One table, eight guests: the dinner laid before the first course
hero · 77-Dinner-H1 pending
Dinner · a format by Teleport

Every course
is a cue.

Private immersive stories with a cast, set in the real world.

One table, eight guests. Seven read the tickets. One reads the menu.

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TBL 0419:08
Maître d' greets her by her childhood name
cast: M. · once, quietly
TBL 0419:41
Bread. Salt. An envelope under the plate
cast: waiter 2 · do not wait for reaction
FIRE
TBL 0420:20
Sommelier pours the wrong wine — the one from her wedding
cast: S. · label facing her
TBL 0421:05
Guest 7 asks about the house in Lisbon
cast: guest 7 · she has never told anyone
TBL 0423:10
Last course. The chef comes out. It is her brother
all stations · hold
FIRE
01

Written for one guest

A private dinner written around one person — the one who thinks it is a dinner. Set in a real restaurant in Singapore, in a room you cannot book.

02

Eight guests, one plot

Some of them are her people. Some of them are ours. Every course brings a new line — and only one person at the table does not know it is coming.

03

Run like a kitchen

Timed, rehearsed, fired in order. Every scene is a ticket on the pass. The chef is the last to appear — and the only one she knows.

The courses

How a dinner can go

Arrival: the only table in the room
C1 pending
I · 19:00
Arrival
She is shown to the only table in the room. Eight chairs — seven of them already know why.
Bread, salt, a letter
C2 pending
II · 19:40
Bread, salt, a letter
The first course arrives with a letter. The guest to her left pretends not to have read it.
The wrong wine
C3 pending
III · 20:20
The wrong wine
A wine she has not tasted in fifteen years. Nobody explains how it got there.
The last course
C4 pending
VII · 23:10
The last course
It is not on the menu. Everyone stands — and she is the last to understand why.

Every dinner is written from a blank page. These are four courses from one possible evening.

Between courses

Not everything happens at the table.

Between courses: a street musician in the courtyard
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21:40Between the fifth and sixth courses, everyone is led out to the courtyard. A street musician is already playing — the song from her wedding. Two of the guests knew. The rest find out with her.
In their words

What they said afterwards

Teleport · Singapore · one table
Menu of the evening
I

“Without a doubt, it was the most magical experience I have ever had. I will carry the memories of that day with me for the rest of my life.”

Jennifer Klingvall Gillberg
The one the evening was written for
II

“You just can’t tell the difference between the real world and what was Teleport. Like a dream really.”

Martina Klingvall
Founder & CEO · Telness Group
III

“Teleport instantly understood my vision, and together we teleported an entire conference through a couple of major structural changes — with a resounding success.”

Jonas Antonsson
Co-Founder & CEO · Raw Fury
IV

“Teleport is visionary and playful and reawakens, at an essential level, what it is to be human.”

David Glass
Theatre director · United Kingdom
Printed in one copy · signed by everyone at the table

Tell us about the guest.
We write the tickets.

Who she is, who should be at the table, what she would never expect from a dinner. We write a dinner the guest will not forget.

The pass

Two minutes before the last course.

The chef calls the last ticket at the pass
23:08 · THE KITCHENThe chef calls the last ticket. The brigade has rehearsed this plate for six weeks. Nobody in the room knows he is her brother.
He walks out. She understands.
23:10 · THE ROOMHe walks out. She understands.
CHEFRuns the pass all night. Appears once.
MAÎTRE D’Seats the table. Says the first line.
SOMMELIERPours what the plot needs.
WAITERSCarry the courses — and what is under them.
OUR GUESTSSit among hers. Nobody can tell which chairs are ours.
HER GUESTSOne ticket each. Then they simply eat.
Mise en place

What you receive, and when

PREP LISTTBL 04 · COVERS 8 · ONE SERVICE
SERVICE: A SATURDAY, 19:00CHEF: ONE · GUESTS: 8 · KNOW: 7
WITHIN TWO DAYSD–42
First conversationWith the one or two of you who order it. Who she is, who sits where, what she loves to eat.
WITHIN A WEEKD–35
The menu, one pageSeven courses, the cast, the restaurant — real, and already in on it.
TWO TO SIX WEEKSD–28 → D–2
Write · cast · rehearseThe kitchen rehearses the last plate until it is silent.
THE DAY BEFORED–1
Tickets outEach guest receives a ticket: time, seat, one line to say. She receives the invitation.
AFTERD+1
The menu, signedPrinted in one copy, signed by everyone at the table. Nothing is filmed unless you ask.
CHECKED AT THE PASS · 18:40Teleport
FIRE
A guest finds the card under her plate
19:40 · COURSE IIThe card under the plate. The guest to her left pretends not to have read it.

The prep list hangs at the pass from the first call to the last course. Two lines are ticked before you see it; the rest are ticked that night.

Notes for the host

Questions

How much does a dinner cost? –

It depends on the cast, the number of guests and the restaurant. We share the cost after the first conversation.

Will she know? –

No. She reads the menu. Everyone else reads the tickets. Until the last course it is simply a very good dinner.

How many guests? –

Eight at one table. Some of them are hers, some of them are ours — you decide how many.

Who makes the bookings? –

We do. Once the menu is written, Teleport brings it to life: the cast, the restaurant, the reservation, the props and the set. You arrive; the evening is already in motion.

Do the real guests have to act? –

No. One ticket each and a seat. The cast does the acting; the guests do the eating.

How long does it take to prepare? –

Two to six weeks to write, cast and rehearse.

Will it be filmed? –

Film and photography — by request. Otherwise nothing is recorded.

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Tell us who it is for and what they have never been given.

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