The Show Must Go On

This is probably the most unique experience I’ve ever had so far. A narrative-based escape room where you follow the flow of the story to solve puzzles. The room is quite small but enough to hold the fun! The story is a ridiculous and hilarious play which you as the backstage workers have to make sure it runs smoothly. GM plays an essential role in the whole experience, bringing the story to life and making us feel like we are actually backstage workers. Puzzles are very well-connected to the story, allowing us to immerse ourselves in the hilarious atmosphere of the play. The final part of the experience is definitely the highlight, we had a lot of fun and the result was amazing. I personally am not the biggest fan of this format, as I much rather solving the puzzles ourselves at our own pace. Puzzles are also a bit too easy for my liking due to a bigger focus on the story itself. But nevertheless this room is definitely fun! Shout out to Natanyah for being an amazing actress and game master. Would recommend!

7/10

Completed this room with 4 people. Narrative-based room that was heavier on the story, which is mentioned on the website. This is Next Level’s only linear room and is great for first timers and there is a narrator/character who guides you through each part of the story/room/puzzles. I enjoyed the narrative which was hilarious but as I had already done a few escape rooms before I was itching to explore the room rather than be confined to the story structure. Nevertheless, a lot of creative and interesting puzzles and a hilarious GM and storyline. Definitely worth a try!

Such an incredible room - an immersive storyline with a really great set of puzzles that complement the fun story! Jax was such a fun gm

This escape room was like nothing we have experienced before! Personally I prefer more challenging rooms that are of a typical escape room structure but this was a nice change and it was clearly explained on the website. Our game master Myhka was fantastic at bringing the game to life.

Fantastic linear room with strong GM interactivity. Perfect for first-timers

high camp!!!

I enjoyed the difference in the gameplay and I enjoyed the story, I think I wanted the puzzles to take a bit more time and steps to solve

The room is not very difficult and if you are all about beating the clock and solving hard puzzles then this might not be for you. But if you embrace the novelty and go with the flow and get into the theme I believe you will enjoy it. Final comment… the rooms in this place fun but it’s the gamemasters that steal the show (imo)…. They are enthusiastic, passionate, engaged… they bring the rooms to life… we ended up talking to the GM for about 10 mins after the game just debriefing and getting the backstory…. The owners should be proud to have such great staff

A unique premise. You need to get in the spirit and just go with it! Puzzles are pretty simple, but well integrated into the narrative. All in all a fun experience!