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Imagine(a(city(transformed(and(seen(through(the(eyes(of(Roald(Dahl.(((
Inspired(by(Dahls(magical,(transformative(imagination,(for(48(hours(Cardiff(will(become(a(place(
where(reality(will(cease(to(behave(as(one(would(expect,(and(where(the(laws(of(physics,(logic(and(the(
predictable(will(give(way(to(the(laws(of(the(imagination(and(the(unexpected,((unleashing(both(epic(
and(intimate(changes(across(the(city.(((
No(city(has(ever(before(attempted(a(transformation(quite(as(magical(as(that(planned(by(the(City(of(
Cardiff(on(the(weekend(of(September(17th(2016,(as(it(celebrates(the(centenary(of(Roald(Dahl.((
Dahls(imagination(has(touched(the(most(extraordinary(number(of(people.(For(generations(he(has(
been(part(of(peoples(growing(up,(part(of(their(bed(times,(their(childhood,(their(relationship(with(their(
children(and(the(development(of(their(imaginations.((It(is(fitting(that(the(weekend(celebrating(his(
birth(in(Cardiff,(will(involve(one(of(the(most(ambitious(mobilisations(of(the(inhabitants(of(a(city(ever(
attempted,(together(transforming(the(city(into(a(place(that(will(unlock(the(child(in(everyone(and(
create(a(city(of(wonder(and(surprise.(((
Featuring(extraordinary(designs(and(a(cast(of(over(10,000(people,(led(by(a(creative(team(from(
around(the(world,(City%of%the%Unexpected(will(be(one(of(the(most(inclusive(and(ambitious(events(of(
its(kind(ever(staged,(welcoming(visitors(from(around(the(world,(potentially(becoming(an(
international(landmark(event.((There(will(be(large(scale(staged(set(pieces(as(well(as(flash(mobs,(and(
the(cast(hidden(across(the(city,(waiting(to(interfere(with(reality(in(the(most(unexpected(of(ways.(
City%of%the%Unexpected((will(take(place(in(Cardiffs(Streets(and(public(spaces,(shops(and(arcades,(
iconic(buildings,(public(institutions(and(parks(and(everyone(can(be(part(of(this(extraordinary(
weekend.(

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The(Animal(Wall(at(the(end(of(Castle(Street,(has(a(series(of(beautiful(gargoyles(and(animals(peering(
over(the(battlements,(adjacent(with(the(pavement.(((
(
They(are(a(magical(feature(of(Cardiff.(
(
We(propose(to(fill(all(the(available(spaces(on(the(wall(with(new(creatures.(These(will(appear(to(be(
made(of(stone(merge(with(the(surroundings(making(people(believe(they(have(always(been(part(of(the(
castle(design.((
(
As(audiences(pass(along(the(pavement(some(of(these(will(be(new(sculptural(creatures,(whilst(some(

will(unexpectedly(come(alive.(
((
The(creatures(will(transform(to(unleash(a(sense(of(shock(and(awe.(They(could(flutter(their(wings,(bear(
their(teeth,(squirt(liquid,(have(colourful(farts,(transform(to(another(animal,(explode(or(any(number(of(
interactive(transformations(you(can(imagine.(The(animals(will(then(revert(back(to(their(stone(self(for(
the(next(unsuspecting(victims.((

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