DEPARTMENT OF
ALCOTRAZ LONDON. CHRISTMAS SEASON.
Bring a bottle. Bring a gift.
Bet it on a pardon.
Immersive theatre in a prison run by its inmates, with live actors and four cocktails made from the spirit you smuggle in. This Christmas, one inmate each sentence walks out with a pardon.
Book from £5124th Nov–3rd Jan · 127 Hackney Road, London E2 · 1 hour 45 minutes · 18+ · From £51 pp
SMUGGLED IN
Christmas has found its way into Alcotraz. Naturally, it was smuggled in.
New inmates this season arrive with a bottle and a present. The bottle ends up in the canteen. The present goes into circulation, and the Warden is watching which ones are worth having.
Keep this between cellmates.
CONFISCATED PROPERTY / FILE 01
One sealed bottle of spirit: 35cl between two, 70cl between four. The guards take it at the door, and it reaches the canteen by a route nobody writes down. The inmates there make four cocktails from it, to your taste, with no menu.
CONTRABANDINMATE PROPERTY / FILE 02
One wrapped present each, any budget. Swap it in your cell, trade it across the block, or hand it to the Warden to be considered for the pardon. The Warden has cleared a suspicious amount of space in the office for the ones handed in.
TRADEABLECONFISCATED PROPERTY / FILE 03
Bottles, tin cups, hip flasks and parcels. The prison’s confiscated property becomes its most suspicious Christmas decoration.
EVIDENCETHE NIGHT ITSELF
Alcotraz is immersive theatre with a speakeasy canteen in it. Live actors play the Warden, their crooked guards and the inmates who really run the block. The guards will know what you’re celebrating before your “chicken soup” contraband cocktails arrive, and the Warden will have decided which of you is trouble.
Take a job from the inmates and end up in the middle of the story, or sit in your cell with a drink and watch it unfold. Both are catered for, and nobody is dragged into anything.
If the Warden asks what you’re drinking, it’s chicken soup. Not drinking? The mocktail option needs no bottle.
The Christmas Pardon is the regular Alcotraz show, redecorated by the inmates for the season.
A WORD FROM THE GOVERNOR
The Governor has ordered one Christmas pardon each sentence. The Warden’s request to postpone it until next Christmas was refused.
So the Warden judges every present handed in, and whoever brought the best one walks out with a clean record and free tickets for six to come back in the new year.
BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR
Let it be known that the bearer of this document has attracted the Governor’s attention.
OUT ON PAROLE
The UK’s longest-running immersive cocktail experience.
“Visited for a Christmas Party. The cast did a great job with making our time there feel special and we got made great cocktails. Excellent value for money and felt more special than just going to a bar for drinks.”
“I bought tickets for myself, my wife, my mum and my dad as a Christmas gift, and from the moment we arrived, it was fantastic. The Warden was a particular highlight and absolutely stole the show.”
“Had an absolute blast at Alcotraz! Went there for our work Christmas party and it did not disappoint. The actors were incredible, fully in character, and made the whole experience so much fun. There were so many laughs throughout the evening and it was truly memorable. Definitely a must-visit if you’re looking for something unique and entertaining!”
AN INSIDE JOB
This year the Christmas party has an accomplice. Already doing Secret Santa at work? Bring it with you. Presents get swapped and traded across the cell block, and the best one handed to the Warden wins its owner a pardon and free tickets for six.
Any budget. Arrive without one and the State will provide, though the Warden will not be best pleased.
Share presents within your cell, or do a deal with the cells around you.
To be considered for the pardon, give your present to the Warden. Keep it, and it goes home with you.
The Warden picks the best present handed in. Its owner leaves with a clean record and free tickets for six, valid January to September 2027.
£51 a head covers the show, the jumpsuit and four cocktails, whether there are two of you or twenty.
30 or more? Take the whole cell block for the night. The canteen can have the liquor waiting and send food to your cell, so nobody needs to smuggle a thing.
ENQUIRE
Give the gift of rehabilitation by sentencing a loved one to Alcotraz. Vouchers stay valid for a year from purchase and cover the Christmas Pardon.
BUYANSWERS UNDER LOCK AND KEY
Choose a question. We’ll turn the dial.
CHOOSE A QUESTION
Yes, but fully dressed for Christmas. Same characters, same canteen, same four cocktails, but now with the contraband tree, the gifts and a pardon at stake.
You can swap it within your cell or trade it with other cells. To be considered for the pardon, hand it to the Warden. If you don’t, it goes home with you. See how Secret Santa works.
No. Any budget works. The Warden’s taste is their own.
It is encouraged, not compulsory. The State provides one for anyone who arrives without, but the Warden will not be best pleased.
No. The Warden pardons one inmate each show, for the best present handed in. That inmate leaves with a clean record and free tickets for six, valid January to September 2027.
No. Some inmates take a job and end up in the middle of the story. Others sit in their cell with a cocktail and watch. Both are catered for.
The mocktail option needs no bottle, and the canteen makes yours alcohol-free.
One sealed bottle of spirit (35cl between two, 70cl between four) and a wrapped gift. We provide the jumpsuit and the smuggling devices.
No, so eat before you arrive. If you are privately hiring there are more options for food. Please enquire.
Yes. Escape Artist, Mole or Janitor, £11 each at checkout. Spots are limited, first come, first cast.
Yes, gift vouchers can be booked here.
Yes. See Christmas parties and larger groups above.
Speak to the Alcotraz support team before you book.