No Stage, No Lighting, No Sight: ‘In The Dark’ Show To Tour UK Cathedrals

“In The Dark” is a critically acclaimed show, performed entirely in darkness, founded by Andrea Cockerton in Cambridge in 2017. It grew from individual shows into a full London season in 2024, and now comes on tour into cathedrals and historic venues across the country for the first time.

“In The Dark” invites audiences to leave behind the visual noise of the outside world and experience music with every sense heightened. Songs are performed by professional musicians drawn from London’s West End, the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and other leading institutions.

“In The Dark” has so far presented more than 60 performances to over 8,000 people, and is now going on the road for the first time.

The tour will present two different productions: HUSH, the original show built around slowing down and switching off the outside world, with arrangements of songs by Sigur Rós, Coldplay, Ólafur Arnalds, Mumford & Sons and more.

At its London dates, audiences will experience PULSE for the first time, which, according to its makers, is “a more propulsive, rhythm-driven production, built around the same musicians and immersive approach, with reworkings of songs by M83, Nils Frahm, The Cinematic Orchestra, Bon Iver and Peter Gabriel.”

The 70-minute show is performed completely in the dark, with a company of 30 live musicians and vocalists moving silently through the venue, entirely un-amplified, surrounding a seated audience who wear eye masks throughout.

There is no stage. There is no lighting of any kind. And with sight removed entirely, the senses recalibrate, and the audience’s attention shifts wholly to the sound.

This autumn, “In The Dark” calls at Bristol Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral, St Albans Cathedral, All Saints Hove, Tewkesbury Abbey and Guildford Cathedral, alongside London dates at St John’s Hyde Park, Southwark Cathedral and St Andrew’s Holborn, with more tour dates to be announced.

Each date features a matinee and an evening performance.

These historic buildings, centuries old and built to carry sound, become part of the performance itself – each venue’s natural acoustic shaping the show as much as the musicians do.

“In The Dark” 2026 Tour Dates:

Oct. 29 – Bristol Cathedral – Bristol, UK (Hush)
Oct. 30 – St John’s Hyde Park – London, UK (Pulse)
Oct. 31 – St John’s Hyde Park – London, UK (Pulse)

Nov. 7 – Southwark Cathedral – London, UK (Pulse)
Nov. 12 – Chichester Cathedral – Chichester, UK (Hush)
Nov. 13 – St Albans Cathedral – St Albans, UK (Hush)
Nov. 14 – All Saints Hove – Brighton and Hove, UK (Hush)
Nov. 26 – St Andrew’s Holborn – London, UK (Pulse)

Dec. 10 – St John’s Hyde Park – London, UK (Pulse)
Dec. 11 – St John’s Hyde Park – London, UK (Pulse)
Dec. 12 – Tewkesbury Abbey – Tewkesbury, UK (Hush)
Dec. 17 – Guildford Cathedral – Guildford, UK (Hush)

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