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Ticket types and Pricing

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The event deals with adult themes and therefore you have to be 18+ to participate.

Fees:
● Standard £600
● Sponsor £700
● Concession £350

Notes:
● Each Sponsor will create one Concession space
● Payments can be made one-off or spread over 3 instalments

Payments schedule:
1. First instalment due by 10th August 2025
2. Second instalment due by 28th November 2025
3. Third instalment due by 24th April 2026

Deadlines
● Places will start to be allocated from 13th July – make sure your application is in!

There are three types of tickets for this event:

CONCESSION TICKETS

£350

Concession tickets can be applied for by anyone who feels they need it and they will never be asked to justify it (quantity dependent on the number of Sponsor tickets applied for)

STANDARD TICKETS

£600

The standard ticket type.
Standard ticket holders will have the same event experiences as all other ticket types (sponsors and concessions).

SPONSOR TICKETS

£700

Sponsors enable us to provide Concession tickets and have our, and the LARP communities, gratitude. Sponsor’s game experiences are the same as all other players.

Countdown to Space Allocation

We’ll start to allocate spaces on 13th July so make sure your applications are in by then!

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Information and Policies

What’s Included

  • 3 nights’ accommodation in shared rooms
  • Full board – 3 breakfasts, lunches and evening meals. Cake and tea served in the afternoons!
  • Costume loan (see Costume guidelines section) 

Colehayes Manor is a grand country house in the Georgian style. It has plenty of grandeur and atmosphere but is also a practical and usable space that is not too prissy or delicate. It is used for field studies, educational purposes and as a wedding venue. We will be transporting it back to the 1940s for our event.

Players will be warm and well looked after. There are several real fires that can be lit and used and there is a large dinning hall where hearty, authentic food will be served for all.

  • Rooms:

Bedrooms are dormitory style with decent beds and linen. Typically expect to share with 2 to 3 others in single beds in gender specific rooms. There are communal bathrooms and showers of a good standard.

  • Catering:

Catering will provide for 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 3 evening meals. There will also be tea and cake served in the afternoon. Tea, coffee and water will be available throughout. Players dietary requirements will be requested and provided for as far as feasible. Food will be plentiful and nourishing. The default will be food that was available during the war, so vegetarians and vegans will be well provided for. 

  • Alcohol:

Alcohol will be served in the evenings at a paid bar. Players are requested to moderate their drinking and obviously anyone exhibiting drunkenness will be asked to step away from the game until they can continue.

Sign up and Casting Process

Spaces will be allocated following sign-up by a curated casting process.

In the initial sign-up application, we’ll ask you to tell us about the character types you’d like to play, and those you’d like to avoid. We’ll also ask you a few questions about your interests and a few details about yourself. SOE Resistance will use a curated casting process to ensure diversity, inclusivity and ability to portray the role. We intend to create a diverse player base and ensure that everyone has an opportunity to participate.

If you receive a place, we’ll send you an email with information about which role type and Run you are assigned to, as well as a list of the other Players who have been allocated places and how to pay your participation fee. You will then have a week to pay the appropriate amount to confirm your place. If you don’t get a place, we’ll add you to the waiting list unless you tell us specifically that you do not want to be added.

Once the initial allocation has closed, we’ll move to the participation casting and you will receive a fuller casting form which will include details of how you can further participate in the shaping of your character, and this will include an opportunity to flag individuals at various levels of preference.

If you have questions about casting, please reach out to us at: info@opentheboxproductions.co.uk  

The timeline is as follows:

15th June 2025 – Sign-up opens
13th July – Players selected (places) – based on Sign-up form
27th July – Places offered, payment requested
10th August – 1st Payment instalment due & places confirmed
1st September – Character questionnaire issued

15th September – Character questionnaire due
28th November – 2nd Payment Instalment due
16th January 2026 – Initial Character Outlines issued based on Character
questionnaire responses

15th April – Draft Full Characters issued for feedback from players

24th April – 3rd Payment Instalment due
30th July – All characters locked in

Cancellation policy:
Places and characters are offered to you individually. If for some reason you need to
cancel then we will offer out the place to our waitlist.
1. Before 15th April 2026 – No Refund unless we fill the space, then Full Refund
less a £25 admin fee
2. After 15th April but before 30th July 2026 – No Refund unless the character
you’ve been allocated is taken up by another paying player, then Full Refund less
a £25 admin fee
3. After 30th July 2026 (less than 2 months to go) – No Refunds