Immersive horror adventure combining jump scares, live actors and escape-room-style challenges in a sinister travelling circus, part of Weymouth's Halloween season.
Nothe of the Living Dead is back at Nothe Fort on Saturday 31 October, returning for its sixth year with a new horror adventure called The Freak Circus. It's an immersive experience that mixes jump scares, theatre, and escape-room-style challenges, and it runs across bookable time slots from 6:00 pm to 11:40 pm.
The setup drops you into a sinister travelling circus where every game, puzzle, and attraction could be your last. You'll be playing in teams, and the goal is to earn enough prize tickets to secure one of the final remaining vaccines before the zombie infection takes hold. It's a live production with actors on the ground, so you're not just walking through a set—you're part of the action. It's recommended for ages 16 and over, and anyone under 18 needs to be accompanied by a participating and paying adult.
It's part of Weymouth's 2026 Halloween season, which the town's Chief Operations Officer, Dawn Rondeau-Irvine, called its biggest programme yet. The Fort isn't the only thing going on that night, either: The Freak Circus shares the town with The Creepy Circus, a trail of petrifying performers, sinister clowns, and cryptic witch fortune tellers that you have to solve your way out of. If you're planning a full Halloween night in town, you could fit both in.
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Tickets are £11.00 for adults, £9.50 for concessions, and £4.50 for children aged 5 to 16, with under-fives free. There are family tickets too: £26.50 for two adults and two children, and £15.50 for one adult and two children. Concessions apply to over-65s, service personnel, veterans, and students. You'll find it at Nothe Fort, Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UF.
