FAMILIES from across Cheshire will flock to Queen’s Park in Crewe for an ‘outdoor immersive theatre experience’ this summer.

The Lost Carnival is part of a new collaboration between Wild Rumpus – the producers of the award-winning Just So Festival – and David Agnew, director of Bury Met.

Every year, as summer arrives and the evenings grow longer, The Lost Carnival appears in a different location.

The event, which organisers promise will feature a ‘story beyond your wildest imagination’ will touch down at Queen’s Park on May 28, 29 and 30.

A spokesman for The Lost Carnival said: “After intense negotiation between the two rival carnivals, The Ingenues and the Birds, our crystal ball has finally revealed the neutral location of The Lost Carnival 2016.

“Come one, come all to Queen's Park in Crewe for the most spectacular evening.

“A place rooted in the railways, a meeting point, what better place for the two greatest carnival rivals to come together once again?”

Following a brief appearance in Bury in 2015, where families saved the carnival from disappearing forever, The Lost Carnival is returning with a new, original story.

The new tale will see two rival carnival families fighting for supremacy in The Battle of the Carnivals.

The full story will be revealed in the coming months in a series of podcasts, clues and archive footage, with families able to influence the drama in advance and at the live event.

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Sarah Bird, Wild Rumpus director said: “Whispers have reached our ears that The Ingenues and The Birds have chosen the beautiful Queen’s Park in Crewe as the site for The Lost Carnival in 2016. Keep your ears to the grounds as the two sides begin to reveal their secrets.

Make a choice who to support and help decide the most incredible contest in carnival history as “The Battle of the Carnivals commences.”

A limited number of early-bird tickets are available.

For more information visit thelostcarnival.org.uk and follow The Lost Carnival, Popu Ingenue and Sergei Bird on Facebook and twitter using the hashtags #thelostcarnival #teamingenue #teambird.