The Rope Immersive Theater Review

We explored the land of Conscientia in LA’s immersive theater production “The Rope.” Created by Screenshot productions, The Rope encourages attendees to explore the fantasy world Conscientia. Read our The Rope immersive theater review and decide if Conscientia is worth visiting.

The Rope Immersive Theater Review

Read the synopsis below at your own discretion. We personally recommend seeing these shows with a clear mind. If you plan on attending The Rope, we suggest you do not read the synopsis.

The Rope Immersive experience : The Good

The actors

The story teller at the beginning really set a great starting tone for the event. He weaved a story with his words and actions that entranced us. Later, upstairs, we felt the intensity of the dying knight who begged that we learn from our mistakes. And we felt a slight amount of fear when the king physically threw us onto the ground.

The actors stayed in character completely which we really appreciated. They did a great job with the material they had to give us. It’s great that there are so many talented actors in Los Angeles.

The Tokens

We liked the concept of the tokens. We received wooden chips that ensured we had visited all the necessary characters. It is a unique idea that we have not found with any of the other immersive events. It felt like a fun 1990s computer game, where had had to collect objects to use later. Plus, it helped the actors and ourselves know where we needed to go in an otherwise somewhat confusing environment.

The Bad aspects of our experience

The Set

When presenting the concept of visiting a new world of Conscientia, the set is very important. We were super excited by the hooded figure in the alleyway, the fire and the freight elevator at the beginning. Unfortunately, the set design fell apart pretty quickly afterwards.

Black sheets tried to hide the white plaster walls. A pair of thin plastic trees would represent a marshy swamp. After visiting a theater like Sleep No More in New York, this world felt cheap and hurriedly thrown together.

The Organization

Even with only 6 people in our group we found that we were always in each others’ way. There was a good amount of waiting as the person in front of us interacted with the actor. It made the experience dull and repetitive as we re-listened to the shpiel we had just heard given to the person before us.

There were characters in Red robes who were there to help, but they couldn’t seem to speed up the process. There ended up being numerous bottle necks in the process where guests had to wait on others. We aren’t sure if this was solely our group or a problem with the event in general

The Story

Not being one for fantasy, we ended up becoming quickly confused with the storyline. We found the names too fantastical and hard to remember. It was also hard to keep track of things as we jumped from one character to another. It was definitely better suited for someone used to playing Dungeons and Dragons, reading Lord of the Rings, and attending Renaissance Faires. Our brains just weren’t ready for that sort of intricate fantasy storyline.

We still aren’t sure if we actually made it Conscientia, or if we had always been there. We also felt that the story ended very abruptly and without a climax. If you are into fantasy, this may be a more exciting and interesting storyline. Even then, we think people would have a hard time understanding everything that is thrown at them.

The Rope Immersive Theater Review Summary

We weren’t the biggest fans of The Rope. The set was almost non existent, and the story would only be interesting to Renassaince junkies. We were impressed by the acting, but even that couldn’t keep us immersed in the world of Conscientia.