Notice of arrest · Kordin Royal Prison · Malta
YOUR COMPANY
HAS BEEN
ARRESTED.
An unforgettable event · A Collective Prison Break
Last December your office Christmas party cost €5,800.
Nobody remembers a single moment of it.
This is the night they will still be retelling in October.
  • 01
    Three hours inside a real 184-year-old Royal Navy prison. Not a film set. Not a hotel ballroom. The actual cells your team walks into.
  • 02
    A lottery splits your company in two — guards vs prisoners. Your CFO might wear stripes. Your intern might command the corridor.
  • 03
    At 1:30 the siren hits. The Switch happens. Every role reverses. Grounded in behavioural science — not a paintball franchise.
  • 04
    Warm release at Pavilion Gastro Pub. One long table. No VIP sections. Named placards instead of name tags.
Hold a date →
Limited Saturday availability in Q4 2026.
Site visit free for HR & CEO. Months later, they still talk about it.

THE GREAT
ESCAPE A Three-Hour Prison Break. Sixty People. One Story They Cannot Stop Telling.

Built in 1842 by the Royal Navy.
Sealed for 180 years.
Reopened in 2026 — for one evening at a time.

The strobe hits before anyone explains. You are inside the walls of an actual 19th-century military prison. A draw decides who commands and who obeys. One hour in, the siren tears the corridor open. By the time the smoke clears, sixty people share a story they will not be telling at any other team dinner this year.

Speak to the Warden’s Office → See the Honest Comparison
Kordin Royal Prison — inner courtyard with three galleries
3h
5 acts · 12–120 pax
60 Participants · 3 Hours · One Story Still Being Retold in 12 Months · Kordin Royal Prison · Malta
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Unique Location
19th-century Royal Navy fortress
🎯
BattleMaxx Combat
Infrared laser — real corridors
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Karting Nearby
Sunset sessions, 10 min away
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The Pavilion
Mediterranean gastro pub on-site
Core Programmes

Three formats. One unforgettable evening.

Open formats for friends, birthdays and tourists. For teams of 12–120 — see The Switch corporate ritual below.

BattleMaxx 2-hour session at Kordin Royal Prison
Entry Format

BattleMaxx · 2 Hours

Briefing, kit-up, 6 scenarios across real prison corridors and towers. The cleanest way to begin—no setup required, no explanation needed. You’ll understand the moment the first siren sounds.

€30group up to 10
min. 6 players
BattleMaxx 3-hour extended session, Kordin
Extended Format

BattleMaxx · 3 Hours

9 scenarios, team tournaments, the mini-narrative “Breach from Cell 7”, and a coffee interlude. The format that earns its own debrief.

€40group up to 10
min. 6 players
Karting add-on at sunset, Kordin
Add-On

Karting · 1 Hour

Laps at a covered track ten minutes from Kordin. Sunset sessions are something else entirely. Best taken as the exhale after BattleMaxx.

On requestgroup up to 10
in combos below
“Your team has never been forced to need each other. Until tonight.” THE GREAT ESCAPE · Kordin Royal Prison
Combos · Best Value

BattleMaxx + Karting. One evening.

The most popular pairing: laser combat in the fortress, then an hour of karting under the Maltese sunset. Enough story for the whole week that follows.

Combo · 2h BattleMaxx + 1h Karting

Group up to 10 or per-person · min. 6 players
€500or €50 / person

Combo · 3h BattleMaxx + 1h Karting

Group up to 10 or per-person · min. 6 players
€600or €60 / person
Kordin inner courtyard — three storeys of original 1842 galleries An original Royal Navy prison cell — barred window, untouched
How it works

Not an attraction. An evening with architecture.

“Most venues are decorated. This one is real. The stone has held its own silence since 1842 — tonight, your team writes on top of it.”
  • 01A genuine 19th-century prison. Not a set, not a paint job—actual Royal Navy casemates, unaltered. History is the set design.
  • 02BattleMaxx kits. Infrared vests and “rifles”, safe for children from age 8. Cinematic on the surface. Engineered underneath.
  • 03Experienced hosts. Not animators in costume—a production crew who run the narrative, not just the timer. The Warden has lines. So do the Old Lifers.
  • 04The Pavilion, steps away. Gastro pub with a terrace, charcoal grill in the courtyard, seated hall for 60. The rehabilitation supper is part of the design.
  • 0510 minutes from the centre. Free parking on-site. Taxi from Sliema or Valletta: €8–12. No excuses.
Who it’s for

When Kordin fits exactly

🎂

Birthday Parties

Teenagers 12+ are entirely absorbed. Adults get a genuinely uncommon evening. Cake can be arranged through The Pavilion—ask at booking.

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Tourists in Malta

The story you will still be telling at home. Not another beach—an adventure evening with 180 years of walls behind it.

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Families & Friends

Six to thirty people. Ages 8 and up. Bar and café on-site for those who prefer to watch from the spectator zone.

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Corporate Formats

The only company event your CFO will read twice. A designed disorientation that produces real data: team map, 90-second film, eNPS pulse.

“Real names. Real numbers on the vest. A real story they will not stop telling.” THE SWITCH · Corporate Format · Kordin
The Pavilion Gastro Pub — built into the prison wall
The Pavilion Gastro Pub

End the evening with a Mediterranean supper.

