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Artist Alison Jackson earned a cult following through BBC2's Double Take, which placed celebrity look-a-likes in compromising situations. Among her subjects have been the royal family, movie stars, sports and pop-music personalities and politicians. She first gained notoriety when she portrayed Princess Diana, Dodi Al Fayed and their love child living on happily in a parallel universe. A real photo, but phoney image, using the existing conventions of news photography, without any manipulation but that of our minds. In this masterclass-cum-stage-show, Jackson will show some of her early work and discuss how 'our fixation with celebrity and celebrity culture have led us to believe things via a set of images. This is about the gap between the mythology and the real thing...'