Run 1 was March 2023. Please complete the form on our sign up page to express interest in future runs.

About

Dirty Laundry were the hardest-living of rock bands, whose wild shenanigans were more than a match for their incandescent performances. Indigo Crush were the slickest of manufactured pop outfits, with a charming kids-next-door image to complement their chirpy and catchy tunes. Both had their peak of success 25 years ago – before it all went wrong.

​Now, they’ve been gathered together by their record company, Zenith, at a quiet country house. The plan is for a reunion tour with both bands together, to tap into two very different but equally nostalgic fanbases. But for that to happen, there are going to need to be some conversations – some airing of old grievances, some opening-up of wounds, some skeletons coming out of cupboards. Who did what to whom, and why? Where did the money go? Can we even still talk to each other? Was it ever really about the music?

This larp is designed to portray authentic middle-aged characters in the present day, designed in collaboration with the participants. The themes of this larp include aging, regrets, changes, memory, joy, and freedom. Reunion also explores self-discovery, self-acceptance, and how one's past can shape one's future: and the possible tension between public image and private reality.

Age

Practical

The first run of Reunion was intended for participants who are middle-aged or older. We are aiming for 2 more runs. One for participants who are middle aged and older and one for anyone over the age of 18. We don’t have a hard cut-off age for the middle aged and older run  – if you consider yourself to be middle-aged, then you are old enough. If you consider yourself to be not yet middle-aged, then the all ages run is intended for you. The situation is that the youngest characters in the larp will be in their mid-40s, and we wouldn’t expect them to be played by people much younger than that in the middle aged and older run.

The characters in Reunion are of a range of ages, which aren’t individually defined in the design. We will set each character’s age in accordance with the wishes of the person who is playing that role, and tweak the backstory timeline to match. We expect that most of you will want to play a character of similar age to yourself. But you don’t have to: you can play older or younger if you wish.

A unique element of this larp is that all the characters are brought into a situation which forces them to reflect on their younger selves- through the lens of and with the life experience of a 40 or 50 something. We would like to initially offer this experience to middle aged and older larpers, not only to create authentic middle aged characters but to offer this group of players the opportunity to explore themes which may have a particular resonance with this cohort, such as aging, change, memory, self-discovery and self-acceptance, whilst, also being able to play younger versions of their characters in flashback scenes. It will also give this group of players a potentially unique opportunity to play a character of a similar age to themselves, within a peer group of middle aged players, all doing the same - without necessarily playing the sort of relationships which might often be attached to middle aged roles e.g. a character whose main plotline is focused on the drama of their children. Each character will very much be the protagonist of their own story.​

Runs 2 and 3 dates tbc

Supporter tickets are £275
Standard tickets are £225
Reduced price tickets are £175

​12 participants

Lattice Lodge
499 Woodbridge Road
Ipswich
IP4 4EP
United Kingdom​

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Is this larp for you?

This larp will involve:

• ​An exploration of middle age with authentic characters.
• Characters built with some collaboration between the larp designers and the participants.
• Flashback metatechniques to explore the character's younger selves.
• Relationships of all types, and dramatic play.
• Opt-in transparency. Once written, all characters will be available for participants to read.

The larp won't involve:

• ​Any pre-designed 'GM plot' beyond that which is in the character sheets and in the larp structure.
• ​Pre-written characters with no contribution from the people playing them.
• Actually playing music or singing – no musical talent is required.
• Commenting on the physical characteristics of players, on or off game.
• This is not a larp that centres around depravity/debauchery. There probably will be some such activity during play, but it's not about having an orgy.
  

Content

Reunion includes some potentially triggering topics, present in the character backstory capsules. You can choose a character that doesn't have a particular topic as a personal theme: but, as it is such a small larp, you may still encounter this theme indirectly, in the play of others. Please do get in touch at larpsonlocation@gmail.com if this is a concern, and we will see if there is any way to cast you away from a specific theme.

An overdose, resulting in death of one of the band members
Unpleasant home environment, possibly including abusive upbringing
Substance abuse
Objectification, sexism, and possibly misogyny 
Queerphobia (at least in as far as the members of the bands need to pretend to be cishet)
Mental health issues
Manipulation and abuse from the management in character flashback scenes.

Larps on Location has a policy on sexual violence in character backstory, which you can see here: https://larpsonlocation.wordpress.com/policies/ –  we can take a harder line than that in this particular larp, if participants wish it.

Other than these – we will ask all participants to let us know about any specific content that they don't want in the larp before we start the full character creation process; and we will then ask participants to avoid developing characters with that content as backstory, or bringing it into the larp.

We welcome new larpers. Check out what larp is about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuT88CnQ4xY

Please contact larpsonlocation@gmail.com if you have any questions about content.