ARCADE at Lowry

Name: ARCADE at Lowry
Start: 2025-09-10T17:30:00
End: 2025-09-21T20:30:00
Location: Lowry

Kristy Stott, Theatre Editor Last Updated 22 July 2025

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Darkfield: ARCADE

Lowry, Salford

10-21 September 2025

Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.

From £16.00

ARCADE at Lowry — Image courtesy of Lowry/ DARKFIELD

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This autumn, DARKFIELD presents ARCADE, a show set inside a retro-style gaming cabinet. Audiences will be placed at the centre of a choose-your-own-adventure narrative as they guide their avatar through a world ravaged by endless war.

Raising themes around identity, agency and our relationship with technology, you can win or lose the war, or search out a more peaceful route.

The experience plays out in a completely dark shipping container, using 360-degree binaural sound, sensory effects and a bespoke DARKFIELD arcade machine for each player. Intrigued? We certainly are.

ARCADE is just one of three shows by DARKFIELD happening in Greater Manchester this autumn.

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