Edinburgh Secret Society
The Lafayette Se'ance – Live Webcast
Mon 9 May 2011 9.00pm
Tickets to attend in person are sold out but you can watch the webcast live find out more
The Edinburgh Secret Society has teamed up with the Festival Theatre to stage their weirdest event to date!
A century ago, The Great Lafayette was the highest paid performer in the world. But in the middle of his show, on the 9 May 1911, a fire began in the theatre. Trapped on the stage, Lafayette died, as the theatre burned to the ground. This was the Edinburgh Empire Palace Theatre, on the very same site now occupied by the Festival Theatre Edinburgh.
Exactly one hundred years on, The Edinburgh Secret Society will take to the stage of the Festival Theatre, the site of Lafayette’s tragic death, in order to conduct ‘The Lafayette Seance’. Part of the event will be webcast live across the world.