20 February 2017
Newsdesk
After a decade of pioneering a new format of cinematic and theatrical productions, Secret Cinema will push boundaries like never before with their most ambitious world yet. Participants will be transported back to Paris 1899, to the exhilarating Montmartre of Moulin Rouge!.
From models desperate to avoid destitution as Creatures of the Underworld, to starry-eyed writers who dream of immortality with their fellow Children of the Revolution, to rich Aristocrats, who grasp for limitless money and power, every audience member receives one of over a thousand bespoke identities, integrating them fully to the heart of the sensual and daring period of the Belle Époque.
The village of Montmartre, built with exquisite care in a secret East London location, will ultimately see up to 80,000 participants dance and sing their way through moonlit streets. They will develop their character far beyond pre-written backgrounds, watch exciting secret artists expected to perform on selected nights, and join together for a magnificent show.
The digital experience enables these characters to grow further. Participants sign up to the mysterious Society Of Love (http://www.societyoflove.org/), where the highly engaged community interact with each other even before their arrival at Montmarte.
Despite the unprecedented scale and detail of this Secret Cinema experience, ticket prices for Secret Cinema Present Moulin Rouge! begin at £49, lower than recent large productions, including Star Wars and Back to the Future. This lower price reflects a concerted effort to try to make this spectacular show as accessible as possible.
Given the dwindling spaces for culture and nightlife in London, such efforts are timely. Secret Cinema chose to recreate Montmartre in an area in need of regeneration, engaging the community as part of their Secret Youth project via youth workshops, work experience and job opportunities. Furthermore, in a bold move to make this created world reflect contemporary troubles, Secret Cinema has worked with the charity Help Refugees, and hidden the names of 100 refugees around the set. Audiences are invited to become activists, to highlight and protest their plight.
To join the Bohemian Revolutionaries and become a part of this groundbreaking story visit: www.secretcinema.org/tickets for further information.
www.secretcinema.org/tickets
Lower price entries are available on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, when doors close earlier to accommodate local Tube timetables. On Friday and Saturday nights, the club remains open until late for all-night revelers.
Wednesdays
General Admission Standing (18+): £49 General Admission Seated (18+): £59 VIP Ticket (18+): £130
Thursday & Sunday
General Admission Standing (18+): £59 General Admission Seated (18+): £69 VIP Ticket (18+): £140
Friday & Saturday
General Admission Standing (18+): £69 General Admission Seated (18+): £79 VIP Ticket (18+): £150
*NB: All prices shown exclude booking fee
Secret Cinema is pleased to be working with Grey Goose, Noilly Prat and St-Germain as Headline Brand Partners within the show
At Secret Cinema productions, the boundaries between performers and audience, set and reality, are constantly shifting. These experiences explore one of the forgotten pleasures in a time with constant access to information: secrets. Fusing film, music, art, theatre, and dance, Secret Cinema creates unique spaces for social encounters, adventures and discoveries where films come to life and satisfies a desire to fill the void left by an over-saturated technological world.
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Photo image: © Secret Cinema/Laura Little
