Dark Squid Presents Magnus Volk's Mystery Machine, May 28-31
Dark Squid, inc. is performing Magnus Volk's Mystery Machine, a musical shadow puppet kids show, for the Brighton Fringe at The Warren. They are recreating the city's Victorian legend Magnus Volk in all his seafaring electric tramcar glory, complete with sea shanties.
Electricity conquers the ocean! Has the world gone mad? (Don't worry dear, we're Victorian.)
Witness the creation of Brighton's wackiest invention: The Daddy Longlegs Railway. The great and wise Sir Dr. Prof. Mr. Magnus Volk battles the shocking waves of the Brighton shore in an iron-legged electrical tramcar, with the help of a one-eyed sea captain.
So roll up all you girlsters and boysters, visit a spectacular time in history. It's a spine-tingling shadow puppet roller-coaster romp filled with noise, colour, and sea shanties (oo ar my dear). This great event will fascinate children and keep adults smiling.
This production is inspired by true events of the notorious inventor Magnus Volk and his Daddy Longlegs Railway that ran through the sea from Brighton to Rottingdean between 1896 and 1901. We have won £500 of IdeasTap funding to produce Magnus Volk's Mystery Machine at the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Magnus Volk's Mystery Machine
by Dark Squid, inc.
The Burrow in The Warren, Russel Place, BN1 2RG
May 28th-31st at 14:30
Preview May 27th at 13:00
(runs 30 minutes)
Tickets £5/3
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