Wake The Tiger Westfield London is officially underway as today marked the day that the owners got their hands on the keys to this brand new exciting 80,999 sq ft space as construction will begin entirely on the creators own terms.
After great success at their original venue in Bristol this new expansion will see Europe’s largest immersive art experience set to open at Westfield London in Autumn 2026.
Wake The Tiger’s Westfield London experience will be powered by hundreds of artists, makers and multidisciplinary creatives, working at scale to create an interconnected world that is emotionally resonant, culturally grounded and utterly human. Rather than relying on surface-level spectacle, the creative direction draws on deeper expressions of British culture – from music and counterculture to community and care – offering a counterpoint to the increasingly digital and automated creative landscape.
More than 50 people across the country including theme park crews and tech specialists along with underground art collectives will put all of their skills to the test to get this attraction open before the end of the year.
It’s a mammoth task with such a huge space to fill before the end of the year so one can only imagine that a lot of the sets and props have been designed off-site before they are transported to their permanent London home.
Luke Mitchell, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Wake The Tiger, said:
Getting the keys to this wicked space has brought a huge sense of release. It’s the result of years of searching, three solid years of dreaming, world building and the biggest investment we’ve ever taken on.
More than 50 people across the country – from theme park crews and tech specialists to underground art collectives – have poured their skills into this, all figuring it out together to get to this point.
There’s never been a fixed blueprint. The structure has been ripped up and redrawn more times than we can count, but that chaos is where the soul of it all lives. Out of it, something genuinely mindblowing will emerge – an experience that holds people gently, while expressing itself in the most eccentric, cosmic and beautifully British way possible.
The guys at Wake the Tiger have created an absolute masterpiece at their Bristol location and their recent expansion (the Outerverse) is yet another immersive and impressive space as guests can truly escape from the real world and indulge in this exploratory and incredible space.
I’ve been saying for years that if this place had accommodation I’d spend a large portion of my year within it, it really is escapism of the highest order. A theme park with no rides and an impressive journey that really has to be seen to be believed.
With unrestricted access to the site the team can now get cracking from the ground up with a level of trust and control rarely afforded at this scale.
Stay tuned for all future details on this exciting development as we’ll be heading to site in a few months to see the progress ahead of its grand opening towards the end of the year!
