The Festival Water Show
Poster
1954 (made)
1954 (made)
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Poster advertising The Festival Water Show at the Gaiety Theatre, Leith, 1954.
Jimmy Currie specialised in designing water effects for the theatre and producing spectacular aquatic stage shows. The Festival Water Show was presented in Leith to coincide with the 1954 Edinburgh Festival. In addition to the breathtaking special effects, including the celebrated ‘Waltzing Waters’, the audience was entertained by a full variety bill of singers, dancers and comics.
Jimmy Currie specialised in designing water effects for the theatre and producing spectacular aquatic stage shows. The Festival Water Show was presented in Leith to coincide with the 1954 Edinburgh Festival. In addition to the breathtaking special effects, including the celebrated ‘Waltzing Waters’, the audience was entertained by a full variety bill of singers, dancers and comics.
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Title | The Festival Water Show (published title) |
Materials and techniques | Printed ink on paper |
Brief description | Hanging card advertising The Festival Water Show at the Gaiety Theatre, Leith, 1954 |
Physical description | Pictorial and typographic hanging card advertising The Festival Water Show at the Gaiety Theatre, Leith. Illustrated with a drawing of a Scottish landscape and, at left, a high waterfall, cascading down behind a pine tree, and, at the base a figure looking up at it. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp. |
Gallery label | Jimmy Currie specialised in designing water effects for the theatre and producing spectacular aquatic stage shows. The Festival Water Show was presented in Leith to coincide with the 1954 Edinburgh Festival. In addition to the breathtaking special effects, including the celebrated ‘Waltzing Waters’, the audience was entertained by a full variety bill of singers, dancers and comics.(16/08/2016) |
Object history | Associated Production: The Festival Water Show. Devised by: Jimmy Currie. Performers: Frank Harvey, Alan McRitchie, Irene Dickson, Jock McNab, Douglas Harris, Betty Nolan, Doreen Stevens, Sylvia Stevens, Desmond Carroll, Pop, White and Stagger, Eight Gaiety Girls, Eight Brandon Girls, Fisherrow Fishwives Choir. Gaiety Theatre, Leith, Scotland. 24.8.1954. Performance category: spectacle. This production featured Jimmie Currie's Waterfalls of Scotland-see the great transformation from a peaceful glen with its bubbling burn (in six seconds) to a tumultous waterfall - 7,000 gallons of water per minute cascading on to the stage. Cost GBP10,000 to build. |
Summary | Poster advertising The Festival Water Show at the Gaiety Theatre, Leith, 1954. Jimmy Currie specialised in designing water effects for the theatre and producing spectacular aquatic stage shows. The Festival Water Show was presented in Leith to coincide with the 1954 Edinburgh Festival. In addition to the breathtaking special effects, including the celebrated ‘Waltzing Waters’, the audience was entertained by a full variety bill of singers, dancers and comics. |
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Accession number | S.3717-1995 |
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Record created | July 30, 2010 |
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