The Man Engine Resurrection Tour

The largest mechanical puppet ever constructed in Britain and winner of the ‘Best Arts Project’ in the National Lottery Awards 2017 will be coming to Tavistock at Easter, as part of the 2018 national tour, blazing a trail across the UK’s iconic industrial heritage sites. People turned out in their tens of thousands in 2016 to meet and greet ‘the big boy’, and there is a lot more on offer at this year’s events. Before the actually ceremonies start our performing team will out amongst the crowds interacting with our crazy new inventions: person-powered mining-dumper-carts!  Then there are two elements to his visit, namely the ‘Afternooner’ and ‘Afterdarker’. The Afternooner will give families and big kids the chance to really get to know this huge mechanical puppet, with a whole host of family-friendly activities, and some cracking food and drinks for sale. The Afterdarker promises an edgier extravaganza, with even greater miracles of super-scale puppeteering science on show. We’ve commissioned an epic, industrial sound track, from well-known Cornish composer Jim Carey and we are very excited to be collaborating with Titanium Fireworks who are adding pyrotechnic effects to help us depict not just mining, but also smelting, casting and forge-work - the entire industrial revolution in a white-hot, explosive celebration – sparks will fly!

Bedford car park, Tavistock, PL19 8BB. Tickets can be booked in advance at www.manenginetickets.com

The Afternooner: gates open 12.00pm, ceremony starts 2.00pm, event ends 3.30pm

adult £10.00; child/concession £6.00 (plus an additional booking fee)

The Afterdarker: gates reopen 6.30pm, ceremony starts 8.30pm, event ends 10.00pm

adult £12.00; child/concession £10.00 (plus an additional booking fee)