Manchester Birthday Night Out
Someone’s looking criminally good for their age! Swap your party hat for a stylish orange jumpsuit as you and your friends are put behind bars in cell block three-four at Alcotraz Manchester. Enjoy a unique, immersive speakeasy experience on your birthday night out in Manchester, where you’ll be served delicious, bespoke cocktails made by our longest-serving inmates – no bland prison beverages here! But will you be able to sneak your alcoholic contraband past the Warden, or will you be caught red-handed?
Unique birthday activities in Manchester
Combining a world-class cocktail experience with highly immersive theatre, Alcotraz is the perfect Manchester birthday night out for fans of Hollywood prison dramas, themed bar experiences and delicious drinks – with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic options catered for.
Serve your time
Once you enter Alcotraz Manchester, you’ll be locked behind bars with your fellow inmates – no special treatment for the birthday boy/girl! But don’t fret, as you’ll be invited to an exciting world of mischief by our longest-serving inmates, who run a notorious bootlegging gang on the inside. Sneak in your favourite liquor and our inmates will serve you delicious cocktails as you serve your time.
Your mission
When you join the bootlegging gang, your aim is simple – don’t let the Warden find out! You can get as creative as you want with your smuggling as long as the Warden doesn’t catch you. Conspire with other inmates to stay under the radar.
The guards are crooked
And don’t forget the guards, too – they’re on your side! Our crooked guards are just as ready to defy the Warden as you are, so they’ll help you smuggle in your contraband as they sign you in and give you your jumpsuits.
Just watch out for the Warden
The Warden hates to have contraband within the four walls of their prison, so make sure you hide your contraband from their eagle eyes. You can’t evade them all on your own, but with teamwork, organisation, daring and creativity, you can stay one step ahead. Will your team have what it takes to run the block?
Struggling to think of birthday night out ideas in Manchester?
There are only so many generic speakeasies and escape rooms you can go to before each birthday starts to feel like Groundhog Day. Break up the monotony with a new and exciting birthday activity at Alcotraz, where you’ll be immersed in the role of a prison inmate joining an alcohol smuggling gang.
No matter what your preferred birthday tipple is, our talented inmates will be able to serve delicious, creative, bespoke cocktails that’ll blow your mind. So, whether you’re looking for unique birthday night out ideas for a few friends or a large group of potential convicts, cell block three-four is the best place to celebrate your birthday in style.
What to expect
When you visit Alcotraz for your Manchester birthday night out, you’ll step into a fully immersive prison storyline along with your friends. This is no ordinary bar experience; here at Alcotraz, you’ll have the opportunity to work closely and creatively with your team to outwit the Warden, whilst also enjoying a selection of amazing drinks made from your favourite liquors.
Whether you’re just here to enjoy a drink in the clink or you want to get fully involved in our playful missions and plot twists, this is the ideal place to spend an unforgettable birthday night out. The opportunity to smuggle in contraband adds an exciting twist to your experience, and our talented staff will be with you every step of the way to enhance the immersion and create mind-blowing personalised cocktails for you to try.
Get ready to don your prison jumpsuit and become part of the Alcotraz story!
Special Add-On
Make the experience extra memorable by assigning the birthday boy or girl the character of the Janitor and watch them play out an integral part of the immersive storyline. Whilst it may appear this individual draws the short straw, it may just be they have the key to help all the inmates escape once and for all.
Includes their own costume pieces during the show.
*Add during checkout if available.
Inmates who have escaped said
Escape rooms? Been there, done that – let’s get locked up instead! Smuggling contraband into prison has never been so much fun! Discover what some of our previous inmates had to say about their stint in Alcotraz here.
FAQs
Your sentence will last 1 hour and 45 minutes. In this time, you’ll don your prison jumpsuit, smuggle in your contraband, conspire with fellow inmates, and enjoy delicious cocktails – all while evading the watchful eye of the Warden!
Since you’ll be given an orange prison jumpsuit to wear, we would recommend light clothing underneath so you don’t get too hot whilst serving your sentence. Skirts and dresses can be tucked in if necessary, but they generally aren’t recommended.
We provide prison jumpsuits in a wide range of sizes – from XS to 4XL – to ensure that all of our inmates feel welcome and comfortable. You can also get creative with how you wear them, such as by tying the arms around your waist.
Alcotraz tickets are £42.50 (plus £3.80 booking fee) with discounted mid-week tickets across all locations other than London. This price includes approximately 4 personalised cocktails made with the liquor you smuggle in, plus a fully immersive experience involving highly talented actors, unique storylines and impressive set design.
Your mission is to smuggle in your preferred alcohol yourself without alerting the Warden. However, we will provide cocktail mixers, liqueurs, bitters and syrups (included in your ticket price) to create amazing, bespoke cocktails with your contraband.
It’s your birthday, so sneak in whatever you want! Our talented bartenders can create delicious drinks from a huge range of ingredients, but they generally work best with spirits. However, if you don’t like spirits and want to sneak in some wine or beer, this is totally fine – as long as the Warden doesn’t catch you!
Alcotraz accommodates both boozy and sober nights out. If you don’t want to drink alcohol, you’ll receive four expertly crafted mocktails during your sentence – all included in the ticket price! You won’t need to smuggle in any contraband, but you’ll still be fully involved and immersed in the prison storyline.
We cater for a wide range of group sizes, so whether you’re hosting a big birthday bash or an intimate celebration with a couple of friends, we’ve got you covered here at Alcotraz.
There’s no minimum group size, but our maximum group size is 30 for a public experience (for groups with 30+ guests, you can privately hire the venue). For small groups, we will do our best to ensure you have your own cell, but this isn’t always possible. Cells can seat a maximum of 6 or 7 guests, so if you have a larger group, we will do our best to seat you in adjacent or opposite cells.