CULTURE CLUB
12-13 Oct
ROCKY HORROR NAIL-BITING STUFF
Anglesey Abbey’s ever-popular Winter Lights, Nature by Night, Nature by Light , returns this year from 9-21 December, and will see the estate transformed by a series of light installations, projections, sculpture, performance and sensory experiences – the perfect tonic for the winter blues. Focusing on nature, this year’s lights will bring to life the stories, poems and illustrations of Cambridge-based author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris through an audio-visual installation created by award-winning duo Ross Ashton and Karen Monid of The Projection Studio. “Jackie and I are thrilled to see the art and poetry of The Lost Words and The Lost Spells find their way into the Anglesey Abbey gardens – as part of the annual Winter Lights festival – for the second year running,” says Robert Macfarlane. “For me, it’s a homecoming of a kind for The Lost Spells , which was written just a few miles away, in my south Cambridge home. This WINTER WONDERLAND NATURE BY NIGHT, NATURE BY LIGHT
A show designed to have you watching through your fingers, High Performance Packing Tape eschews all the typical rigmarole of health and safety to present you with a series of death-defying stunts. Using ready-made materials, performer Lee Wilson will be placed into mind-bending predicaments – from climbing precarious towers to suspending in mid-air from materials that will inevitably snap. “We want to bring the best international work to Cambridge, and this autumn we’re focusing on Australia,” says the Junction’s artistic director Matt. “This show from Branch Nebula will have you on the edge of your seat (until the inevitable standing ovation!) combining the nail-biting best of circus, slapstick, physics, physical and visual theatre.” See it at the Junction on 12 and 13 October.
year, I can’t wait to see Jackie’s magical art projected onto Anglesey Abbey itself.” Combining a love of nature and technology, the trail promises to be an enchanting experience that will reflect the beauty of the gardens, while stimulating the senses, says Eddie Barcan at Splendid Events. There will even be live music from Cambridge Folk Festival and Cambridge Jazz Festival, featuring the Cambridge Youth Jazz Orchestra. Food and drink will be on offer in the Heritage Orchard, featuring delicious treats to enjoy along the route, with the gift shop open for late-night Christmas shopping. Tickets are available at nationaltrust. org.uk/AAWinterLights.
12 OCTOBER 2022 CAMBSEDITION.CO.UK
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