A 360° immersive live-music experience in total darkness, with around 30 unamplified musicians and vocalists surrounding a seated audience.
In The Dark comes to St Albans Cathedral on Friday 13 November, with two performances on the same night: one at 6.45pm and another at 9pm. It's not a concert in the way you're used to. The whole thing takes place in total darkness, so you're sitting in a blacked-out room with no stage to look at. Around 30 unamplified musicians and vocalists surround the audience rather than performing from the front, and since you can't see a thing, the music is the only guide you've got.
That's where the 'sound choreography' comes in. Without any visual distraction, the way the sound moves around you — the changes in distance, direction and volume — becomes the main event. The ensemble works through HUSH, the original journey that started the project, and they tour cathedral spaces across the UK, turning them into intimate rooms where the music is felt as much as it's heard. The sound itself pulls from ambient, Scandi, nu-folk and experimental, with hints of electronic and classical, reworking obscure tracks by well-known and obscure artists alike.
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It's a 75-minute show, and the creators describe it as a concentrated listening experience rather than a conventional concert. Because of that, it's not suitable for children under 10. If you're going to the later show, doors open at 8.30pm and it runs until 10.15pm. Tickets are £38 to £58 via See Tickets, and the venue is St Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard, AL1 1BY.
