WELCOME TO THE LAFAYETTE SEANCE !

The live webcast of 'The Lafayette Seance' will start at 9 p.m. (UK time) on 9th May 2011. In order to be able to see the event, you need to be able to see and hear the short goat-based promo clip above.

The Edinburgh Secret Society has teamed up with the Festival Theatre to stage our 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 at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on the 9 May 1911, a fire began on stage. Lafayette died and the theatre burned to the ground.

Exactly one hundred years on, The Edinburgh Secret Society will take to the stage of the Festival Theatre to conduct ‘The Lafayette Seance’. Join us as we retrace Lafayette’s final backstage steps, hear from world experts about his remarkable life, discover why the lion roared, how the bodies got mixed up, and who wore the teddy bear costume.

To find out more about the Edinburgh Secret Society, click here.

To order 'The Death and Life of The Great Lafayette' by Ian Robertson and Gordon Rutter, click here.