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For the third successive year the talented performing arts students from Gt. Yarmouth College return to the 1,000 seat Hippodrome with their end of year musical theatre production.

Following their acclaimed performances of ‘We Will Rock You’ (2007) and ‘Disco Inferno’ (2008) they will be proudly presenting the East Anglian premiere of the award-winning sci-fi rock musical Area 51 by Daniel O’Brien.

PLOT: In the depths of space, a monstrous evil has awoken. An evil so powerful that its influence can reach beyond the stars. That evil finds a home in Area 51, the world’s largest, and most secret, military complex. In a race against time, Rick Adams, head of the base’s top secret scientific research facility, must find a way to halt the alien invasion before all of humanity succumbs to the extraterrestrial onslaught.

The aliens have landed - are you prepared?

The production is an action-packed enjoyable musical perfect for the young and old. Full of comedy, rock music, energetic song and dance routines, pyrotechnics and special effects galore. These talented youngsters have a reputation for producing high quality and entertaining productions and Area 51 promises more of the same.

Area 51, 7.30pm 19 and 20 June, Hippodrome Circus Theatre, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2EU. Tickets are £10 for adults and £5 for concessions. For more details and to book tickets visit the Hippodrome website.

“The weirdest musical since the Rocky Horror Show first stormed the stage” - SFX Magazine

“Aliens meets MTV in this rollercoaster of a musical… a feel-good show that left the auditorium electric and the audience on their feet roaring for more” - UFO Magazine

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We welcome Anthony Peake, author of several highly rated theoretical books on the paranormal, and writer of this month’s cover feature (The Daemon Inside Us All), to tell us about his grandest of theory’s yet…

The hypothesis presented in my first book, “Is There Life after Death – the Extraordinary Science of What Happens When You Die” is known as “Cheating the Ferryman” or CTF. This is an attempt to explain what may happen to human consciousness at the point of death.

However the broader hypothesis presents evidence that as many as 70% of human beings are experiencing life within a three-dimensional, internally generated illusion similar to that described in the movie “The Matrix”. This has become known as ITLAD/CTF. The word ITLAD is simply the first five initial letters of the title of my first book. This is a far more ambitious idea than CTF and includes elements of consciousness studies, psychiatry, particle physics, cosmology as well as additional neurological aspects. Amazingly this wider theory may suggest an explanation for many of the major mysteries of human perception. These include many of the subjects dear to the readers of Paranormal Magazine such as deja vu, precognition, multiple personality syndrome, time dilation, time-slips, synchronicity, coincidences, UFO abductions, night paralysis, and mediumship.

But this is not the end. With the help of other active members of my FORUM (www.anthonypeake.com/forum) ITLAD/CTF is now being broadened to include many other areas of scientific mystery. This, believe it or not, is called BIGTOE!  This stands for the “Bohmian IMAX Grand Theory of Everything”.

By “Bohmian IMAX” I mean the internally generated, Matrix-like, illusion mentioned above. BIGTOE joins together my ITLAD/CTF with a fascinating theory suggested by my associate, Karl L LeMarcs. Karl terms this mind-blowing idea “Collapsing the Consciousness Wave” (CtCw). In this Karl applies the latest theories of quantum physics to the mystical and magical traditions of the Western Occult Tradition and in doing so updates the concept of the “Akashic Record”.

When ITLAD/CTF and CtCw are joined together as BIGTOE a model of consciousness and its relationship with the external universe is created that may explain many of the most intractable mysteries of modern physics and neurology. However what is unique about BIGTOE is that it applies the wisdom of the esoteric and mystical philosophies such as Kabbalah, Theosophy, Sufism, Buddhism, Aleister Crowley, Vedanta, Spiritualism, Rudolph Steiner, The Third Way of Ouspensky and Gurdjieff, Krishnamurti, Gnosticism and many others.

By applying  these philosophies to modern particle physics we find that such well-reported phenomenon as Distance Viewing, Telepathy, Astral Travel, Past-Life Regression and Lucid Dreaming are suddenly neatly explained.

Amazingly there are many, many recent movies that seem to echo elements of the theory. These include: The Matrix, Butterfly Effect, Sliding Doors, Being John Malkovich,  12 Monkeys, Vanilla Sky, Fight Club, Minority Report, Donnie Darko, American Beauty, Waking Life, Groundhog Day, Deja Vu,  Total Recall, Jacob’s Ladder, etc etc. I am also told that the TV series Lost, Dr. Who (particularly the episode - Turn Left), House, Red Dwarf and Ashes To Ashes all have themes similar to ITLAD/CTF.