On the Kordin estate: an open terrace, charcoal grill in the courtyard, a wine list from Maltese and Italian producers, non-alcoholic cocktails for drivers. The Pavilion is not an afterthought—it is the third act.

Reserve a table at the time of booking. Group menus from €18 per person (two courses and a drink). Seated up to 30. Private use of the terrace available for the flagship corporate format.

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Staff event · line-item test

A nice team night — or fifty minutes they actually remember.

Most corporate evenings disappear by Wednesday. They blur into every other off-site of the year. THE SWITCH at Kordin sits in a different category entirely — not because it’s louder, but because it’s built on five validated psychological mechanisms instead of a bowling alley.

Option A · The Standard Staff Event
Bowling, karting, mini-golf, generic paintball, restaurant night.

Booked through any platform. A pleasant evening for the people who already liked each other. Forgotten by Wednesday’s stand-up.

  • Same format as last year’s holiday party
  • Conversation stays within existing office groupings
  • No script, no narrative, no role change
  • Photographer optional, photos posed
  • HR receives: the receipt
  • Memory half-life: 1 week
€3,500–6,000 / 60 pax
Indistinguishable from any other Friday evening in Malta.
vs.
Option B · A Multimaxx Original
THE SWITCH · Kordin Royal Prison.

Three hours inside a 19th-century Royal Navy prison. Five acts. One siren. One role inversion. One story your team retells in October.

  • A real 184-year-old prison, not a function room
  • Random draw forces colleagues out of office hierarchy
  • Smoke · 110 dB siren · red strobe · live soundtrack
  • Cinematic crew — 90-second film delivered to you
  • HR receives: team map · 90s film · eNPS pulse +30d
  • The memory of this prison break stays for life · the story they retell at every reunion
€10,200–15,600 / 60 pax
Same price band as a yacht charter. Different outcome.
Format Comparison

The honest line-item test

Your CEO will ask: “What does €10,000 in HR actually buy?” — Here is the honest answer, by format.

Format Cost / 60 pax Memory half-life HR toolkit Story to retell
Restaurant + banquet €6,000–8,000 ~1 week None Low
Ropes course / outdoor €3,500–5,500 2–4 weeks Basic Medium
Cooking masterclass €2,500–4,000 Few days None Low
Yacht charter / sunset €4,500–7,000 1–2 weeks None Photogenic
Off-site conference €15,000+ Variable Strong Medium
★THE GREAT ESCAPE — Kordin €10,200–15,600 For life Team map · 90s video · eNPS pulse Very high

“The most expensive line in your HR budget is the one nobody remembers two weeks later.”

Kordin · Malta · est. 2023

Six other formats. None of them are illegal to talk about at Monday’s stand-up.

For Teams & Organisations

The flagship format is called THE SWITCH.

A corporate ritual for 12–120 people. Three hours, five acts, inside a working prison. A draw splits the room: officers on one side, prisoners on the other. One hour in — the siren. Smoke fills the corridor. Roles invert. The Long Walk begins. The finale is a breach through the hidden passage, then a rehabilitation supper in The Pavilion.

This was not invented by a HR consultant in a conference room. It is designed disorientation — cinematic on the surface, engineered underneath, grounded in behavioural science. Every participant leaves carrying a number, a role, and a story that is theirs alone. The event delivers a team map, a 90-second cinematic film of the evening, and an eNPS pulse thirty days later.

Siren · strobe · smoke
Kordin Mutineers’ Codex
90-second video trailer included
Roll Call · The Long Walk · Breach
Speak to the Warden’s Office → Request the Participant Brief

Currently booking Q3 2026. Five flagship slots per quarter. Two already held for HR teams of 40+. Next available window: September.

Frequently Asked

Plainly answered

Minimum age?

Children from age 8. The vests and “rifles” are light; the kit is safe. Those younger can watch from the spectator zones on-site. The corridors do not care how old you are—they are still real.

Minimum group size?

Minimum 6 players to open a session. Pricing is per group of up to 10, or per-person in combo formats. Fewer than 6—add participants or move to a combo. The Warden does not negotiate on quorum.

Total time commitment?

BattleMaxx 2h = approximately 2.5 hours including briefing. Combo with karting = 3–3.5 hours. Add The Pavilion and plan a full evening of 4–5 hours. Block the diary; this is not a pop-in.

What to wear?

Closed-toe shoes and comfortable clothing—the kit goes on over whatever you arrive in. A light jacket in spring or autumn; the corridors hold the cool. The prison has been cold since 1844.

Languages?

English is the primary language of play. Maltese natively. Additional languages on request when booking—note your preference and we will confirm availability.

Can we bring a dog?

On the grounds and in The Pavilion—yes, on a lead, in the spectator and terrace areas. Inside the arena—no. It is genuinely loud, and the strobe is unkind to anyone with four legs and no context.

Three hours. One corridor. Sixty people who can no longer pretend they don’t know each other.

Lock a date. The corridors are real. So is the calendar.

Weekends fill two weeks out. Weekdays are looser. We answer within ten minutes during operating hours — the Warden’s office is famously punctual.

Hold a Date → Request the Brief
+356 9917 7777

Currently booking Q3 2026 · Five flagship slots per quarter · Two already reserved