Evil kids ran riot and creatures of darkness ruled in this gloriously grim and wickedly funny world created through astonishing animated projections.

1927 invited Festival audiences into the depths of the Bayou, a part of the city that is feared and loathed. There sat the infamous Bayou Mansions – a sprawling, stinking tenement block, where curtain- twitchers and peeping-toms lived side by side, and the wolf was always at the door.

When Agnes Eaves and her daughter appeared late one night, did it signal hope in this hopeless place, or had the real horror only just begun?

Looking like a giant graphic novel brought to life, 1927 took us into a dystopian metropolis of inner city paranoia. Seamlessly synchronising live music, performance and storytelling with stunning films and animation, this was a twisted new tale from the multiple award-winning company behind the Festival’s 2010 Club hit Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Technically brilliant, razor sharp and completely entrancing, there wasn't dark humour at Festival 2012 more gleeful than this.