Bournville Lantern Lectures... Disrupted!

Bournville Lantern Lectures... Disrupted! acontece a 17 de outubro de 2026, Bournville Quaker Meeting House, em Birmingham.

Part historical re-enactment, part immersive theatre this unique event invites audiences to see, hear, and feel history unfolding around them. This performance is inspired by an original lecture delivered by Cadbury Bros employees in the early twentieth century to promote their utopian vision for modern housing, community, and industry. Accompanied by the original glass lantern slides and a lantern projector, The Rep have recreated this 1906 lecture, bringing important historical figures to life. The experience starts outside the Quaker Meeting House, where audiences are invited to step back in time before crossing the threshold into a reimagined space of intrigue, mystery, and memory. Audiences encounter the radical social vision behind Bournville in vivid, unexpected ways. This project has been created in partnership with University of Birmingham, Bournville Village Trust, and The Rep. Generously funded by the Public Engagement Fund, University of Birmingham.