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The academic behind the project Redress of the Past Paul Readman of King’s College London, attended the event to record the costume makers for a project to chart pageants. He said: “The Redress of the Past is a collaborative research project drawing on the expertise of scholars from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow, UCL Institute of Education, and King’s College London.
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“It has been running since November 2013. Since then, members of the project team have travelled the country collecting the information on pageants that is recorded in our database http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/“
Barbara Wells who leads a team of 25 volunteers to make the costumes welcomed the academic and film crew to Axbridge. There is a planned event in January in Axbridge to highlight the world of pageants with talks, videos, an exhibition and drama to celebrate the Pageant in 2022.
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The pageant’s artistic director John Bailey said: “We are confident the pageant will go ahead after two years of delays and there will be more information soon on how to take part.”
The pageant is a two hour long history play based on the town’s past starting in Romano-Britain and ending in the 21st century with scenes that include a Saxon v Dane battle, the Lady Day Fair, the Monmouth Rebellion and the coming of the train and motor cars. It features a cast of hundreds with many roles behind the scenes including photographers, dressers, make-up artists, designers and marshals.
The pageant is set to take place at 3pm daily over the Bank Holiday weekend of Saturday-Monday from August 27-29, 2022.
For more news, features and photos on the pageant visit http://www.harrymottram.co.uk/axbridge/axbridge-pageant-2020/ and http://axbridgepageant.com/index.html
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