This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2024 season. This season is now over.

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John Robertson: The Dark Room

Comedy • Game show
Western Australia • SA Premiere

The audience is trapped in a retro videogame with a sadistic, end-of-level boss. Escape and win $2,000 AUD or be brutally murdered by the rest of the crowd! Will you: A) Find the light switch? B) Go north? C) Abandon hope? New deathtraps for 2024!

★★★★ “A Rocky Horror for nerds… reader, I howled” (Telegraph)

"Not to be missed" (Guardian).

★★★★ "Irresistibly dangerous" (Stage).

Winner: Chortle Award.

SOLD OUT Ed Fringe 2023.  

Nominated: Best Comedy, FringeWorld 2023.

Runner-Up: Best Comedy, NextUp 2022.

As seen at PAX Australia, Twitch global front page, Glastonbury. 

Presented by: Gag Reflex

Gag Reflex is dedicated to developing the best comic and variety talent in the industry.
We also produce live tours and festivals, programme venue and festival line-ups, match comedy and variety talent to corporate events, and provide skilled writers, actors and presenters for a selection of TV, radio, commercials and warm up shows.

Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts

  • ROFL 14
  • Hidden Gem 5
  • Standing ovation 3
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    a unique and exhilarating performance that leaves you on the edge of your seat... - Adelaide Antics

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    Your funny bone will thank you! - Suzie Q, What's On In Adelaide

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    John Robertson: The Dark Room captures the real spirit of the Fringe– freewheeling, chaotic and just waiting to be discovered. - Wade Howland, Mix102.3

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