After covering the news a few weeks ago about FLIGHT, the new immersive theatre experience created by Darkfield. We were intrigued to find out more.
We jumped in the car and headed to Nottingham to check out this terrifying flight experience that explores two parallel universes during a flight. One where you live and one where you die.
Darkfield Immersive Theatre – FLIGHT
Like the opening of Final Destination where a premonition predicts a plane crash, you go into the cabin with the same mindset. You know you’re going to crash but what you don’t know is which reality (live or die) you’ll be experiencing. All you know is that in SOME reality, that plane crashes.
A bit of a head-scratcher that’s for sure.
The beautifully detailed interior of this Boeing 707 in a shipping container is impressive indeed.
Top to toe it looks the part and could easily be re-used as a set for a movie. It’s superb.
From such a minuscule level of detail, the whole mood is set. We put our bags in the overhead compartments, sit down, buckle up and the show begins.
Check Out This In-Depth Review of FLIGHT
Overall
Whilst I certainly won’t be going into too much detail in terms of the ride experience (click the link above if you want to know EVERYTHING) what I say is this.
FLIGHT is a binaural experience, 360-degree audio puts you in the heart of the plane and when the lights go out your senses are heightened. You can pinpoint where the sound is coming from around you. You can hear whispering in one ear and someone else entirely in the opposite ear.
This combined with a few surprises that the plane delivers along the way makes for one very interesting experience.
It certainly never felt as thou I was in a shipping container at any point. I was fully immersed and even when the lights went out, the cabin I had seen previously was still in my mind. I was on a plane, not in a shipping container.
With the theory of Schrodinger’s Cat explored from start to finish the experience is more of a mental test than a physical one.
Certainly, one that makes you think once you exit those shipping container doors.
“There are many worlds in which this plane lands safely,” Darkfield says. “Neither Heaven nor Hell is assured. We are not responsible for your final destination.”
