![]() ![]() “The Insomniac team puts their hearts and souls into creating a unique experience for Beyond Wonderland every year. This time Headliners will be taken upon a journey through The Endless Seawhere we will see brand new stage designs, interactive art installations, eccentric costumed characters, and of course top-notch talent, all expertly curated to provide the exhilarating experience that is inherently promised in the Insomniac brand. Unsure of what it is or how it got there, you toss it in the trash and step outside, ready to experience Beyond Wonderland for the first time.Insomniac has chosen to take a different approach for the seventh installment of Beyond Wonderland. As you head for the door, you slip your hand into your pocket and pull out a piece of candy. You shake your head and gather your belongings, the crazy fever dream growing more and more distant with every passing second. Memories of Wonderland flood through your mind and then disappear as quickly as they came. Sitting up, you catch a glimpse of your face in the mirror. You check your phone: dozens of missed calls and texts from your friends asking where you are. You must have dozed off while getting ready for the festival. You awake on the floor of your room, propped up against the wall. No more lights, no more music, only darkness and stillness. No longer in control of your limbs, you stumble and reach out to touch it… and everything stops. It has come alive, and reflected in its surface you can see the reality you came from. You focus on the diamond, but something about it seems different. You feel lost and disoriented, like you have no power over your actions. A strange feeling creeps through your body, and as though sleepwalking, you slowly make your way towards it. You have been there for a few minutes, or perhaps hours, when you manage to fix your gaze on a large gemstone in the shape of a diamond hanging over the stage. These tunes are delivered by the likes of Qrion, Spencer Brown, Tinlicker, Kevin Saunderson, Len Faki, and Reinier Zonneveld, and you begin to lose yourself in the crowd as you listen. More strange music comes from the stage, this time much faster than what you have heard elsewhere in Wonderland. It is completely dark aside from the lights bouncing off the walls. Was it even there before, or did it only just appear? You enter through the side into a tunnel-like room. Once you exit the Castle, you notice a structure you have not yet investigated. As more people pack themselves into the space, you move on to the next attraction. How this is even possible you are not sure, and yet the sensation is authentic. A man in a wooden cart is giving out strange-looking candies you take one from him, and are surprised to find that it tastes of childhood and something else you cannot quite place. To your left is a trading post, where people are lined up to exchange what little they have for different trinkets and baubles. Friends and strangers are gathered on the floor of a large tent hosting a tea party, while a live band provides entertainment. Sprawling before you is the Mad Bazaar, and all around there are creatures smiling and celebrating with the people of Wonderland. Behind one of the doors you can hear the sounds of music and joyous laughter, so you turn the knob and step inside. ![]() You come across a corridor lined with doors, each one a portal to yet another new world. You wander through Wonderland, almost aimlessly but not quite, as though you are being beckoned by an invisible force. By this time the sun has almost vanished and this new world has begun to shift shapes, warping in unexpected ways, brightly colored lights dancing across the landscape of this mysterious so-called Wonderland. As you approach, you see it: a large sign with “Beyond Wonderland” painted in bright letters. The sun sinks as you walk, and looking around you notice some rather unusual characters among the throng of people marching forward… foxes and mice, rabbits in checkered suits, psychedelic dogs, and peculiar men with clocks for faces, all heading to the same unseen destination. Odd-sounding music floats toward you from an unknown source, and you decide to follow it. All around you are others who look just as confused as you are, and no one seems to have any idea of how you came to be here. It is then that you realize you are in a strange, unfamiliar place. Confused, you slowly look around, taking in your surroundings. You find yourself gazing upward as the sun beats down overhead. ![]()
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