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posted on Monday 15 April 2013 @ 13:47 by Unknown

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A Zombie Apocalypse in Edinburgh?



Our beloved city is preparing for a zombie apocalypse, expected this weekend. From Friday through Sunday, the entire city will be over-run by infected, undead bodies; the only safe zone in the entire city is the labyrinthine Summerhall, where scientists from all over the world, soldiers and survivors will be gathered to decide how to deal with the epidemic.

Of course, this is not real. There is no threat of a sudden, 28-Days-Later-esque, outbreak of undead infection. So what am I blabbering on about?



This is what I'm talking about:
[Source:LasTheatre]

A truly unique production, where science meets theater in an attempt to answer a question which I'm sure we've all been asked, or asked ourselves: Would I survive a Zombie Apocalypse?

To answer this question, epidemiologists and biomedical scientists from Edinburgh University's Centre for Cell Biology and Roslin Institute, Heriot-Watt and Manchester Metropolitan Universities and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have teamed up with LasTheatre, a company who specialise in "interactive and immersive events," and invite audience members to work in partnership with the real-life scientists and actors, who will play the parts of both soldiers and zombies, to develop a strategy either for curing the infected, or sanctioning the destruction of the city.

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[Source: Deadinburgh]
Unlike other Zombie Apocalypse events such as 2.8 Hours LaterZed and other zombie survival experiences, where participants are usually either chased and tagged by "zombies" or engage in survival training and controlled combat sessions using Airsoft Guns (although those do sound pretty awesome), Deadinburgh is a much more realistic (thanks, Science) and tactical experience of how the human race would cope with such an invasion, where survival depends on so much more than just individual ability to double tap, outrun and outsmart the infected.


Of course, as soon as I heard about this I got in touch and nabbed us some tickets for this Friday night, so we'll report back on Saturday about how it went - only if we survive, of course!

Tickets are available from the Summerhall website and include entry to a survivors afterparty with music and drinks.

#Deadinburgh #WillYouMakeIt

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