I’m not usually one for celebrating Halloween mostly due to the fact I’m rubbish with anything even mildly scary. Wake The Tiger was offering something a little different, a one-off event for Halloween for the first time ever, giving you after-hours access to their Danse Macabre, meaning dance of death.
The brains behind Boomtown Festival opened the world’s first ‘amazement park’ in Bristol this year, an attraction that is best described as being allowed to walk onto the most elaborate, immersive film set with all access. Except there are no cameras; guests are invited to Meridia, a fictitious, post-apocalyptic world consisting of 27 environments to explore.
Wake The Tiger has met great success so far - it often sells out at the weekend - so I was intrigued to see the creation for myself, which is based in an old warehouse in St Philips. There is a great mystery behind the art installation with little to go by from the website, which is deliberately vague to add to your sense of wonder and imagination.
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There was a queue on arrival as you’re taken into the experience in small groups to listen to the introduction. We were greeted by an estate agent who walked us through the microscopic apartment of the future before we entered the labyrinth.
