Halloween doesn’t need much encouragement to go theatrical but Murder Box at Speakerbox leans straight into the drama. The venue that usually goes with live sets is shifting shape for one night only, trading sticky floors and stage lights for something darker. The team behind it, Madame Rouge, already notorious for twisting cabaret into something closer to fever dream, are promising their most unsettling creation yet. There’re two rooms rigged for chaos, three bands loud enough to rattle your spine, DJs lurking behind decks like villains, and performers sliding through the crowd as if they’d just stepped out of a nightmare. It’s not just a gig, not quite theatre either – more like walking headfirst into the film you were warned not to watch alone.
October 31. B444-666 via here and B999 at the door. Speakerbox, 8pm onwards