The Invitation review: a disturbing immersive evening

Billed as ‘Eyes Wide Shut meets Seven’, The Secret Theatre Project’s awkward show fails on both counts

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Arriving at the glamorous Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green for the Secret Theatre Project’s latest extravaganza, we don’t quite know what to expect. As far as immersive experiences in London go, we could be heading into a bar in which a few performers twirl awkwardly around us, or we could be roped into a full-scale production in which we’re expected – horror of horrors – to do some thinking for ourselves.

Given that the The Invitation is billed as “Eyes Wide Shut meets Seven”, we’re mostly hoping that we are not about to be either gruesomely murdered or invited into an orgy. I’m relieved to say we suffered neither fate, but aside from that, there wasn’t a whole lot we enjoyed about the show.

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