The Jury Experience

This interactive courtroom drama in Calgary is transforming a theater into a live courtroom trial where you act as juror

All rise, the courtroom is yours! At The Jury Experience in Calgary, don’t expect to be the spectator, you’re the one who decides the fate of the accused. You may have watched 12 Angry Men and thought your opinion was just as valid as any of theirs. Now, you finally get the chance to prove it as a juror in a trial simulation. This immersive experience is set in a tense gravity, where you witness the burden of authority amongst strangers, peers, and that thick silence you’ll learn to dread.

From the moment you step inside the tribunal, the mood gives you no choice but to let the record reflect your active participation in the complexity of the trial. Your jury duty will begin once The GRAND doors shut, sealing you within a meticulously planned space designed to pull you straight into the drama of a live trial.

What is “The Jury Experience”?

The Jury Experience is the chance to donate your true values as a morally driven citizen. Camouflaged in theatre, it is designed as an interactive event, surrounded by ruthless actors and a compelling courtroom drama. You have to delve into a web of evidence, testimonies, personal biases and challenge your perception of right and wrong. The verdict is utterly unknown and entirely up to you.

You leave with the evidence still turning over in your mind. Every argument asks for more than attention; it asks for judgment. And in that final moment, when responsibility lands with you, the experience becomes something sharper than entertainment—a test of what you believe and how firmly you can stand by it.

Guilty or not? it’s time for jury duty.

Note: This experience includes themes of domestic violence, emotional manipulation, alcohol use, and a distressing emergency services call. The performance contains moments of intense emotional conflict.