Southbank Sandpit: Maps and Territories
A game of Trap Street
The next Sandpit will be FREE, and will take place on 22 February 2010 at the Southbank Centre, in the Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall. This month artists and designers have created games around the theme of “Maps and Territories”, so there’ll be exploration, discovery, confusion, lies, and trying to remember which way is north. Sneak and follow, deduce and scurry, analyse and draw; think about maps, follow them or create them.
Sign-ups for individual games start at 6:30, and play begins at 7pm.
A full list of games will be added to this page over the next week, but so far we know there’ll be:
Broken Arrow
Work as a team to move together through riddled tasks you should not have encountered; make sure you don’t get caught when preparing for what lies ahead.
4 players. Designed by Tin Horse Theatre.
Casino Capitalism
A frantic game of wheeler-dealing in the financial markets. Try to buy low, sell high, outfox your rivals and avoid the market crashes!
20 players. Designed by Tom Williams.
Hop, Skip and Map
The map is the territory: build it up as you move around, but make sure you leave enough cartographic supplies to get yourself home.
15 players.
Ian Remington presents Remote Viewing Complete Training System Version II Enhanced Edition
Learn the art of Remote Viewing: transcend time and space, and travel across the city using mind power alone. It’s faster and more reliable than the tube.
8 players. Designed by Dave Green.
Phone Box Frenzy
There’s been a mobile-murder at the Southbank Centre; it’s up to you to discover which phone box is responsible and b-ring them to justice.
5 players at a time. Designed by Shellshock Theatre.
Pingus
Guide as many of your lemmings safely through a course of treacherous obstacles, without letting them die - and then take your own turn at being a lemming.
25 players. Designed by Simon Katan.
Prediction
A quiz show with a twist: predicting the future is easy. Making it happen is the tricky part.
4 contestants and a playing audience. Designed by Anna Wexler and Tyler Martin.
Speed of Reaction
Mobile phones, QR codes, envelopes, snapshots, a mysterious film and fast reactions help your team solve puzzles and push you to ask your own questions.
15 players at a time. Created by Yolanda de los Bueis and produced by Olivia Bellas.
Utilitarian Geography
The one chance you will get to redraw the map the way you’d like it. Wish that your girlfriend’s house in Swindon was a little more convenient? Wouldn’t it be great if Edinburgh was sunnier? Prefer that Birmingham had it’s own island? Rebuild the UK as you see fit!
Unlimited players. Designed by Nick Howard.
Pick Up and Play
Plus there’ll be all the equipment for our usual pick-up-and-play games, from the Book Game through Werewolf.
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