Come along to the National Theatre on the South Bank to book places in individual games. Booking opens half an hour before we begin playing for the day – but if you can’t make it then, don’t panic, as more tickets for each game will become available half an hour before that game starts.
Visible Cities
By Kevan Davis & Holly Gramazio
Travel between different Londons and then make your way home, but watch out – in some versions of the city, the locals aren’t exactly friendly…
(If you’d rather be a chaser for this game instead of getting chased, email holly@hideandseek.net)
Friday: 7:30 (duration 2 hours)
Getting to Know You: Global Seated Network
By Kai-Oi Jay Yung
Get to know yourself and others through a fast-paced compendium of physical-mental play-dare fun. Make/break friends in real dimensions.
Friday night: 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 (duration 45 minutes)
Spinning Narrative
By Dave Green
A collaborative storytelling game. Players sit around a spinning video camera, taking it in turns to weave part of the narrative.
Friday: 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:00, 9:30 (duration 30 minutes)
Aliens Among Us
By James Wallis, from a concept by the late Erick Wujcik
Earth has been invaded, its population infiltrated by alien duplicates bent on our destruction. You, the Ultimate Defence Force, must seek them out and destroy them. Of course, the UDF has also been infiltrated….
Friday: 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 (duration 45 minutes)
Musical
By Jenifer Toksvig & Andrew Tilling
A storytelling game with a song in its heart. Players collaborate to tell a story that must inspire a good old-fashioned sing-song. The more singing along, the better!
Friday: 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30 (duration 30 minutes)
Super Political Street Fighter
By Greg Foster in collaboration with Contact – Manchester
Join your David Dimbleby on Steroids host and his 2 tamed, professional and political street fighters as they invite members of the audience to voice their political ideas.
Friday: 8:30, 9:30 (duration 35 minutes, drop in any time to watch or get involved)
Werewolf
By Dimma Davidoff
An old favourite featuring villagers and werewolves, each group trying to weed out the other, with one problem: nobody’s quite sure who the werewolves are…
Friday: 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 (duration 60 minutes)
Time*Trails
By Michael Dales and Sophie Sampson
Explore the South Bank’s past by picking up the stories people have left behind. Drop in and play any time.
Requires one iPhone per individual or group.
All weekend, drop-in (duration 10 minutes to an hour)
Walking Smiles
By Present Attempt
A walking game in the city. Build a map of London as you wander through the city, collecting smiles from strangers as you go.
All weekend, drop-in
The London Poetry Game
By Alex Fleetwood
A new poem has been written in the languages of London
Turn the page, play the game
So that it can be heard…
All weekend, or watch the performance of the finished piece at 3:00-3:30 on Sunday