This Is London 4 September 2020

CONTENTS
Events 4
National Maritime Museum Reopens
Hard Rock Cafe Piccadilly Circus
Music 6
Oxford Lieder Festival
Sansara Launches Re:Create
Active London 8
Nuffield Health Gyms Reopen
Exhibitions 10
Battle of Britain 80 at the RAF Museum
Artimisia at the National Gallery
Theatre 12
Apollo 13: Dark Side of the Moon
Beat the Devil at Bridge Theatre
Dining 14
Dog Day at Skylight
Proprietor Julie Jones
Associate Publisher Beth Jones
Editorial Lucie Henry Eleanor Collett Harry Osborn
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Immersive Everywhere re-opens The Great Gatsby
Immersive Everywhere’s critically acclaimed The Great Gatsby, created
and directed by Alexander Wright, which had previously set a record as the
UK’s longest running immersive production, is set to re-open at West End
venue IMMERSIVE | LDN on Thursday 1 October.
Olivier Award winning producers Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook have
re-imagined and re-set the production as an Art Deco Masquerade Ball, with
audience members wearing bespoke face coverings designed by the show’s
costume designer, Heledd Rees, to complement their fabulous attire.
The producers are confident that the immersive nature of The Great
Gatsby will enable it to be the first long running show to re-open in 2020
and are offering a no-questions-asked exchange policy.
Jay Gatsby invites you to one of his infamous large parties where the
champagne flows and, as the drama unfolds, the man himself will be the
perfect host. As invites go, this is the hottest in town. A hedonistic world of
red hot rhythms, bootleg liquor and pure jazz age self-indulgence awaits.
Don your masquerade, dress to the nines and immerse yourself in this heart
racing adaption of F Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal tale of the Roaring Twenties.
Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook, who are currently co-producing the
immersive production of Doctor Who Time Fracture, launched a new
company in 2019, Immersive Everywhere, entirely dedicated to developing
and staging theatre-led immersive experiences. IMMERSIVE | LDN is the
newest of their network of venues, which will house cafes, bars and
rehearsal and workshop spaces to help the development of new work.
Louis and Brian said: ‘We’re delighted The Great Gatsby is returning to its
London home. We’re deeply proud of the team who have worked so skilfully
and passionately, with input from the Culture Task Force, Equity, and
Westminster, to welcome back our audiences and restore some of the
cultural offering in London that has been missing for far too long.’
Tickets can be booked at www.immersivegatsby.com and on social media
@immersivegatsby
The Great Gatsby – Lucinda Turner. Photo: Sam Taylor.
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