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JOHN ROBERTSON - THE DARK ROOM - FREE
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J-Ro Productions |
Comedy
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Venue:
The Hive - Alternative Fringe , 15 - 17 Niddry Street Edinburgh EH1 1LG
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Phone: 0131 556 0444 |
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Links: Click Here for venue details, Click here for map |
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Ticket Prices: Free
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| Room: The Big Cave |
| AUG 2-26 at 17:00 (45 min)
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You are trapped in a dark room. You must escape. Interactive and loud, this is the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure game. As seen on Youtube, in Variety magazine, NPR, French TV and everywhere with an internet connection. Get ready for pain, intrepid cretin!
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|  Click Here for Show Website |
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| News and Reviews for this Show August 23, 2012  Three Weeks | | Review | | If you don’t like to get involved in your comedy, then this is not for you. However, if you like it to be interactive, you’ll struggle to find better than John Robertson’s show – or perhaps game show – ‘The Dark Room’. The host’s infectious energy does not allow for dull moments, or indeed, quiet ones, with a premise based around the audience participating in a bleak, yet somehow hilarious video game that is not won (at least not at my viewing, give it a try). In someone else’s hands this idea could become tiresome, but Robertson’s own charisma and incredibly loud voice keep proceedings fresh, interesting and hilarious. And loud. Cruel, well thought out, and hilarious. |
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| August 23, 2012 Spoonfed | | Review | | I’m intrigued to find out how John Robertson’s ‘Dark Room’ is going to work as a live show. Based on ‘80s multiple choice adventure games, the comic’s own YouTube version went viral in February and he’s since developed it into a 45 minute Edinburgh performance. And it really has gone viral too – there’s a family in the audience today from Israel who have played it online.
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| | August 17, 2012 Cream of the Fringe | | Review | | "Robertson is a genius" - full review in Cream of the Fringe booklet, not available online Click Here |
| | | | August 8, 2012 Fringe Guru | | Review | | Brilliance. Innovative, funny, exciting, dark-as-hell brilliance. Six months ago, Australian stand-up comedian John Robertson posted a choose-your-own-adventure-game on YouTube, entitled The Dark Room. In the video, the viewer is told that they have woken up in a dark room, and have to find their way out – accompanied by some less-than-helpful suggestions from Robertson, spotlit by a torch under his chin. It quickly went viral due to its relentlessly dark humour, Robertson’s outrageously hammy narration, and simple yet genius premise. Inspired by its success, he’s taken the premise more than a few steps further, by converting it into a live show – in which a whole roomful of people AWAKE to FIND themselves… in a DARK… ROOOOOOOM! Click Here |
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