Art Heist

A new painting, The Fat Dragon, is recently on display at the Wade Gallery – in Dulwich Hill. The mysterious benefactor, Adrian Bailey, has his eye on it but will need help from the cities sneakiest art thieves. That’s where you come in!

As a team of up to four, you will sneak into the gallery and steal the painting, being sure not to alert the guards, get caught on camera, or trip an alarm. You will have just 45-minutes to get in and get out with the painting.

Art Heist is an example of an immersive theatre experience. It puts the audience member in the actual show rather than just passively watching someone else performing the action, says director Jim Fishwick.

“So in this case instead of watching someone do an art heist, the audience are in the planning room, pouring over the documents, putting together the information about how they can crack the gallery open and get some of the artwork out.”

Similar to an escape room experience where you go into a room and have to solve a series of puzzles to escape, immersive theatre is still largely experimental and involves puzzle and game elements.

“It’s an extension of the best shows, the one’s where you find yourself leaning forward because your so excited by what’s happening, so I’m just taking that impulse to its logical conclusion of leaning so far forward that your in the show,“ Fishwick says.

This sure sounds like a lot of fun, so get a group of four together for a night out.

Jun 1–Jul 30, Various performance times, Jetpack Theatre, 404 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill,  $162 for a group of 4. Tickets & Info: http://www.jetpacktheatre.com/art-heist/

By Vanessa Powell.