Our time in Midtown will come to an end in a couple of weeks, so I've been on a hunt this week for somewhere new to live. My search unearthed a very cheap cute little place in Brooklyn, so Mr and I headed over yesterday to check it out. While we were sat on the Q train, these nice young men took over our carriage with an impromptu show. Backflips on a moving train seems a little bit like asking for trouble, but they pulled it off, have a look-see.

We then headed back into Manhattan, specifically to the South Street Seaport, for our next adventure. Accomplice is best described as a tour/treasure hunt/interactive theatre experience. They have a show in London, one in Los Angeles and two in New York City (Downtown and Greenwich Village, we took the former). I saw the London version years ago and loved it, so have been wanting to sample one here for a while. I'm not going to spoil what happens but a couple of the pictures will provide some clues, so if you think you're ever likely to see it and want to go in cold, don't read on. I also plan to try the Greenwich Village show at some point, so once I've done that I'll let you know which I preferred.

We were given a meeting point by a boat on the pier. While we waited, we watched people practicing their trapeze skills.

Each show has up to ten 'audience' members though ours had just eight, Mr and I, our two friends, a lesbian couple from Maryland and a couple consisting of a girl who lives in Manhattan and a guy from Chicago. Calling them a couple is actually a slight misnomer, as they were on their first date! Having met at a wedding, he'd flown all the way here, just to see her. Needless to say, my female friend and I both squeed a lot at this epic cuteness.

One of my favourite things in the Accomplice shows is the inclusion of booze. Here we are at our first drinking point, working out a clue. Ghost hands!

Our search lead us to the tragically named 'People with A.I.D.S Plaza' which, while a nice sentiment, really sets my teeth on edge… what about people with HIV? Or those who've died from the illness? Or loved ones? So odd. In the plaza we met our next clue, who was, as are all the actors involved in the show, hilarious.

A long walk after this via various landmarks lead us to Chinatown, where we picked up this little fella.

Apparently PETA have been all over the organisers asses for including a live frog in the show, which seems rather like going after the wrong guys. The frog is picked up from, and returned to, a Chinese butcher within about 10 minutes. While it saddens me that live frogs are kept in such a place, I don't see how the involvement of Accomplice makes any difference either way. PETA do love to moan though, to incense them further, here's me and the wee little man.

At our next booze (and food! Hurrah!) stop we met this guy, who had a sneaky trick for not being spotted by the authorities (for our mission was not on the right side of the law). Camouflage yourself into the tablecloth. Very clever.

Normally when the show ends your group gets to observe the following groups finale. Sadly, we were the last show of the day, so no such luck for us. On the bright side, it meant we got to have drinks with some of the actors and hear tales of weirdos who'd seen the show previously…. Including the group before us who were described as 'dick cops' on a stag do, who managed to almost destroy the end of their show with their machismo posturing. I can't tell the story here as its spolierific but it made me even happier about our lovely little group. In short, if you're in London, LA or NYC, give Accomplice a shot, I think you'll like it. A lot.

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