Genie
Genie allows children visiting the Magna Science Adventure Centre to find and set free Genies trapped in objects around the building by Mardi, an evil wizard.
As well as trapping the Genies, Mardi stole their stories and memories.
To free the Genies, children use a Magic Mirror, created by Magna the Magnificent.
Magna has put signs where each of the Genies has been trapped, but not even he is powerful enough to give them new stories.
Only the imagination of young people can do that.
When a child finds a secret sign, if they touch it with the Magic Mirror, the Genie is released into the air.
Then, the Genie talks to the child through words on the Magic Mirror, and asks questions about itself and its world. These questions are the missing memories that Mardi stole.
The child answers by writing and drawing on the Magic Mirror, and so gives the Genie new memories and a new shape.
When the Genies have been freed, the child can choose their favourite, and this Genie, with all its new memories and a picture, is added to the Wall of Genies and printed out for them to take home.
But remember, that’s only a picture.
A Genie is invisible to everyone else and is with you all the time.
Genie is on at Magna 5th - 8th October, 5th and 6th with children from two local primary schools, 7th and 8th open to anyone visiting Magna.
The Magic Mirror screen graphic design and story illustration has been done, fantastically if you ask me, by Finger Industries.
