Escape Colchester: Demon Barber

By | September 30, 2020

by Escape Colchester (website)

26 Long Wyre Street, CO1 1LJ

Colchester

2-6 players

60 minutes

1785, The Constable on Fleet Street has received 2 unusual complaints. Firstly an awful stench coming from the local bakehouse oven and the disappearance of local gentlemen. Mrs Lovett at the Bakehouse was unable to shed any light on your investigation but was very helpful in providing some delicious meat pies. You head across the street to the barber shop where you expect to find Mr Todd who Miss Lovett said would answer any question whilst providing Fleet Street's closest shave.
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Ryan Harrington rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 16 Jan 2025 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Spur of the moment visit as our plans had to change. This room was all they had available to us at the time.

Enjoyable room with some nice theming (although I don’t know the Sweeny Todd story which helps but only slightly and didn’t withdraw from the experience). The puzzles were of a good difficulty, some easier than others.

I did think there was a bit of a red herring with a sequence of puzzles that lead us down a rabbit hole and me in to thinking that there was an issue with the locks! But after a few clues we were back on track.

I’d say a small group for this room is ideal, there isn’t the space or enough puzzles for lots of people to be working on at one time. It’s very linear in that respect.

Overall enjoyable. 

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersive😨creepy
Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 2 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 26:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5

Fun room and nicely themed to the Sweeny Todd story. Its a nice room for a couple of enthusiasts, but theres not enough space or content for larger groups. 

nanocatsammy experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 1 Feb 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5

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