I could go on about the writers, poets, philosophers and mystics whose writings and theories can be explained by applying BIGTOE but I think that the above will suffice to give an idea of the scope of this theory. All those involved in this project, and there are many from across the world, are really excited about the implications. We are therefore keen to involve as many people as possible in our adventure. As I mentioned earlier, I have a very active FORUM. If you feel the urge (daemonic or otherwise!) do join in with the debates and discussions.

Visit: www.anthonypeake.com to learn more about Anthony Peake and his work.

Burlesque is alive and well – or more accurately, it’s undead and sick – thanks to the acclaimed Circus of Horrors, which presented a cavalcade of variety acts, freaks, rock music and gruesome giggles at the William Aston Hall in Wrexham.

The new show, ‘Apocalypse In The Asylum’, tells of mad sideshow owner Docktor Haze who unwittingly buys a madhouse in Paris but then decides to use the inmates as acts for his show. Needless to say, it all goes horribly wrong.

Enthusiastic extras in costume set the tone before the curtain was raised, getting everyone in the mood with cheeky banter and daft antics. Immediately, it’s apparent this is not a show for kids – there are lots of sexual references and a fair amount of swearing. But it’s all good-humoured stuff: all (severed) tongue-in-cheek.

The acts and performances proved many and varied. Contortionists, trapeze artists and a pair of excellent acrobats vied for attention with ‘freaks’: a tattooed chap who cheerfully pierced himself with various pointy objects; a small personage with big hair who munched on light bulbs and did unspeakable things to his genitalia; and the legendary ‘Gary Stretch’, an amiable fellow with skin like clingfilm.

It’s all very Gothic. It’s also unashamedly ramshackle – although I felt the performers would have benefited from a bigger stage than the William Aston Hall was able to provide. The glue sticking the show together is ringmaster ‘Dr Haze’, introducing the acts and moving along the plot, such as it is, by belting out original, Rocky Horror-inspired tunes. A word of praise must go to the band, who not only play well but were able to adapt and improvise as the show progressed (at one point the bassist was playing whilst rolling across the stage in a big wheel – that’s real rock and ‘roll’, that is).

All in all, Circus of Horrors provides a night of entertainment like no other. It’s a bit like panto for grown-ups – providing you’re not that grown up. Grotesque, gory and full of black humour. Bloody good fun, in other words.

Richard Holland, Editor of Paranormal Magazine

Beware: the spine-twisting yoga pose you strike in your gym or village halll is not just a struggle between your mind and body - it’s also the subject of a global battle for patents pending.

India has set up a team of Hindu gurus and 200 scientists to identify all ancient yoga positions or asanas and register each one to stop “patent pirates” from stealing its “traditional knowledge”.

So far, they have added 600 asanas to India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library to stop so-called gurus in the United States and Europe patenting established poses as their own.

India has been angered at attempts by mostly American yoga teachers to patent moves from their classes as their own originals.

Since its arrival in Britain and America in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when it was popularised by Beatles guitarist George Harrison, among others, Yoga has become a $225 billion industry.

In India, however, it remains collective knowledge – practiced in public parks where gurus often teach fast breathing exercises, like pranayam, and different ’sun-salutations,’ free of charge.

The attempt by US teachers to patent traditional poses has caused disbelief and anger in India, where it has been practiced for around 6,000 years.

“Copyrights over yoga postures and trademarks on yoga tools have become rampant in the West. Till now, we have traced 130 yoga-related patents in the US. We hope to finish putting on record at least 1500 yoga postures by the end of 2009,” said Dr V.P Gupta, of the CSIR, who created the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

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If you thought Robbie Williams‘ alien obsession was finished, think again.

The singer just bought a mansion worth about seven million pounds ($12.4 million Canadian) in a British “UFO hotspot.”

Williams’ new 71-acre home in Compton Bassett is smack in the middle of “mystical energy routes believed to attract UFOs” and is located near a crop circle investigation centre, according to The Sun. A flying saucer study group is apparently nearby as well. Residents of the area reported 45 UFO sightings last year and the town will host a sky-watch this summer.

“Wiltshire has a really rich history of fortean things — unexplained phenomena,” Chris Williams, an organizer for local UFO group SUFOR (which Williams has been invited to join), told The Sun.

“We have a lot more UFO sightings than most and we’ve got the famous stone circles at Stonehenge and Avebury and the ancient mystical sites like Silbury Hill. I’m sure Robbie would find our meetings fascinating.”

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The original ‘Survival Horror‘ videogames series, Resident Evil, is set to make its first appearance on ‘next gen’ games consoles when Resident Evil 5 is released early next year. Set in Africa, the game tells the story of the origins behind the virus that the series centres around.

The game is currently set to be released in March 2009.

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