Jetpack Theatre

What is this? 

Art Heist is an interactive, immersive, escape-room-style adventure, coming in March 2017. You and your friends plan and execute an audacious heist in an art gallery, while distracting guards, avoiding security cameras, and crawling through air vents. You've got to break in, steal a painting, and get out, without getting caught. 

Who is this?

It's being put on by Jetpack Theatre Collective. We combine theatre, interactivity, and games. In our previous shows, we've chased people through mazes, we've rowed them across lakes, and now we want to turn them into criminals. (Kind of). This show in particular was designed by our friend Paul Sztajer, a mad scientist of the gaming world (no really, he made a game about particle physics). Also you should know our bird-thief image was painted by the amazing Amy Withnall.

Why should I contribute?

Backers on Pozible get early access to Art Heist tickets, as well as a bunch of other enticing rewards. But that's not all! The core game of Art Heist is super fun, but we want to make it as lush and realistic as possible. The more money raised in this Pozible, the more cool stuff we can add to the show.

Donate now to help reveal stretch goals:

Image by Steph Ryan

UPDATE:

$2100 - All backers get a deluxe Art Heist desktop wallpaper!

$2400 - We have a lush intro video with Jay Laga'aia (Star Wars, Xena, Play School)!

$2700 - All backers $20 and above get a neato Art Heist badge!

$3000 - THIS SHOW HAS ACTUAL LASERS IN IT NOW

NEW GALLERY

$3300 - Art Heist will be open during the day on weekends!

$3600 - We're making t-shirts that you can wear on your torso!

$4000 - Shows are now 15 minutes longer!

We believe passionately that cool theatre things shouldn't cost a fortune. We want to keep our ticket prices as accessible as possible (AAAP for short). But what separates this escape room from many others is that it uses live performers, who deserve to get paid. When we did a playtest of this show, our production values were pretty low. Curtains were functioning as walls, cardboard boxes were tables, everyone volunteered their time, and everything was held together with duct tape (literally and figuratively). It was really fun, and we want to raise the stakes this time around.

A significant portion of the costs have already been taken care of by the generous support of the Inner West Council, but because of all the factors above, we need to cover a little gap in the budget. Here's a quick breakdown of our income and expenditure: 

The biggest challenge will be working with the space. The space we're using was once a bank (and it has this big heavy vault door! How cool is that?) but that means that it won't necessarily be perfectly suitable for escape room purposes. Once we start working with it we may find it needs more work than expected to comply with Council and OH&S requirements. We have great builders and designers on the team, and we expect to be able to find solutions to any of the problems that come up.