Jack Thorne wrote the film, Scouting Book for Boys, and has written for Shameless, This is England ’86 and Skins…

I’d fill the tunnels full of the rotting corpses of dead cats and have rats feed on them. The audience member (it would be a show for one person) would be led into the space by a small child. The audience would be wearing thigh-high strong rubber boots for squelching through the cats’ guts and the child would have bare feet, nibbled constantly by the rats. When they were bang in the middle of the space, one of the rats would start to sing. Then they’d all sing, all the rats. Probably the frog chorus by Paul McCartney. And then butterflies would be released above the audience member’s head – a mixture of cabbage whites and red admirals and the tunnel would be flooded with brilliant white light and the smell of candy floss.  It’d probably require a little bit of animal training, but I'm pretty sure rats can be trained to sing, if money is no object.   

Playwright and director Tinuke Craig’s first play, Eyes On Me, was shortlisted for the Young Writers Festival at The Royal Court Theatre. She was chosen to represent England at Interplay, the largest international festival of young playwrights…

I’d create one of those terrifying choose-your-own-adventure books I read as a child. The audience would go round the tunnels in teams, making decisions about the story they experienced in each room. “To follow the slime trail, go to room four.” A spooky theme would be great in the tunnels. Part of the journey could be travelled by ghost train, and of course, there would be any number of surprises ready to jump out of the corners to scare you silly. Above all, the audience would decide their own fate – perhaps the scariest thing of all.

Drink, Shop & Do is situated on Caledonian Road. It’s the only place in London where you can simultaneously buy an original piece of art, get a cracking cocktail and make David Bowie’s head from a piece of clay. Founders Kristie and Coralie tell us what DS&D would do…

We would use the tunnels to construct a Drink, Shop & Do Crystal Maze. The first section would be a 1920s-inspired challenge – girls would need to fashion a flapper dress from fringing, gents would make spats. Then they’d have to prepare an absinthe shot – soak the brown sugar, light it, stir in and drink! Get on the dance mat and rock out a quick Charleston. Scores would be based on speed and accuracy.

The next zone would be 1950s. The audience would apply lipstick and stockings, or for boys, hair gel and a leather jacket. They’d answer three pop quiz questions by finding the correct record in the jukebox. Then they’d follow the instruction played on the black and white TV, to construct a Tom Collins from the retro cocktail cabinet. Kristie and Coralie would taste and score.

Time zone three would be the 60s. The audience would draw back the curtains and wander into a cloud of smoke. Then sit on some floor cushions and beanbags and have some profound thoughts. They’d braid their hair and paint a peace poster while writing a song/poem. Section four: late 80s. The audience gets in a Top Gun plane simulator and flies to Club Tropicana. The drinks are free, so pina coladas flow. Scores becomes seconds in the crystal Dome, which is full of fresh crispy fivers.

Space In Between is a curatorial collective and platform for emerging artists. Their last show, Inter:Alter was part of London Design Week and featured work from 11 emerging artists and designers…

We would like to facilitate a massive collaboration between different fields. We’d take a pioneering physicist working in particle theories, or on the Large Hadron Collider, and add a molecular biologist, or someone from the Human Genome project, a botanist, some artists and sound engineers.... We’d see what they came up with. The acoustics in there must be incredible to play with, as are the conditions for a botanist.

Looking for more ideas? Check out What Would You Do? parts one, two and three.

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