What does the key unlock?
“There are twists of time and space, of vision and reality, which only a dreamer can divine”
H. P. Lovecraft
Experience a glimpse into the dreams and visions that inspired the luminaries of weird fiction, writers such as Lovecraft, Machen, Gilman, Dunsany and Blackwood. The Key of Dreams is a series of interconnected narrative mysteries which play out in a sprawling, ancient manor rich in history.
As a guest, of the house you are free to explore and choose which stories to investigate. Gossip and trade secrets with strange characters each with their own agendas and secrets to discover. Make common cause with other guests or choose to strike out on your own.
Perhaps find out why Randolph Carter has been here so long; decide what you will offer to the tree; determine what you believe true, and what to do with your hard-earned knowledge. Will you support or thwart a sinister agenda, bring it to the attention of a secret society, or use it to garner favour?
The Key of Dreams is a new luxury, overnight experience combining immersive theatre, narrative puzzles, and fine dining in an interactive macabre world which you help shape.
Indulge your inner epicure with exquisite cocktails and lavish dining. Over a full twenty four hours, you will not only be entangled in the roots of stories, but also treated to the hospitality of the house: fine food, puzzles to solve and fascinating places to explore.
Take it in your own time - race to uncover all the answers, luxuriate in one story at depth or anything in between. And for the brave or curious, opt to stay overnight in the house itself to see what dreams may come.
The choice is yours.
A constellation of cosmic horror
“The most merciful thing in the world is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.”
H.P Lovecraft
In the early 20th century, a group of writers including Lovecraft, Gilman and Machen wrote in a style emphasising the unknowable. They drew on superstition, fate, inevitability and science.
This rich world took root and grew in collaboration with authors who borrowed from this deep pool and from each other, building a universe of storytelling.
The roots of the Key of Dreams draw deep from this tradition. We have stories both fresh and familiar in which to immerse our guests in new ways.
"It has its cost, learning to see the puzzle in everything. They're everywhere. Once you start looking, it's impossible to stop. It just so happens that people, with all the deceits and illusions that inform everything they do, tend to be the most fascinating puzzles of all.”
S.H.