017 and produced by Foggy Outline in association with Blackshaw Theatre Company. The ensemble uses mostly fiction-first Powered by the Apocalypse roleplaying games to improvise stories with maximum drama.
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