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Over the years we've had all sorts of groups of people coming to the Escape Key – families, co-workers, birthday parties, hen parties ... nu

This article was written and researched by my daughter Martha Ashburn Did you know that Newcastle was home to one of the largest witch...

Being unable to go to work due to Covid-19 got me thinking of the grim parallels when Newcastle suffered on

Here at The Escape Key we believe our staff our crucial to ensuring our customers have the best possible experience whether they are first t

We still had space to build at least one more escape room, the question was what sort of escape room. As I described in an earlier blog, I l

I’ve been asked a lot recently how I ended up running an escape room business so I thought I’d answer some of the commonly asked...

In this article I will share some of the ways we engage some of the players' other senses. Just as video games and movies have a sound

In part one of this series I wrote about how important story and narrative are to the sense of immersion and gave examples of how we use...

Whether it is a film, computer game or indeed an escape room, immersion is about drawing your audience or players in, and helping them make