Thousands of people are expected to attend the "Dare ProtoPlay" event in the city's Caird Hall.

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The free event runs from Friday 10 August to Sunday 12 August at Caird Hall and Dundee's city square.

BBC: Three-day computer games festival starts in Dundee

"I hope what audiences will see is something that feels like its just had its first night , " Caird says.

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Their vessel for this apparently suicidal mission was a small lifeboat, the 22-foot James Caird (named after one of the expedition's sponsors).

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John Caird will direct Daddy Long Legs, which will see Broadway actress Megan McGinnis reprising her praised performance as an orphan romanced by her anonymous benefactor.

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John Caird, one of the original directors of Les Miserables, senses an almost religious fervor among fans of the epic musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel.

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Taking refuge from enormous waves, hurricane winds and sub-zero temperatures under a thin canvas flap, the crew of James Caird miraculously arrived at their destination 16 days later.

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In one room James Caird, the show's star exhibit, floats like a little white iceberg in a sea of video screens showing towering computer-generated breakers, in imitation of the heaving surface of the Southern Ocean.

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