Mr Pollock comes to Plas

We are delighted to invite you to enjoy an evening in the company of Alan Powers and David Powell of Pollocks Toy Museum in London, invited to Plas Brondanw to coincide with Wanda and David Garner’s exhibition, which is on the theme of pantomime, performance and identity.

The evening will open with two lectures, ‘Secrets of the Victorian Pantomime’ by David Powell, and ‘Toy Theatre Revived: from Diaghilev to Dirk Bogarde and beyond’ by Alan Powers. This will be followed by a short interval for refreshments, and the second half of the evening will consist of a toy theatre performance of Jack the Giant Killer (complete version) published by J. K. Green in 1854 and reissued by Benjamin Pollock, based on an original production at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 1843.

David and Alan will also be leading a children’s workshop making toy theatres on the same day (see children’s art club page), and will be offering an abridged version of Jack the Giant Killer at 12:00 in the afternoon for families with children.