LockerRoom: Rumble in the Jungle (VR Experience)
We’re taking you back. Waaaaaaaaay back. To 1974. To a place called Zaire. Local landscape is dominated by giant handmade billboards, in vivid yellow and green: Some featuring Ali and Foreman, in distinctive fighter’s pose, others the ever-present bespectacled face of President Mobutu. Undisputed Leader of the nation, seventh richest man in the world and unlikely benefactor of The Rumble in the Jungle.
LockerRoom invites you to become Muhammad Ali moments before the biggest fight of his life. Ali is considered to be past his glorious best. Few boxing experts back him against fearsome Foreman, the odds-on favourite and hard-punching Champion with 37 devastating knockouts in his unbeaten 40 fight career. Some say Foreman is unbeatable. Ali says he has a Plan. Will Foreman topple The Greatest? Or has Ali got him Rumbled?
Through this VR experience, enter the most sacred space in all of sports, the Locker Room, as Ali and his cornerman run drills and remember the journey that brought them to this pivotal moment. Immerse yourself in authentic archive material and interact with digital twins of original memorabilia, including the infamous ‘split glove’ worn by Ali versus UK heavyweight champion Henry Cooper.
Suitable for ages 8+, 8 to 12-year-olds must have parental consent and supervision.
Content warning: Floating (may cause a sense of inbalance)
Pay as you feel on the door, £3 suggested donation.
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