WiFi Wars is a live interactive comedy game show which is hitting the road this summer. By logging into a preconfigured network at the venue with a smartphone or a tablet (making sure you have plenty of battery first!) audiences will be able to take part in a range of games, quizzes, and challenges to win the show, plus prizes, many-many prizes.
The technology used in WiFi Wars was originally created by the boys behind the game show, Go 8-Bit, Steve McNeil and Rob Sedgebeer, and will feature in the new TV adaptation too.
Last year, WiFi Wars made its debut as part of the Royal Institution’s 2015 Summer Programme after Steve and Rob’s appearance on their 2014 BBC Christmas Lectures. Since then, the technology has been re-developed, improved, and updated to create a show full of interactive fun, button bashing, hilarious trash-talking, and competitive frenzy. From a version of one of the earliest arcade games, Pong, right on up to the latest virtual reality technology, this is a show for nerds and norms alike.
As some of us know, Steve is no stranger to the gaming world, having presented Challenge TV’s Videogame Nation, Ginx TV’s Console Yourself as well as Minecraft: Digging Deeper, whilst this autumn he'll be a team captain on Dave TV's Go 8-Bit. Steve and Rob have also hosted their own stage at Eurogamer’s EGX, welcoming over 80,000 people to the event over its four-day run at Earls’ Court.
Last year, WiFi Wars made its debut as part of the Royal Institution’s 2015 Summer Programme after Steve and Rob’s appearance on their 2014 BBC Christmas Lectures. Since then, the technology has been re-developed, improved, and updated to create a show full of interactive fun, button bashing, hilarious trash-talking, and competitive frenzy. From a version of one of the earliest arcade games, Pong, right on up to the latest virtual reality technology, this is a show for nerds and norms alike.
So whether you’re a joystick veteran, Angry Birds addict, or a complete noob, this retro gaming experience is an inclusive, highly addictive group activity, proving that anyone can be a gamer.
The tour kicks off with a show at London Udderbelly on the 1st of July, 2016, and will have a limited Edinburgh Festival Fringe run of four dates at the Pleasance Dome. But don't worry if you won't be able to catch any of those dates! Steve and Rob will be announcing more across the UK very-very soon! On a side note, you might also like to know that the show will be featured in a new BBC Radio 4 documentary about video gaming, entitled, While My Guitar Gently Bleeps.
Tickets for WIFI WARS are available at venue box offices and through ticketmaster with more dates to be announced soon. For a full list of tour dates please check wifiwars.co.uk.
WIFI WARS: UK TOUR 2016
(More dates to be announced soon)
WIFI WARS: UK TOUR 2016
(More dates to be announced soon)
DATE
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VENUE
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BOX
OFFICE
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JULY
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Friday
1st July
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London
Udderbelly
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0844
545 8282
www.underbelly.co.uk
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Saturday
2nd July
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Milton
Keynes Comedy Festival
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07790864217
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Wednesday
6th July
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Chipping
Norton Theatre
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01608
642350
www.chippingnortontheatre.co.uk
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Thursday
7th July
|
Exeter
Phoenix
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01392
667080
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Friday
8th July
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Gloucester
Guildhall
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01452
503050
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Saturday
9th July
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Coventry
Warwick Arts Centre
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024
7652 4524
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Sunday
10th July
|
Wolverhampton
Civic Slade Room
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0870
320 7000
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Thursday
14th July
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Colchester
Arts Centre
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01206
500900
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Friday
15th July
|
Oxford
Glee
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0121
693 2248
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Saturday 16th July
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York Great Yorkshire Fringe
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01904
500600
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Sunday
17th July
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Nottingham
Glee
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0121
693 2248
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Friday
22nd July
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London
Royal Institution
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020
7409 2992
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Sunday
24th July
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Cheshire,
Blue Dot Festival
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Saturday
30th July
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Bedford
Fringe
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01234
362337
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AUGUST
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Friday
12th, Saturday 13th, Friday 19th & Saturday
20th August
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Pleasance
Dome, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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0131
226 0000
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WiFi WARS HITS THE CONVENTION CIRCUIT THIS SUMMER!!!
Reviewed by David Andrews
on
June 21, 2016
Rating:
Reviewed by David Andrews
on
June 21, 2016
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