Review: PHANTOM PEAK: FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION, London
by Franco Milazzo - April 10, 2024
When Phantom Peak, one of London's most innovative and ridiculously fun theatrical experiences, holds a Festival Of Innovation, how can one say no? It is not the only impressive immersive show in town but its near-peerless execution and boundless imagination puts it up there with the more well known...
Review: PHANTOM PEAK: WINTERMAS, London
by Franco Milazzo - December 12, 2023
The latest season of this immersive experience gives us the chance to jump aboard Operation Frostbite, drink some seasonal cocktails and find out about the jolly rotund fellow walking around who is definitely not being mysterious. And just what does this all have to do with the evil Dr Winter’s atte...
Review: BINAURAL DINNER DATE, Stephen Lawrence Gallery
by Franco Milazzo - November 28, 2023
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. Let’s do it, let’s partake in Binaural Dinner Date, a highly personal experience which uses audio technology and biting wit to lay bare our own fundamental thoughts about love, connection and partnership....
Review: COWBOIS, Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
by Franco Milazzo - October 30, 2023
Cowbois might sound like a reboot of Sister Act but there is far more going under the satin bonnets. Gunslinger Jack Cannon (Vinnie Heaven) arrives in a small Wild West-era outpost, handsome by appearance, fearsome by reputation and with a bounty of 200 dollars on their head. The town is populated o...
Review: HALLOWED PEAK: LUNAR FESTIVAL, Phantom Peak, London
by Kat Mokrynski - October 16, 2023
A town has appeared once more in Canada Water, bringing with it a cast of curious townspeople and exciting mysteries to uncover. In this town, you can become a paranomal investigator, make new friends (or enemies!) and even go fishing for platypuses. Will you pass through the gates of Phantom Peak a...
Review: PHANTOM PEAK: SUMMER'S PEAK, London
by Franco Milazzo - August 14, 2023
Is there no stopping (or topping) Phantom Peak? Just one year after debuting, this epic immersive theatre launches a summer season filled with new stories and is now looking to expand into the US....
2022 Year in Review: Franco Milazzo's Best of 2022
by Franco Milazzo - December 28, 2022
If 2020 was the year theatre ground to a halt and 2021 was when it nervously found its legs again (only to fall over occasionally), then 2022 was when it blasted back to some kind of normal with many pandemic-delayed shows finally seeing the inside of a venue....
Review: PHANTOM PEAK, London
by Franco Milazzo - August 04, 2022
Phantom Peak, a Wild West-themed town with robots and no shortage of mysteries, may sound a tad like Westworld – but that’s where the comparison ends....