Tuesdays January 21, February 18 & March 18, 2025
After a sold-out, rave-reviewed 2024 summer run at Coffee Oysters Champagne, IntrigueX and BEARS! In The City! are back with more heisting and good times as they remount Many Happy Returns, a 90-minute immersive and interactive theatre experience, running at Danu Social House on Queen St. W. in Toronto. Join them for an evening of intrigue, crime, matchmaking, partying and adventure!
It’s New Year’s Eve 1924 – capers & thrills are afoot!
You have been selected for a mission of the utmost importance: you will be transported back in time to retrieve 10 essential artifacts. For this mission, your contacts have managed to sneak you onto an exclusive guest list to attend a New Year’s Eve party on December 31, 1924, where you must obtain these 10 critical objects. Should success evade you, you will find yourself trapped in a loop, reliving the party again and again. You will have one hour to accomplish your mission. Are you ready to take on this race against the clock?
Welcome Time Travellers – to Many Happy Returns!
Work together, get to know The People from the Past; find out their desires, help them achieve their goals – and they will help you achieve yours. Learn, plan and manipulate the events of the party to retrieve the 10 artifacts before your time travel abilities wear off! Teamwork will be key to achieving all of your goals, as there will be many schemes afoot. And, as this is a New Year’s Eve party in 1924, please dress to impress.
The décor, clothing, slang and tomfoolery of the roaring 20s, plus scavenger hunts
This unique performance event will appeal to anyone who loves mystery, heists, and interactive theatrical games (in this case, guests will be retrieving items directly from performers by conversing with them). Many Happy Returns aims to draw out your inner child through their playful 1920’s era plot and characters like the drunken bootlegger or the highly refined socialite. This event is perfect for you if you’ve ever wanted to take on your own time-loop challenge, felt you wanted more games with your theatre, or more theatre with your games, and most of all, for those with a love for community comradery and silliness with a side of challenge.
(Photo credits: Intrigue X, BEARS! In The City! & Danu Social House)
Event details
Hosted by: An IntrigueX & BEARS! In The City! co-production, hosted by Danu Social House
Type of event: interactive theatrical event
Directed by: Julie Cohn
Cast: Jing Cui, Julie Cohn, Tamika Poetzsch, Anjali Rai, Karley Säägi, Karen Scora, & Kat Welsh. Read about the cast here.
Dates: Select Tuesday nights:
- January 21, 2025
- February 18, 2025
- March 18, 2025
Start time: Please arrive at 8:00 PM ET to get settled, have a drink and get to know your co-operatives. The evening begins promptly at 8:30 PM ET!
Duration: 90 minutes (no intermission)
Cost: C$34.00, or $44.00 including a drink.
Location: Danu Social House, 1237 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M6K 1L4, Canada
Program: Find the digital program here.
Booking link: Book your tickets here.
Contact details: Katherine Welsh, Actor & Publicity, katherine.y.welsh@gmail.com, (416) 906-5217
Content warning: For adults 19+.
Accessibility: The Danu Social House is an accessible venue, with a ramp to enter the building and an accessible washroom.
COVID-19 policy: Please contact the organizer if you have tested positive for COVID, and they’ll do what they can to rebook you. Please do not attend if you’re sick.
Refund policy: Refunds up to 7 days before event. Eventbrite’s fee is non-refundable.