The most Interactive City Walking Tour in London
In London you’ll never run out of things to do, but if you’re looking to enhance your city walking to a truly interactive experience, The Cloak and Dagger Tour, is what you’re looking for. With the use of pop up theatre and improv, this walking tour becomes a truly theatrical experience. Delving deep into the topography, geography and history of London and Southwark, the forgotten city just south of London Bridge, mirroring the mythical City of London, this history tour will kickstart even the toughest traveller’s survival instinct.
Literature and Theatre
Today Southwark is best known as a vibrant site south of The Thames,connected to The City of London by Tower Bridge, boasting sights such as Borough Market, The Shard and many historical pubs. On The Cloak and dagger Tour we dig deeper under the surface of the city connected to some of our greatest heroes of literature; Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens and The Bard himself, William Shakespeare, all stayed at The George Inn, the meeting point for this city walking tour. On this interactive history tour, you will experience guided travel through time, coming face to face with the people who lived alongside these great writers of the past, as we pass exciting tourist attractions of today.
The Cloak and Dagger Tour Experience
If you’re looking for things to do in London that dives deeper into the history of the city than the results of your “near me sightseeing” search, The Cloak and Dagger Tour is what you’re looking for. We go above and beyond the ordinary city sightseeing tour, and show you a side of London different from the usual tourist attractions. You feel as if you’ve suddenly stepped foot at a renaissance fair in the middle of modern London, as you characters from history pop out of nowhere sharing their stories with you. To the outsider this might look like Live Action Role Play (LARP) gone wrong, but for the initiated, this is a unique insight into the minds of the people who once roamed the same streets we’re walking on today. When we say that this city walking tour is interactive, we mean it! As we’re walking through the streets of Southwark, your guide will be in full costume, encouraging you to ask and answer questions forming your own opinions and truly experiencing the reality of Medieval London.
Key Highlights of the Tour
This interactive city walking tour leads you past famous tourist attractions such as The George Inn, Southwark Cathedral and The Golden Hinde, but the highlight of the tour is the truly interactive nature of the experience, allowing you to come face to face with the people of the past. The history is truly gruesome and horrible, but the humour and improv skills of the guide and the professional actors makes for a perfect balance of enjoyable, informative and downright shocking - an experience not to be missed.
Who is this Tour For?
This city walking tour is for everyone who hasn’t got a weak stomach. Whether you’re a fan of medieval festivals, renaissance fairs, LARPing, a big warhammer nerd looking for a real life quest, a group for friends on a hen do or a stage do, a couple looking to spice of date night or just a regular tourist or a local on the hunt for things to do The Cloak and Dagger Tour has something for you!
A Call to Adventure: Meet history face to face!
For those who are looking for extraordinary things to do, The Cloak and Dagger Tour is truly unique. This interactive city walking tour is a once in a lifetime experience. On The Cloak and Dagger Tour, we won’t just teach about history, you will meet history yourself, in a truly immersive experience. Book your place today and prepare for an interactive experience that blends history, theatre, facts and humour like you’ve never seen it before!
