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Kidnap
Your boss has been taken. Rescue the team.
A tongue-in-cheek rescue mission where teams must solve clues and complete tasks to bring back one of their own. Great for conference groups and big personalities.
- Setting
- Outdoors
- Duration
- 2 – 4 hours
- Activity level
- Active
- Group size
- 8 – 2000+ participants
Your boss has been taken
One of your own is "kidnapped" by our team, and the group has to solve clues and complete tasks to get them back. It is played entirely for laughs, with a hostage who is in on the joke.
The format gives the day a deadline and a reason to cooperate, and it gives whoever is in the hot seat a story to dine out on. Conference groups and big personalities love it.
Kidnap runs two to four hours for groups of 8 to 2000+, in a city, a venue or a resort, and can be layered into a conference program as a half-day activity.
Great for
- Conference groups
- Team celebrations
- Teams of 8 to 2000+
What to expect
- Story-led mission
- Conference friendly
- High engagement
How it runs on the day
This one starts before your team knows they are involved. Our operatives work with your designated contact to choose and prepare the target — usually a senior member of your organisation — and stage the kidnapping so it is picked up on your security cameras.
When the event kicks off your team is thrown straight into it: the footage, a short briefing and then the tools to start investigating. Teams gather intelligence, follow leads across the city and race the clock to bring their colleague back, ending with a debrief on how they performed under pressure.
Available Australia wide, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, the Gold Coast and regional locations.
Bringing a whole company, a conference or a school? Corporate team building covers larger groups and full-day programs, conference programs run across multi-day agendas, and school events cover colour runs, challenge days and fundraisers.
Questions about the Kidnap
The things teams ask us before booking. Anything else, call 1300 044 197 or send an enquiry.
Plan on 2 – 4 hours. We build the running order around your program, so the Kidnap can slot into a conference session, hold its own half day or stretch into a longer format.
Our standard range is 8 – 2000+ participants, and we can stretch beyond that with extra hosts and waves. Everyone is placed in a team, so nobody is left watching.
You will be on your feet and moving for most of the event, with plenty of walking. Comfortable shoes are the only real requirement, and we adapt challenges for anyone who needs a slower pace.
We build the route or course around your start and finish, whether that is your office, a park, a beach or a hired venue. Anywhere with a bit of space and a few landmarks works.
We watch the forecast in the week before your event and call you if it looks marginal. You can go ahead anyway, postpone without penalty with at least 24 hours notice, or pivot to an indoor version of the same event.
Send an enquiry with your date, headcount and location. We reply with a clear quote and a plan for the day, usually within one business day. Accepting the quote and paying a 30% deposit locks in your date.
