Ghost Train: The Departure
S&DR200 has commissioned Avanti Display and Walk the Plank will coproduce, with artists Andy Plant, Bryan Tweddle and Chris Squire with two celebratory events to commemorate this remarkable feat of innovation and engineering.
S&DR200 has commissioned creative-lead Avanti Display, with Walk the Plank as co-producers , to present two celebratory events to commemorate this remarkable feat of innovation and engineering.
Ghost Train is a two-part outdoor performance taking place in Stockton and Darlington.
The procession will begin in Darlington Market Square, where a theatrical reimagining of Locomotion No. 1 will be installed on a large plinth, its cogs and wheels moving as they did 200 years ago.
From 3pm in Market Square and the town centre six large-scale structures - each mounted on customised Nissan Micras -will bring to life through performance, music, sound and feats of engineering, some of the most significant inventions of the last 200 years.
At 7pm, Locomotion No. 1 will steam to life - fuelled by 'coal of the future' made by 900 primary school children from across Darlington - and lead our carriages on a magical procession to Darlington's flagship attraction Hopetown.
Delivered by Darlington Borough Council, Durham County Council, and Stockton Borough Council.
Major funders: TVCA
This is event takes place outdoors and is suitable for all ages. Darlington Market Square, Darlington Town Centre and Hopetown museum are wheelchair accessible. The event features live and recorded music but no spoken word.
Audio description is not available for this event
