BOX: Northern Larp Festival 2027
About this Event
BOX will be held on Saturday 27th February 2027 at the HEART Centre in Headingley in Leeds.
Participants take part in 2 short-form larps (live action roleplaying games) that last 3-4 hours over the course of the day. In these games, you will not need to prepare anything - you simply turn up, create your character with guidance from a facillitator and then play out stories alongside your fellow players. Descriptions of the games available can be found below.
Tickets cost £40 for the full day, plus eventbrite's fee. We will send out a form by the end of October for participants to tell us which larps they'd most would like to play.
There are five discounted £25 tickets set aside for people who could not otherwise afford to attend - which can be activated using the code "CONCESSION" at checkout. (If this doesn't work it's likely that the five tickets have already been claimed, but feel free to contact us to check.)
After purchasing a ticket, all participants' names will be added to a list of attendees which will be circulated to ticket-holders and organisers.
Refunds will be available up until 7 days before the event but will not include the eventbrite fee.
Parking - There is limited parking at HEART Centre. Unless you have access needs, we recommend that you leave enough time to find suitable parking in the area.
For more info, including nearby options for food and accommodation, check out our website.
Please email [email protected] with any questions.
This is an 18+ event.
Access Info:
- The HEART Centre has level access throughout. Some of the rooms we use will be on the first and second floor, all accessible by lift.
- The venue has an accessible toilet on every floor.
- There is a small carpark by the entrance, with two dedicated disabled parking bays, which are first come first served.
- Parts of the venue will be open to the public. A dedicated quiet room will be available throughout the day
- For further questions or requests, please email us: [email protected]
Festival Lineup
🕑: 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
The Highgate Club
Host: Daniel Taylor
Info: Overlooking Highgate cemetery, the exclusive Highgate Club accepts only those who live extraordinary lives. Membership is by invitation only, and ranges from hospital directors to naval officers, professors and indie musicians. (And - so rumour has - warlocks, immortals, vampires, or even things. But nobody knows for sure. It would be impolite to inquire about another member.)
The “inner circle” of senior members – Commodore Ed Crouch, Kensington Hammersmith, and Tris St. James – are present tonight. They’re sure to discuss the two prospective new members, and the recent passing away of senior member Mycroft Holmes.
All characters can be any gender.
There will be written character briefings to read before play begins.
Content warnings: some characters using (fictional) drugs.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Like a Circle in a Spiral
Host: Dorian Crane and Olwen Lachowicz
Info: Like a Circle in a Spiral is set in a hippie commune in 1960s San Francisco. The residents of the commune have come together to perform a ritual during an LSD trip where they are seeking to speak with 'the powers beyond' as part of their quest to expand their minds and learn about themselves.
This game will involve music and some moving, multi-coloured lights.
Play will involve some movement around the space and conversation.
There will be some light reading and writing during the workshop before the game, but it is unlikely to be an element of play.
Content warnings: Drug consumption as a core theme. Some play on sex and romance.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Tiny Ton
Host: Luamity-James Burrell, Verity-Louise Southam, Lucy Deans
Info: All the thrills of your favourite regency drama. Compacted into a single afternoon like a dwarf star full of romance and scandal. Spend the day at the most fashionable ball in town at the request of Lady Shropshire, court eligible bachelors, partake in afternoon tea, cement new business deals and dare we say it, draw the attention of Lady Darjeeling and her scandalous newspaper.
This game involves elements of dancing, but this is not required as there will be characters available who do not need to dance.
There will be characters briefs and in game documents to read, with audio versions available if required.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Unearthed
Host: Peter Green
Info: A year ago, you were dead. Six months ago, you were a zombie. Now, you are still dead but you have your mind back, have stopped eating people and have been deemed worthy to rejoin the land of the living, within limits, of course. You will never age, never heal and never be the same as living people. Here is your final therapy session for Partially Deceased Syndrome Sufferers.
Content warnings: Themes of grief, disability, queerness. The larp will incorporate real mindfulness techniques.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Between Production Lines
Host: Usva Inei
Info: Between Production Lines is a LARP about the conflicting nature of placing human beings in rational, mechanized, capitalist systems. It is about human nature and emotions, as well as how these can be expressed when suppressed.
The setting is a capitalist utopia of an industrial production line, with participants enacting the employees or cogs of the system. The context pushes the characters to be as rational and objective as possible, yet human nature emerges to push back with emotions and subjective experiences. Characters will slowly begin discovering and interacting with emotions individually and communally.
The larp includes some reading (in big font) and non-messy art-making.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fading Embers
Host: Matt Overton
Info: The end is here. The apocalypse has happened. The light is fading away.
You find yourself at the edge of the world as everything vanishes into darkness. What do you do in your final moments?
Fading Embers is a tragic horror game about the end of the world, and what you choose to do when you know you will soon be dead. None of the characters will survive this game.
This game is inspired by games like 10 candles (by Stephen Dewey/Cavalry Games) and Last Night on Earth (by Cat Evans).
For the game: this game involves lighting effects and darkness, it is not suitable for people afraid of the dark. The lighting effects will not include any strobe effects.
The game generally requires some physics movement between 3 distinct areas. However players can be stationary/seated within those areas. Alternations can be made game structure to accommodate anyone who may struggle with this.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
THE QUEUE
Host: Cat Kelly & Sarah McPherson
Info: You are at a live-action role playing event, and there is A Queue. You are in The Queue.
You’re not quite sure WHY you are in The Queue, but you definitely joined it for a reason. You MUST have joined it for a reason. Right?
THE QUEUE is an absurdist romp inspired by Douglas Adams, Terry Gilliam, Samuel Beckett, and the extensive experiences of its creators, and is suitable for seasoned LARPers and newcomers alike. We’ll explore social bonds, free will, existential angst, and the impossibility of ever finding a pen when you need one.
Join us. Join THE QUEUE.
Low-mobility participation will be proactively supported with seating available for all players,
A short pre-briefing will give participants the opportunity to provide information on any reasonable adjustments which they may require, in confidence, and these will be fully accommodated where possible.
Pre-briefing will also provide content warnings, where these may be appropriate, and a note that anyone who wishes to leave t
🕑: 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Sign: A Game About Being Understood
Host: Haplocke Sixpence
Info: Nicaragua in the 1970s had no form of sign language. In 1977, something happened. Fifty deaf children from across the country were brought together to an experimental school in Managua. Without a shared language to express themselves, the children did the only thing they could -- they created one. In Sign, we follow a small piece of their journey.
Played in silence. No familiarity with any sign languages required at all.
This game will involve reading and writing, and physical, child-like, "play", involving other players and toys/surrounding. Touching of players may occur, but is not a written part of the game, and will be at the level of children in a playground.
Players need to be able to move between being seated at a table and playing on the floor.
Where is it happening?
GBP 49.46
