No Escape set the stage across nine of London’s most terrifying escape rooms
With nine horror-themed escape rooms across four London venues, plus live actors and theatrical cocktails at Purgatory Bar, there’s plenty to tempt anyone who enjoys a good scare.
Gather your bravest friends and read on to see what’s lurking behind the doors…
Live actors, theatrical cocktails and nine horror-led experiences across four London venues from 23rdOctober – 1st November
Tickets: https://www.noescapelondon.co.uk/
Haunted toys, sinister dentists and a race to prevent a Cold War nuclear disaster are all on the agenda at No Escape this Halloween. From 23rd October to 1st November 2026, its nine escape rooms across four London venues promise plenty of puzzles, suspense and scares.
Each room has its own horror or thriller storyline, with venues in Victoria, Oxford Street, Aldgate and Holloway. Depending on which door you choose, you could encounter a demon barber, uncover a butcher’s grisly secrets or face a witch’s curse. For Halloween, live actors will add to the tension at every venue, bringing some of these unsettling characters a little closer than you might like.
The nine experiences across the four venues are:
- Victoria:The Gates of Hell at Purgatory Bar
- Oxford Street:The Dentist and The Demon Barber
- Aldgate:The Haunted Toy Store, The Butcher, The Orphanage and The Witch’s Curse
- Holloway:The Killer and The Darkest Hour
At Victoria, The Gates of Hell is housed inside No Escape’s Purgatory Bar, combining an infernal escape-room story with theatrical cocktails and gothic interiors.
At Oxford Street, an apparently routine appointment leads players into the disturbing surgery of The Dentist, while The Demon Barber draws on the bloody world of Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett.
Aldgate offers four distinct routes into horror. Players can enter the unnerving world of The Haunted Toy Store, investigate the blood-stained story of The Butcher, uncover the secrets held inside The Orphanage or face the supernatural forces behind The Witch’s Curse.
At Holloway, players can find themselves trapped inside the revenge plot of The Killer, or become MI6 agents racing to avert a nuclear catastrophe in The Darkest Hour.
Each experience gives teams 60 minutes to search their surroundings, decipher clues and complete their mission. While the stories differ from room to room, all nine are designed to make solving the puzzle considerably harder once the lights fall, the clock begins counting down, and the setting starts to work on the imagination.
Darrell Johnston, co-founder of No Escape, said:
“Our rooms are designed to unsettle players throughout the year, but Halloween elevates everything. The atmosphere shifts before the game has even begun, and live actors bring an unpredictable energy that no set or sound effect can reproduce. At Purgatory, the combination of theatrical cocktails, The Gates of Hell and live performance creates a whole evening around the experience. Across all four venues, there are nine different stories and nine very different ways for players to test their nerve.”
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