A wild ride and an opportunity to experience immersive theatre at its finest
Have you never done jury duty, but always been curious to try?
Jury Games’ in-person immersive experience has landed at Theatre Deli, inviting audiences, or should I say participants, to decide on the conviction of one person together as a group. You are thrown into an office room with a host of other strangers, all tasked with the same goal: come to a conclusion on a conviction.
Part theatre, part escape room, part immersive experience, “Jury Duty” is a wild ride that brings people together. From the minute you are briefed on the case you are set on a path to uncover the truth behind this case and solve the mysteries that it hides.
The atmosphere that your host creates is casual and fun, but soon the seriousness of the task at hand sets in. Of course, the experience will vary depending on your fellow jurors, but the way the host facilitates a sense of camaraderie and fun does well to bring everyone together.
Around the room you can interact with the appropriately bagged evidence from the scene of the crime, the folders of files on each of the suspect parties and a cassette player to listen to through headphones. To log your findings, there is an entire whiteboard to scrawl upon, paper to make notes and a floor plan to place counters. You are given everything you will need to work through this case, but can you crack it?
Periodically, you are given the chance to interview and interrogate the defendant over a live call, acted superbly by one of the members of Jury Games. These moments are a highlight of the whole experience, with the tension of speaking to a character closely involved in the case eliciting the biggest eureka moments.
This is an experience best met blindly, so try to go in with as little preconceptions as possible. “Jury Duty” will force you to think deeply and solve an interlinking puzzle with a bunch of strangers, but what better way to experience immersive theatre at its finest.