Professor Mervyn Heard presents
A GRAND GOTHIC MAGIC LANTERN SHOW
A Theatrical Evening of Ghost Raising Entertainment

28th October 2010
Two seatings:
1st - Doors at 6 pm, Show commences at 7
2nd - Doors at 8 pm, Show commences at 9

“Astonishment seized me. My bones shivered within me. My flesh trembled over me. My lips quaked. My mouth opened. My hands expanded. My knees knocked together. My blood grew chilly, and I froze with terror.” Such is the might of the magic lantern, just a few days before All Hallows Eve, Professor Mervyn Heard will conjure up the black art of Phantasmagoria with his 19th Century Magic Lantern. Watch and behold as skeletons waltz across the wall and nuns bleed to their death despite a life of virtue.

Professor Heard is a professional lanternist who has presented shows in a variety of venues in over 16 different countries. Past international venues and audiences have included :Past international venues and audiences have included :
Tate Britain, the Royal Opera House, the Cinemateca Junior in Lisbon, The Museo Nazionale in Turin, Blists Hill Victorian Town and the Hankyu department store in Japan.

"...19th century history has never been so fresh, so entertaining or quite so surprising." -- The Guardian

Magic Lantern show at 11 Mare Street - Please click here for tickets £10 each