Performing Wonders: Cine-Variety and Spectacular Entertainments

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• Professor Vanessa Toulmin (the National Fairground Archive, University of Sheffield)
• Friday 13 May 2011, 19:00-21:00
• Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge.

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Anglia Ruskin University

Curated and hosted by Professor Vanessa Toulmin (the National Fairground Archive, University of Sheffield), join us for an evening of cine-variety and spectacular entertainments.

Featuring early films with live piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne, vintage ephemera from the British Library’s Evanion collection, and performances by internationally renowned artists including Olivier award winning showwoman and artiste Marisa Carnesky, Swordswallower and eccentric comedienne Miss Behave, Hoola Hoop legend Marawa the Amazing, and fire eater Tim Cockerill appearing as The Great Inferno. Don’t miss this extravagant showcase of neo-variety acts and the late-Victorian and Edwardian performance cultures that inspire them!

Developed in collaboration with Anglia Ruskin University, The British Library, and the National Fairground Archive, University of Sheffield. Films preserved by the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio- visual Conservation.

Tickets: £9.00 (£7.00 concessions, £3.00 Anglia Ruskin students)

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This talk is part of the Film Screenings and Talks series.

This talk is included in these lists:

• Cambridge Countercultural Studies Research Group
• Film Screenings and Talks
• Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge

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