Love and the City
- Surprise Lab's original immersive theatrical experience, "Love and the City," is located in Xinyi District, Taipei.
- 120 minutes × 3 cocktails × 7 characters × 4 story branches
- Collaborating with Belle’s in Taipei, known for its Drag Queen performances, to create a brand new year-long nighttime entertainment experience.
- Centered around the diverse aspects of love and emotions, guiding guests through interactions and conversations with characters to feel the contradictions and fluidity between relationships, and enjoy free encounters and exchanges.
- Following "Hotel V," "Sunset Terminal," and "Sunset Platform," this brand new creation combines story immersion, real-time interactive performances, and drag queen performances to deliver a unique experiential format.
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What to expect
120 minutes × 3 drinks × 7 characters × 4 story lines
[A party of 100 people becomes the stage for the story]
"Love City" combines Taipei nightlife with immersive experience and takes place at Belle’s in Taipei, a famous bar in Xinyi District. As Drag Queen opens and stories and reality intersect, the lines between the seven characters and the guests in the show will gradually blur. This experience breaks the framework of traditional theater. There are no fixed seats and no single perspective. It weaves drama performances, impromptu interactions and communication with strangers into the same party carnival. Here, the development of the story is no longer limited to the stage, but in every eye contact, conversation and emotional collision.
[Wandering in the emotional vortex of the character, the flow of passion is played out before your eyes]
At the party, participants can choose to get close or simply listen, and through real-time interaction with the actors, quietly break into the secrets and struggles of the characters; such as witnessing the hesitation on the eve of the wedding, the boundary between friendship and love, the choice between loneliness and freedom, or in an inadvertent moment, hear an unspoken confession, witness a relationship that is about to change, and even become a part of the story. In this trial of choices and relationships, everyone is looking for their own answers.
[A free stranger encounter, what happened today will stay in the city of love]
Participants will be immersed in 120 minutes of carnival and the unknown, traveling through every corner of the party, meeting characters, interweaving with stories, and starting a free encounter under the catalysis of 3 drinks. At this party, whether you come alone or with friends, you may see your own shadow in it, or reflect those emotional choices that you have not thought about deeply - when the carnival is over, should the throbbing that has occurred come to an abrupt end, or become a foreshadowing of relationship changes? Will everything be different tomorrow? Will we meet again?
Event Information
Location: ATT 4 FUN Belle’s in Taipei Address: 7F, No. 12, Songshou Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City (press the elevator to the sixth floor and take the escalator to the seventh floor) Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday｜Closed Wednesday to Friday｜18:40 - 21:00 Saturday｜13:40-16:00／18:40-21:00 Sunday｜13:40-16:00 Please follow the official instructions for changes on national holidays and special business days
Surprise IG: https://www.instagram.com/surpriselabtw/ Love City IG: https://www.instagram.com/loveandthecity_tw/ Love and the City official website: https://www.surpriselab.com.tw/loveandthecity
Good to know
Registration Rules
- Those under 18 are not allowed to participate. Please provide identification upon check-in.
- For this activity, you need to show up at the ticket office with your ticket (Klook voucher). One ticket per person is required for admission.
- Tickets will be identified upon entry. Please keep your experience tickets carefully. Tickets will not be reissued if lost, damaged or unidentifiable.
- Please check in 20 minutes before the event starts. No rescheduling or refund will be made for those who are late or fail to enter.
- If you order tickets for multiple people, please pick up your tickets at the same time.
- Pre-trip reminders (please, please, please, please read carefully): https://www.surpriselab.com.tw/loveandthecity/rules
Experience Limitations
- Those under 18 are not allowed to participate. Please provide identification upon check-in.
- Some tickets provide snacks, which are non-vegetarian (excluding seafood, beef and mutton) and cannot be changed to vegetarian.
- To ensure a smooth experience, no food or drink is allowed. Due to (hygiene) considerations, no alcoholic beverages other than those provided within the experience are provided. If you need drinking water, please prepare it yourself.
