Variant 31 review – immersive zombie caper is more theme park than theatre

New Oxford Street, London
In an elaborate game of hide and seek, you have to avoid the marauding undead – but the fear and the fun soon fizzle outA hand grabs my ankle and a veiny arm slips back into the darkness. My lights turn yellow. I have 90 seconds to find a healing station or I’m dead. I sprint up the narrow staircase and just make it, only to miss out because of the polite queue waiting to be resurrected.This new, immersive zombie survival game is framed by a tale of scientif