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Photo of one of the monsters, Electric Maniac, crossing the Millennium Bridge followed by parade of children
Photographer: Richard Kenworthy

Juice Festival
Monsters Parade

"A monster affair"
The Journal

It's twilight on the eve of Halloween and it's time to banish those monsters for good.

In Autumn 2010 Unfolding Theatre worked with children at Tuesday Club, West End Women and Girls Centre and Bill Quay Primary School to design 4 large-scale monsters for the Juice Festival Finale, the Monsters Parade.

Around 700 people joined the parade, dressed in their Halloween finest. The monsters appeared to the delight of children and their parents. Accompanied by young people's bands from The Sage Gateshead, the crowd banished the monsters from Newcastle and Gateshead's Quayside and onto the River Escape's ferry to sail them off to Monsterland.

Children of Newcastle and Gateshead can sleep in peace again. There'll be no more bumps in the night!

Director: Annie Rigby
Designer: Molly Barrett
Lighting Designer: Kev Tweedy
Performers: Tim Bennett, Dylan Edge, Kieron Hall, Ned Valent
Volunteers: Jackie Anderson, John Bond, Laura Boyd, Danielle Burn, Ginny Collie, Ailsa Dalling, Adele Evitt, Ria Farncombe, Roisin Gore, Andre Gwilliam, Katherine Jamieson, Hollie Johnson, Kathy Paul, Tia Percy-Brown

Photograph of a girl dressed up as a witch colouring in a Monsters Out placard Photograph of musician Rob Kitchen playing drums Photograph of one of the monsters in the parade, One Eyed Betty, who has many eyes and red lips Photograph of one of the monsters on the parade, Terrordactyl, a multi-coloured bird Photograph of one of the monsters on the parade, Electric Maniac, with fiery hair and a silver body, being shouted at by children in the crowd
Photograph of children on the parade crossing the Millennium Bridge carrying Monsters Out placards Photograph of one of the monsters on the parade, Bonecruncher, who has bones for arms, grey square body and a golden moustache Photograph of all 4 monsters standing on the deck of the River Escapes ferry as night falls Photograph of the River Escapes ferry with the monsters onboard and the crowd standing on the Newcastle Quayside Photograph of 3 children dressed up in Halloween costumes with pumpkins sitting on the wall holding Monsters Out placards

Production shots

Check out some of our production shots, taken by Richard Kenworthy.

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