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Magic Lantern Show

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Join us for an evening of specially devised entertainment by the renowned magic lantern performers Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker from the Magic Lantern Society. This is in conjunction with our Lost Victorian City exhibition.

The show will feature an authentic triunial (or Triple) magic lantern combining three projectors in a single device. This is the most complex and rarest form of magic lantern entertainment creating fast-moving shows featuring the most spectacular effects the lantern can produce.

Carolyn and Jeremy Brooker have been performing together for over 20 years to perfect this demanding art (www.jeremybrooker.com).

With live musical accompaniment provided by acclaimed silent film pianist Costas Fotopoulos (http://www.costasfotopoulos.com). Costas is based in London and works internationally as a composer and arranger for film, the stage and the concert hall, and performs as a concert, silent film and jazz pianist.

MAGIC LANTERN SHOW: 19:30-20:30 (with a chance to view the projector up close afterwards)

EXHIBITION: Visit the 'Lost Victorian City' exhibition, which will be available to view before the main event from 6.30pm and view an additional display of documents around the theme of gothic London specially curated for the evening.

As a pre-Halloween event, people are welcome to come along dressed accordingly with a Victorian Gothic vibe! A paying bar will be available too.

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Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker at the magic lantern
a drawing of a woman with a mask
Woman with a mask from Jeremy Brooker's magic lantern collection