FLIGHT INTO DARKNESS

IT’S a show that is billed as immersive, unique and exhilarating.

And Flight, which will be at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham from Saturday, February 15, until Sunday, February 23, is certainly that.

Audiences step inside a 40ft shipping container – with an interior exactly resembling an Airbus 320 economy cabin – and take a 30-minute short-haul flight in absolute darkness.

Using 360-degree sound through headphones, coupled with the complete darkness and a variety of sensory effects to situate each audience member at the centre of intense narratives, a strange world unfolds.

Following three sold-out Edinburgh Festival runs and several international and UK tours, some 110,000 people have experienced the work from innovative theatre company, Darkfield.

Shona Powell, artistic director at Lakeside Arts, said: “Darkfield’s Flight is a vivid storytelling experience where the sound paints the pictures in your head. When I did it at Edinburgh, I asked the stranger next to me if they’d mind if I grabbed their hand if necessary. Fortunately, they agreed, but I’m not going to tell you whether I actually found it necessary.”

Part of the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity – a week-long festival which takes science, technology, engineering and maths out of the lab and into our everyday lives – Flight explores the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, taking audience members through two worlds, two realities and two possible outcomes to their journey. There are many worlds in which this plane lands safely…

■ Flight lands in Nottingham in a shipping container adjacent to Lakeside Arts’ DH Lawrence Pavilion. Tickets: £8 and £5 for students. lakesidearts.org.uk/flight, 0115 846 7777.