- Tipsy drinks cannot be replaced with non-alcoholic drinks. People with egg, milk, and wheat allergies should consume them with caution.
- The experience requires physical interaction and movement up and down stairs. Considering the plot of some performances, it contains a lot of sound effects, light and other stimuli. It is not recommended for pregnant women, people with limited mobility, other major diseases, and people with physical or mental disabilities to participate.
- There are restrooms in the venue, but in order to allow guests to enjoy the party atmosphere more, it is recommended that you use the restroom in the department store downstairs before going upstairs to check in.
- Please avoid bringing large backpacks or luggage. Small items can be stored on site, but we are not responsible for their storage.
- The experience content and dialogues are all in Chinese. Non-native speakers can participate in the interaction, but if translation is needed, please provide it yourself. The content and interactions will be conducted entirely in Chinese. Non-native speakers are welcome to participate; however, if translation is needed, participants should make their own arrangements.
On-site regulations
- Taking photos or recording videos is prohibited without permission. Please turn off or mute your phone to avoid disturbing the performance.
- To ensure the smooth running of the experience, no food or drink is allowed, including drinking water. Please place all belongings in the check-in disposal locker. No bringing them into the venue is allowed.
- Please consider your own situation during the experience. If there is any vomiting or damage, a basic cleaning fee of NT$2,000 will be charged, and compensation will be paid according to the actual price of the damaged items.
- Please be respectful and polite, and do not maliciously harass, abuse, or push other guests and on-site personnel. If you violate the rules and still cannot control yourself after the actors and staff stop the process and persuade you twice, the experience will be terminated.
Activity changes and force majeure factors
- If the Taipei City Government announces a "stop work" on the day of the performance, Love City will be closed. Guests who have made reservations will be notified in order and assisted in rescheduling. If rescheduling is not possible, refunds will be provided.
- If the government of the guest's departure location announces a "stop work" order on the day of the performance, we can assist in rescheduling by attaching "proof of employment, work certificate or student ID card that can indicate the region".
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- Please read the regulations and instructions carefully before purchasing tickets. Purchasing tickets means you agree to abide by them. The organizer has the right to refuse admission or ask violators to leave without refund.
- The organizer reserves the right of final interpretation. If you have any questions, please contact customer service.
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Reviews
Experienced this with friends! There were drinks, stories, and mini-games. You'll need to play in groups. There are 4 different endings, and you can check them out online after you finish.
A little bit of the feeling of those years, there are 4 lines each experience different things, there are performers dancing, the dancing is quite good, the wine is average
The scenes are detailed, the costumes are gorgeous, and the actors are dedicated. The activity involves a lot of interaction, making it easy to meet new people. It branches into several storylines, each offering a different perspective to understand a part of the story, but you'll receive the complete ending afterward, so you don't have to worry about not understanding the whole story.
good to hv fun over there
Still single and can't find love.
A bit pricey, and I was disappointed. It felt more like an amateur group putting on an interactive play. The story was a little messy, some of the actors were clearly nervous, which affected the quality of the performance; some actors' acting was a bit superficial and failed to draw me into the story. The cocktails available weren't good at all, tasted like medicine.
I think overall it's not worth the ticket price. Overall the immersive design is okay, but the actors' acting is too much like a drama club... It's very distracting. There is not as much alcohol as expected. There are two or three shots and two cocktails, but the cocktails are super unpalatable, and the first one is even just whiskey and water. Then I suggest that those who go should be extrovert enough, otherwise it will be very painful. But don’t treat it as a real social gathering. In fact, most people are just chatting with their friends. I suggest you bring your own friends with you, it will be more fun. And the script is so clichéd... I don't want to comment on the script at all, it's worse than a novel written by a high school student, it's incomprehensible, it seems to be thought-provoking, but it just falls into clichés.
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