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Winter Quest: the Frost of Forgetfulness
Part of Winter at Woodhorn, a magical experience for the whole family
The Frost of Forgetfulness Winter Quest
Woodhorn Museum
Saturday 17th to Friday 23th December 2016
This December, families are invited to set out on a
brand new wintry quest at Woodhorn created by award-winning theatre company
Unfolding Theatre and visual artist Bethan Maddocks.
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Photo: Richard Kenworthy |
The Frost of Forgetfulness is creeping across the
museum, muddling memories and baffling boffins. Pit canaries sense the danger
and need your help to stop the precious stories being lost forever! Your
mission is to follow the frosty trail with a birdcage in your hand. Collect clues
and solve mysteries for a magical, memorable surprise...
The annual winter event at Woodhorn is becoming a
firm favourite with families, so who better to help decide what to put on than
a group of local people? Earlier this year, bait set up a community programme
panel to choose a company to create this year’s winter event. After a rigorous
selection process, Unfolding Theatre were commissioned to develop the Winter
Quest as part of the month-long winter programme at Woodhorn.
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Photo: Richard Kenworthy |
Annie Rigby from Unfolding Theatre says, “We’re
having a great time creating a mission to save memories at Woodhorn. After all,
that’s what the museum and archives are all about. It has been amazing to see
how the mission has captured the imaginations of Woodhorn visitors of all ages,
as well as the staff and volunteers. We’re pretty confident that the Frost of
Forgetfulness will be banished by their brilliant teamwork!”
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Photo: Richard Kenworthy |
Unfolding Theatre’s previous work for young
audiences includes Tyneside Time Machine - a fun learning experience exploring
Tyneside Cinema’s heritage; Juice Festival parades bringing children’s designs
for monsters, dragons and dreams to life as large-scale puppets on
NewcastleGateshead’s Quayside; Cutting Loose - working with 12 schools and
Durham Brass Festival musicians to create a parade to kick-start a carnival
party; and What If? - an interactive performance about curiosity bringing
together Durham University
scientists with teenagers from a local school.
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Photo: Richard Kenworthy |
Regular visitors will remember Bethan Maddocks’
beautiful Winding Windows installation at the museum last year. Commissioned by
bait for Woodhorn Museum's
Weekend of Wonder 2015 and created in collaboration with participants from
Northumberland, each window told a story relating to the region’s mining
heritage. For example The Lights, created with ESCAPE Family Support in Blyth, referenced the 200th anniversary of the invention
of the Davy lamp and local inventor, Josephs Swan's incandescent lightbulb 135
years ago. The window celebrated the ingenuity of the area, and was a nod to
the lights depicted on mining banners that symbolise hope for the future.
Annie Rigby is delighted to be working with Bethan
to create a memory box installation for the Winter Quest, “It’s the first time
that Unfolding Theatre has collaborated with visual artist, Beth-
an Maddocks. We loved the Winding Windows artwork
and the miner’s canary window, developed with Northern Recovery Partnership,
has been one of the inspirations for the Frost of Forgetfulness. I’m really
excited to see how the idea continues to develop and grow.”
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Photo: Richard Kenworthy |
People of all ages from across South East
Northumberland are taking part, starting with a series of family-friendly craft
workshops at Woodhorn in October half term; participants’ stories and designs will
be used to inspire the making of a large-scale memory-box for the event. Groups
who will work with Bethan Maddocks and the team from Unfolding Theatre to
create the Winter Quest include 1st Seaton Hirst Guides, 5th
Ashington Brownies, Leading Link in Bedlington and Northumberland Recovery Partnership in Blyth.
Tickets:
The Frost of Forgetfulness Winter Quest is open
Saturday 17 to Friday 23 December 2016 from 10am to last entry at 3pm.
Admission is free, no advanced booking required. Please allow an hour to complete
your quest.
The Winter Quest is part of a busy winter programme
at Woodhorn, including skating and Meet Father Christmas (weekends from 26
November and every day from 17-23 December, early booking recommended), and the
Winter Market (10 & 11 December). For more information or to book tickets
for skating or to meet Father Christmas, visit www.experiencewoodhorn.com
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