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Tickets launched for Wake The Tiger – the world’s first ‘Amazement Park’
The excitement has been palpable, and the wait is almost over. Tickets for Wake The Tiger – the world’s first ‘Amazement Park’ – are finally released on Tuesday, just over three weeks before the official opening on July 30.
Described as somewhere between “experiential art gallery, interactive theme park and detailed film set, all with a surreal and beautiful twist”, the concept comes from the artistic team behind the groundbreaking immersive festival, Boomtown Fair.
On arriving at the St Philip’s site, guests will step through a portal into the parallel world of ‘Meridia’, to discover themselves on a self-led journey from an abandoned factory, once occupied by guilds of adventurers, and still home to many of their bold ideas and bewildering experiments.
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Meridia Street, Wake The Tiger
Passageway views
The Library, Wake The Tiger
The journey continues over the course of around an hour, through 27 distinct art installation spaces, exploring themes of connection, innovation, inspiration and discovery.
As they voyage through this parallel world in search of the secrets of the Lost Meridians, guests will be met with underwater worlds and intergalactic thresholds, singing ice, elder forests, abandoned laboratories, mechanical chambers, and the mystifying underground networks of the Mycelium Room at the core of the factory.
Following the experience, guests will be able to mull over what they have just seen in the café; a shop selling high quality merch is also promised.
The Ice Cave, Wake The Tiger
Passageways, Wake The Tiger
Galaxy Room, Wake The Tiger
Until now, few details surrounding the attraction have been unveiled, not least because, in creative director Lak Mitchell’s words: “You have to see it to believe it. Wake The Tiger is an abandoned time capsule of fantastical experiences just waiting to be discovered.
“It will invite you to explore connections with the environment around you as well as challenge you to transform the world we all live in. This is a vision that plays into and expands on everything we have spent our lives building, taking raw underground art and fusing it with the latest technology.
“We can’t wait for guests to explore what we have created in the heart of Bristol.”
Tickets for Wake The Tiger are on sale from midday on Tuesday at www.wakethetiger.com, where you can also find more information about the experience. Wake The Tiger opens from July 30.
All photos: Andre Pattenden
Read more: Wake The Tiger: ‘Somewhere between Mad Max, Willy Wonka and Harry Potter’
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