DOCTOR WHO MEETS CINDERELLA at Sunderland City Library and Arts Centreon Monday (5 Oct).
It’s not part of a strange game of Cluedo, but part of Sunderland Literature Festival.
A replica TARDIS will stand in the lobby, and fairytale Princess, Cinderella-style carriage on the library floor of the building in Fawcett Street throughout October.
Both will create a focal point for young (and older) visitors to the library, encourage readers to look out the respective book and study sections and provide unmissable opportunities for ‘selfies’ and photographs.
The Tardis was commissioned by Sunderland City Council’s West Area Committee and created by Pallion based ‘Learning Curve’ training providers, as part of the West Area Heritage Festival held in Barnes Park earlier this year (21-23 May).
The Fairytale, Cinderella-style carriage was previously on display at Seven Stories, National Centre for Childrens Books
Sunderland City Council Portfolio Holder for Public Health, Wellness and Culture Councillor John Kelly said: “We hope these temporary exhibits at the City Library will not only encourage more visitors, but also inspire people to find out more about the literature and books which helped create them.”
The Tardis is based on the police box first designed and built in Sunderland, which stood on the junction of nearby Kayll Road and is believed to have been the inspiration for Doctor Who’s iconic time travelling machine.
To reflect this community link the Chair of the West Area Committee, Councillor Peter Gibson, will join pupils and staff from Richard Avenue Primary in Hurstwood Road on Monday 5 October 10am to welcome these temporary displays to the library.
Councillor Gibson said: “I’m delighted that the replica of the Tardis local young people working with Learning Curve built, inspired by a police box first designed in Sunderland, will play such an important part in the Sunderland Literature Festival.
“It provided the entrance to the West Area Heritage Festival, where people walking through it were taken back in time to visit the various displays and activities celebrating our cultural past. At the City Library it will direct people to our cultural future by getting involved with the largest ever literature festival staged in our city.”