Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal

Another World... Another time... in the Age of Wonder. Relive the quest to find the missing shard & restore peace to Thra, join us for this epic fantasy and celebrate 40 years of Jim Henson’s masterpiece; The Dark Crystal.

"In another time, the Dark Crystal - a source of balance and truth in the universe -was shattered, dividing the world into two factions: the wicked Skeksis and thepeaceful Mystics. Now, as the convergence of the three suns approaches, the crystalmust be healed, or darkness will reign forever.It's up to Jen - one of the last of his race - to fulfil the prophecy that a Gelfling willreturn the missing shard to the crystal and destroy the Skeksis' evil empire. But willyoung Jen's courage be any match for the unknown dangers that await him?"

Directed by Jim Henson & Frank Oz

Screenplay by David Odell

Story by Jim Henson

Produced by Jim Henson & Gary Kurtz

Concept art by Brian Froud

Sketch Artist Mike Ploog

Starring the voice of: Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, Percy Edwards, Michael Kilgarriff

Music by Trevor Jones

Distributed by Universal Pictures

Running time 93 minutes

 

Screening followed by a Q & A with special guests including Dave Barclay www.davebarclay.com

Any additional special guests will be announced on The Great Con-Junctions social media channels and website. For exclusive updates, please sign up to our newsletter ‘The Gelfing Gazette’ here- www.thegreatconjunction.com

There will also be Dark Crystal Merchandise available to purchase, raising money for our partner Charities. For more information on this visit www.thamescon.com

Any questions please email contact@thegreatconjunction.com

 

Please note: This production is a performance hire and not included in Cornerstone Art's Centre curated programme of events. If you are interested in hiring out our venue for your event, please email cornerstonehires@southoxon.gov.uk