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Steam museum braced for celebration of Retro-Futurism

Swindon’s Steam Museum is set as Victorian Retro-Futurism, or a The entertainment includes There will be entertainment
to host a celebration of Victorian genre where The Empire continues, Ichabod Steam and his Animatronic throughout both days in and
Retro-Futurism with the launch Steam rather than electricity or Band, who will be performing around the museum. There is also
of the Swindon STEAMpunk petrol is the motive power, and his dark bitter-sweet steampunk the Secret Museum Show, but that
Spectacular. every fantastical thing imagined by musical, “The Arc Of The Spark” must remain secret!
The event, staged over the Jules Verne and H G Wells has come - telling how he lost his beloved On Friday night and on Saturday
weekend of March 25 and 26, to pass. So a museum dedicated to wife when a steam boiler exploded, night in the Hawksworth Hall we
brings specialist steampunk traders God’s Wonderful Railway, built by and how he tries to make her a are arranging separately ticketed
and craftspeople, together with live that Titan of Victorian engineering new body because she seems to shows, featuring the performers
entertainment, to the wonderful excellence, Isambard Kingdom be trapped in the ether. Also to and acts.
and very appropriate setting of Brunel, is the ideal place to hand will be Moth, Kiss Like Ether, Full details are available on
the STEAM Museum of the Great celebrate and enjoy Steampunk. BB LoneDog, The Wattingers, Facebook at www.facebook.com/
Western Railway, itself being part Visitors to the family friendly Victor & The Bully, and the multi- Swindon-STEAMpunk-Spectacular
of the original Swindon Locomotive event are encouraged to throw talented Greg Chapman, who is an Tickets for the evening shows are
Works. themselves into the fun by dressing escapologist, comedian, story-teller, online at www.crewe-steampunk-
Steampunk is often described up. magician, juggler, and unicyclist. convivial.co.uk

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