ArtsAgenda | Lose the Plot

Commissioned by Brighton & Hove Children's Festival and the JourneyOn campaign

Children of Brighton are invited to Choose Their Own Journey and Lose The Plot in a rollercoaster ride of adventure, interactive performance and an authentic pirate Treasure Hunt in a race against the clock. Taking place on Volk’s Railway to celebrate its 125th birthday, Magnus Volk himself and his time-flying father keep the train carriages filled with fun and puzzles, whilst literary and mythical figures from the past join the team to solve the greatest mystery of them all.

Suitable for children 8 – 11, this event promises to be different for every child involved, with an adventure they choose themselves filled with twisted plots, pots of gold, numerous clocks and a lot more besides.

Wardrobe: Bev Williams
Director: Dan Finlay
Producer: Bettina Linstrum
Author: Alan Kenneth Kite

Many thanks to Kerry Amarasekara, Pendle, Richard Miles for the clock soundtrack, Stuart Strong and everyone at Volk’s Railway, Vania at Gladrags, Janette and Joanna at ACT and Lucy Jefferies, Katherine Travis and the Children’s Festival team.

Cast:

Old Father Time/Sherlock Holmes:
Marcus Taylor
King Neptune/Dr Watson:
Laurie Cannon
Tempus Volk: Aidan Stephenson
Captain Hook: Jez Hughes
Long John Silver: Andy Small
Wendy: Natasha Newington
Peter Pan: Robin Hannagan
Magnus Volk: Jos Lawton
Robert Louis Stevenson:
Matthew Carrington
Arthur Conan Doyle: Dan Coffey
J. M. Barrie: Charles Church
Philip Willet: Rudyard Kipling