Ghost Train
A poetic reimagining of first passenger railway passage in the world.
Created by Avanti Display – Bill Palmer, Chris Squire, Andy Plant and Bryan Tweddle, this large scale outdoor performance was in two parts:
The Departure – Darlington
The Arrival – Stockton
The Departure – Darlington
Across the afternoon, six large-scale kinetic structures, mounted on customised Nissan Micras, brought to life key inventions from the past two centuries through performance, music, sound, and engineering.
At dusk, the locomotive came alive; powered by “coal of the future” made by 900 local primary school children, and led a magical procession to the Hopetown museum.
The Arrival – Stockton
An estimated 9,000 people gathered at Stockton Riverside for the final act of the Ghost Train journey. The show featured a 12m-high reimagining of the Brusselton Incline.
A seventeen strong cast told the human story of the Industrial Revolution and its enduring impact on the region accompanied by a five piece live band playing an original score whilst projection, fire, and pyrotechnics created a multilayered, spectacular and emotional conclusion to the event.
- Commissioned by Darlington Borough Council, Stockton Borough Council and Tees Vally Combined Authority
- Co-Produced with Walk The Plank
- Ghost Train was a three year artist led project and was created in creative collaboration by:
Bill Palmer
Bryan Tweddle
Andy Plant
Chris Squire
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