Roll up, roll up! What futuristic marvels amused the Victorians and Edwardians? A band of time-travelling professors present the cutting edge of science and technology from over a century ago. Be amazed and diverted by our phonograph, magic lantern, ‘animated photographs’, and chemical and electrical experiments from the 1800s. How have attitudes to innovation and the future changed since then? And how far has the Victorian blend of education with entertainment stayed with us?

Funded by a ‘Care for the Future’ grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. 

There will also be a public performance at the Portico Library on Tuesday evening: please see event L342 on the public programme.