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30 April 2009

GRAND THEATRE and NORTH PIER THEATRE FEATURE ON TELEVISION SHOW

BLACKPOOL’S GRAND THEATRE AND NORTH PIER THEATRE WILL BE FEATURED ON THE PARANORMAL CHANNEL’S SPOOK SCHOOL SERIES ON TUESDAY (12th MAY)

The Paranormal Channel’s hit television show Spook School brought their film crews to Blackpool’s Grand Theatre and North Pier Theatre in January to record a special Blackpool episode which will be broadcast on Tuesday, 12th May at 9pm.

Spook School follows the adventures of paranormal investigation team Para-Projects, led by Mark Rosney, Rob Bethell and Jebby Robinson, as they tour the North West’s haunted hot spots. Mark contacted Stephen Mercer who runs the Blackpool-based Supernatural Events which organises ghost tours and investigations throughout the area, to ask if they could film at some of the locations in the town.

Stephen said, “I had just finished filming for an episode on haunted theatres for a new series on The Paranormal Channel called Haunted… when I got a call from Mark and the production team of Spook School asking if they could come and film in the town at two locations where I organise ghost tours and investigations. I was intrigued by this show because unlike other shows highlighting the paranormal, the team from Para Projects investigate using scientific methods to try and explain some of the strange activities that people may have experienced. So I invited them to both the Grand and North Pier theatres.”

What can we expect to find out from their investigations? “We’ll have to wait and see,” said Stephen. “Although Spook School held a talk in the Grand Theatre’s Studio to present some of their findings from their investigations, which will also be seen in the programme, they had a lot of film and sounds still to examine. Some very bizarre things happened to them when they were at both venues. Hopefully they will have been caught on camera for the show.”

Spook School’s Blackpool episode is broadcast on The Paranormal Channel (Sky 201) on Tuesday 12th May (repeated on Sunday 17th May) at 9pm.

To find out more about ghost tours and investigations in Blackpool, visit award-winning Supernatural Events online at www.SupernaturalEvents.co.uk where there is a full diary of events, details on locations visited, competitions and much more. Forthcoming highlights include An Overnight Ghost Walk at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre with psychic medium Ian Lawman from LivingTV’s Living with the Dead, and ghost tours at Blackpool Zoo, Blackpool Opera House and the North Pier Theatre.

 

Diary of Supernatural Events (May to September 2009)

MAY 2009
Friday 8th – Overnight Investigation at The Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 11pm to 4am.
Monday 15th - Overnight Ghost Walk with Ian Lawman at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 11pm to 4am.
Tuesday 26th – Blackpool Opera House Ghost Tour, 9pm to 11pm.
Friday 29th – North Pier Theatre Ghost Tour, 9pm to 11pm.
 
JUNE 2009
Thursday 4th – Louis Tussaud's Waxworks Ghost Tour, 9pm to 11pm.
Wednesday 10th – Spanish Hall Suite, Winter Gardens, Ghost Tour, 9pm to 11pm.
Thursday 18th – Blackpool Zoo Ghost Tour, 9pm to 11pm.
Saturday 27th – Overnight Investigation at The Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 11pm to 4am.
 
JULY 2009
Monday 6th – North Pier Theatre Ghost Tour, 11pm to 1am.
Wednesday 15th – Blackpool Zoo Ghost Tour, 10pm to 12 midnight.
Saturday 18th – Overnight Investigation at The Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 11pm to 4am.
Tuesday 21st – Blackpool Opera House Ghost Tour 10pm to 12 midnight.
 
AUGUST 2009
Saturday 1st – Overnight Investigation at The Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 11pm to 4am.
Monday 10th – North Pier Theatre Ghost Tour, 11pm to 1am.
Monday 17th – Spanish Hall Suite, Winter Gardens Ghost Tour, 10pm to 12 midnight.
 
SEPTEMBER 2009
Wednesday 9th – Louis Tussaud's Waxworks Ghost Tour, 9pm to 11pm.
Sunday 13th – North Pier Theatre Ghost Tour, 11pm to 1am.
Wednesday 16th – Blackpool Zoo Ghost Tour, 10pm to 12 midnight.
Friday 25th – Grand Ghost Coach Trip to Derby (includes tours of Derby Gaol and Friargate area of the City, visiting two haunted pubs, supper in the haunted Mr Grundy's Tavern and time to investigate the cellar and bedrooms at the Georgian House Hotel).
Monday 28th – Blackpool Opera House Ghost Tour, 10pm to 12 midnight.
 

Tickets for all Grand Ghost Tours, Overnight Investigations, Ghost Walks and Coach Trips must be booked in advance. Call the Grand Theatre Box Office on 01253 290190 or book online at www.SupernaturalEvents.co.uk. You can book in person at the Grand Theatre, Church Street, Blackpool or at the Information Desk in the Hounds Hill Shopping Centre. Hurry though! These events do sell-out quickly!

Further details on all events are available at www.SupernaturalEvents.co.uk. The website features details on all locations, photo galleries, video clips, a monthly competition where you could win free tickets to one of the events, and much more. You can also register for regular e-newsletters and find out about the latest tours and special events as soon as they are organised.

There is also a texting service where you can also register to receive updates direct to your mobile, simply text GRAND GHOST to 82055 (registering costs one standard text charge; on some price plans free; texts sent to those registered are free.).

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

Founder of Supernatural Events, Stephen Mercer (marketing manager at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool), is available for interviews. Should you wish to attend a Ghost Tour, please contact Stephen on 01253 743213 (Grand Theatre) or 0770 301 9356 (mobile).

Based in Blackpool, Supernatural Events presents amazing experiences including paranormal tours and investigations, clairvoyant evenings, talks and other special events. Originally set up on Hallowe'en 2006 by Grand Theatre marketing manager Stephen Mercer for a one-off Ghost Tour at Blackpool's glorious Grand, the tours became so popular that Supernatural Events continued to provide tours there for another year; then more locations were added to its portfolio including Blackpool Opera House, the Winter Gardens complex, Blackpool Zoo, North Pier Theatre and Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks.

Supernatural Events, which was the recipient of the Marketing and Innovation Award 2008 at the recent Blackpool Tourism Awards, has also presented many special events including the exclusive An Audience with Derek Acorah, What is a Ghost? with Richard Felix of Most Haunted fame, Clairvoyant Evenings, Hallowe'en on Pendle Hill, Coach Trips to Derby Gaol, Lancaster Castle and Samlesbury Hall, and Overnight Ghost Walks with psychic medium Ian Lawman of television’s Living With The Dead, Most Haunted and I’m Famous and Frightened.

For further information, images, interviews etc, please contact:

Stephen Mercer, Supernatural Events, Tel: 0770 301 9356, Email: Stephen@SupernaturalEvents.co.uk or stephenm@blackpoolgrand.co.uk

 

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