The Film Festival is thrilled to present, for one night only, Professor Vanessa’s Performing Wonders, an evening of cine-variety and spectacular entertainments. Featuring early films from the Library of Congress, Lobster Films and the National Fairground Archive with live piano accompaniment, vintage ephemera, and performances by internationally renowned artists including Olivier award Sword-swallower and eccentric comedienne Miss Behave, Hoola Hoop legend Marawa the Amazing, and musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne. An extravagant showcase of neo-variety acts and the late-Victorian and Edwardian performance cultures that inspire them! With rare archival material from the Evanion Collection courtesy of the British Library. Curated with the association of Dr. Tina Kendall from Anglia Ruskin University and with permission from the British Library. Presented by Vanessa Toulmin from the University of Sheffield.
- Running Time:
- 120 mins
- Showing:
- This is a past event.
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I’d like to have a closer look at at least the one with the two East Asian-looking boys, one tossing the other with their feet and the younger balancing on them – is there a title it’s known by so that I can at least have some starting point towards finding a transfer of it?