Willy Wonka: All the memes about the Glasgow immersive experience
A Willy Wonka-themed “immersive experience” consisting of props sparsely scattered around a terrifying warehouse has gone viral
“Each day on twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it.” So goes the Twitter axiom coined by @maplecocaine back in 2019. Today the main character is Willy Wonka. Or, more accurately, it is the organisers of a Willy Wonka-themed “immersive experience” consisting of a handful of props sparsely scattered around a vaguely terrifying Glasgow warehouse, for which tickets were on sale for up to £35.
So terrible was the event that some parents – many of whom had travelled for hours with children in tow – actually called the police. The event was cancelled and organiser House of Illuminati offered refunds.
One photo from the event shows a bouncy castle adrift at the end of a warehouse, its pink and purple shell the only splash of colour in an otherwise grey room.
Willy Wonka, played by a comedian and actor called Paul Connell, said his “heart sank” when he entered the building. He was instructed to give the children one jelly bean and a plastic cup of lemonade each – hardly the confectionary emporium of your dreams described by Roald Dahl.
