Life Below Stairs
Client: Blenheim Palace

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It’s 1896, and the staff at Blenheim Palace are in a flurry of preparation for an impending royal visit from the Prince and Princess of Wales. Life Below Stairs is a new immersive visitor experience set within the palace’s undercroft, the historic servants’ quarters where this unseen world once bustled into life.

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Working in close collaboration with the Blenheim Palace team we brought the undercroft vividly back to life with extraordinary attention to detail. We created a cast of characters inspired by the real people who once lived and worked in the palace, and gave them voice through a richly layered audio soundscape that fills each room with stories, tension, and the excitement of awaiting royalty.

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One of the project’s highlights was the kitchen scene. Taking centre stage is the pompous French chef, Monsieur Hasnal, whose overbearing presence seems to irritate every other member of the household…