The Undertaker
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· Buried Alive, Asylum and Cannibal

Regarding Children, and Why They May Not Come In

In short: The Undertaker explains, in his own pompous way, why children can’t play his rooms. Buried Alive, Asylum, Cannibal and Meat Grinder are all strictly 18+ in Escape This’s booking system, and staff may ask for ID.

19 April 2022

Tuesday. School holidays. A small person in a dinosaur jumper asked the front desk whether she could “do the coffin one”.

I was flattered for almost a full second. Then the gamesmaster explained, very gently, that my rooms are for grown-ups only: eighteen and over, no exceptions, with identification checked if anybody looks young. The small person took it well. Better than I would have.

I want it on record that this is not snobbery. My work is simply not built for children. It is dark, it is loud, it is unsettling, and it involves a great deal of me being pleased with myself, which is unsuitable for impressionable minds.

Nor may the small people wait in the room and watch, before anybody asks. My audience is the pair in the boxes and the gamesmaster with the tea. That is quite enough witnesses.

I sent the dinosaur jumper home with a recommendation for one of the brighter rooms downstairs. I hear she escaped with eleven minutes to spare. Good for her. Come back in six years.

— U.

The Undertaker’s mulberry wax seal, stamped with a U
Out of character

Questions this entry raises

How old do you have to be to play The Undertaker’s rooms?

Eighteen. Buried Alive, Asylum, Cannibal and Meat Grinder are each set to a strict 18+ limit in Escape This’s booking system, at every venue, and staff may check ID from anyone who looks under age. There is no child ticket and no exception with a parent. Age rules for Murder Van and Death Row have not been announced.

Can someone under 18 come along to watch The Undertaker’s rooms?

No. Buried Alive’s and Asylum’s rules say under-18s can’t come in as spectators, and the 18+ limit applies to everyone who enters Cannibal and Meat Grinder too. If your group includes teenagers, ask the venue to suggest a room with a lower age rule rather than bringing them along to wait.

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