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The Dark Crys­tal series announces major exhib­it at BFI Southbank

20 Jun 2019

Words by Charles Bramesco

A person in a red shirt and glasses closely examining a white, mask-like sculpture.
A person in a red shirt and glasses closely examining a white, mask-like sculpture.
You’ll be able to check out sets, pup­pets and cos­tumes from Netflix’s spin­off of Jim Henson’s cult classic.

If you have a pen­chant for pup­petry, you’re in luck. Net­flix has already announced a release date of 30 August for The Dark Crys­tal: Age of Resis­tance, a seri­alised spin­off of Jim Henson’s clas­sic pup­pet-based fan­ta­sy. But fans in the UK will soon get the chance to expe­ri­ence the show on an immer­sive lev­el avail­able nowhere else.

The BFI South­bank will host ​‘INTO THRA’, a free exhi­bi­tion ded­i­cat­ed to the upcom­ing series, from 23 August through 6 Sep­tem­ber. In addi­tion to a wide selec­tion of sets, fig­ures, and cos­tumes from the pro­duc­tion, the run will also include pup­pet work­shops, Q&A ses­sions and a behind-the-scenes gallery going through the mak­ing-of process.

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In the new series, three fan­tas­ti­cal crea­tures known as Gelflings must defend all that is good from The Skek­sis, a species of evil avian-rep­tile mutants. At the exhi­bi­tion, vis­i­tors will have the chance to get up close and per­son­al with both the heroes and vil­lains, along with the rest of the creepy crit­ters dreamt up by the Jim Hen­son Company.

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