Treowen Manor, from May 2024 to July 2025

Critical acclaim below, and hailed as one of the best immersive shows of 2024 Broadway World, No Proscenium and Immersive Rumours.

I serve as the Associate Creative Director of Lemon Difficult.

In particular, that's meant working on The Key of Dreams, their flagship 24-hour interactive immersive experience.

It's rather difficult to know where to start. I think there are some blogs I wrote somewhere which have never been published. I could write extensively about the creative process (I was one of the writers alongside Creative Director Ivan Caric and Lead Writer Laura Langrish, with my work mostly focused on dramaturgy, structure, and developing characters for interactive drama. I also wrote one of the narrative puzzle trails, adapting The Music of Erich Zann from the perspective of the monster, work as director in the usual theatre sense for the shows, and am also an actor-facilitator.)

But after nearly two years of seasonal celebrations, midsummer specials, and a score of different shows with their own unique elements, that seems a bit strange. There's been a lot of refinement, learning, and development in that time - it will surprise nobody that a 24-hour show, and a 36-hour season finale, takes a lot of work.

I'll probably come back to this page once I've found something substantive to say. Or, if you have any questions, drop me a line.

“This isn’t immersive - it’s real!” - The Guardian

“you may want to pause and admire how elegantly this experience has been put together” - Starburst (5 stars)

“a fantastical 24 hour immersive experience like no other” - The Express

“A particularly jewel set high in the diadem of the immersive landscape” - NoProscenium

“The writing pulls us in slowly but surely… the world building is on another level… a standard bearer for all immersive theatre on this scale” - Broadway World

“an intricately crafted, deeply atmospheric weekend of occult mysteries and meaningful immersion… one of the best immersive experiences on offer anywhere in the world today” - Immersive Rumours (5 stars)

“If you really want to lose yourself in an immersive experience… Key of Dreams has others beat” The Escape Roomer

“The Key of Dreams excelled at interactive narrative, or narrative as puzzle… one of the most memorable, transportive, and soul-nourishing days of my life.” - Room Escape Artist