Proud to announce our latest production: The Lost Carnival.

Families of the North, prepare yourselves. Over a century after the mysterious Lost Carnival was last heard of, news has reached our ears that in May 2015, the carnival will reappear for a few short nights in the North of England. An ambitious, large-scale, outdoor experience from Wild Rumpus, producers of the award-winning Just So Festival, So It Is, a new producing company established by Bury Met director David Agnew, and award winning theatre company LAStheatre, The Lost Carnival is an immersive theatre experience that invites families to step into a world unlike any other.

The content of the event will remain shrouded in mystery until the audience step inside the big top, but families can expect spellbinding theatre, circus, music and visual trickery. All that has been revealed so far is that an incredible carnival, the most enchanting carnival in the world, suddenly stopped touring in its heyday, under suspicious and mysterious circumstances. The carnival is coming back, but can the families of the North help it to ward off past dangers and bring it back to its former glory?

The story behind the Lost Carnival will unfold in the months leading up to the event, in the form of a fictional radio documentary podcast produced by sleuth Arthur Bird. Families can use the podcast, archive and clues to try to solve the mysteries of the carnival themselves, before the story culminates at the live event.

The Lost Carnival will appear in Burrs Country Park in Bury on the evenings of 22/23/24/25 May 2015. The carnival will be open from 4-9pm, with the audience entering on timed tickets.