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Fools Fest

Highfield Middle School, Highfield Lane, Prudhoe, NE42 6EY

10 Dec 2022

  • Wheelchair accessibile


Delivered by Mortal Fools

Join Mortal Fools Youth Theatre for the second of two nights of creativity, festivity, and fun, as we host Fools Fest!

​Fools Fest is a celebration of all things creative; where the young people are in charge, and anything goes. These festival nights will showcase a variety of mini-performances, created and performed by our young people – across theatre, film, improv, music and more!

From folklore and fairy tales to music and monologues, there’s something for everybody at Fools Fest – plus tasty refreshments to get you in the festival mood. So join us and get ready to eat, drink, and be merry at Fools Fest!

On Friday 2nd December we’ll be showcasing work from our two Ashington-based groups and our online youth theatre group.

On Saturday 10th December, our groups from Riding Mill and Prudhoe will come together for an evening of performance curated as part of the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival.

Our youth theatre groups in the Tyne Valley have themed their performances specifically around the Saturnalia Festival, with their pieces being inspired by contemporary responses to the rich heritage of Hadrian’s Wall. Fools Fest embraces the Saturnalia element of role reversal by putting children and young people who are growing up along Hadrian’s Wall in the lead.

This event is supported by Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Community Grants, made possible with National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Performance venue is fully accessible. If you’re a wheelchair user, please let us know by emailing Rachel.Horton@mortalfools.org.uk

For more information, please contact info@mortalfools.org.uk, or phone 0191 580 1250 (please leave a message if we are not available).

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Fools Fest

YMCA Northumberland, North View Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9XQ

02 Dec 2022

  • Wheelchair accessibile

Delivered by Mortal Fools

Join Mortal Fools Youth Theatre for the first of two nights of creativity, festivity, and fun, as we host Fools Fest!

​Fools Fest is a celebration of all things creative; where the young people are in charge, and anything goes. These festival nights will showcase a variety of mini-performances, created and performed by our young people – across theatre, film, improv, music and more!

From folklore and fairy tales to music and monologues, there’s something for everybody at Fools Fest – plus tasty refreshments to get you in the festival mood. So join us and get ready to eat, drink, and be merry at Fools Fest!

On Friday 2nd December we’ll be showcasing work from our two Ashington-based groups and our online youth theatre group.

On Saturday 10th December, our groups from Riding Mill and Prudhoe will come together for an evening of performance curated as part of the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival.

Our youth theatre groups in the Tyne Valley have themed their performances specifically around the Saturnalia Festival, with their pieces being inspired by contemporary responses to the rich heritage of Hadrian’s Wall. Fools Fest embraces the Saturnalia element of role reversal by putting children and young people who are growing up along Hadrian’s Wall in the lead.

This event is supported by Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Community Grants, made possible with National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Performance venue is fully accessible. If you’re a wheelchair user, please let us know by emailing Rachel.Horton@mortalfools.org.uk

For more information, please contact info@mortalfools.org.uk, or phone 0191 580 1250 (please leave a message if we are not available).

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Create your own Saturnalia Event

01 Nov 2022 - 30 Nov 2022

Throughout November and December 2022.

The word ‘Saturnalia’ has the meaning of ‘an occasion of wild revelry or indulgence’.

Throughout November and December we are inviting anyone and everyone to join the festivities and deliver their own Saturnalia celebrations, events and activities to make this a truly wall-wide knees up. 

We’re inviting YOU to get involved and host an event or activity for Saturnalia as part of Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival, and it could be anything from hosting a Saturnalia-themed Christmas Party in your local village hall to a banquet in your living room or local pub.

You could encourage your neighbours to decorate their windows or create lanterns for their doorsteps or nominate the most mischievous member of your community as Lord of Misrule to preside over your celebrations. 

Click here for Saturnalia Packs developed by artist, Hannah Fox, to help you with your celebrations including traditional recipes, Saturnalia Songs, and inspiration on themes, activities and making your own decorations.

Anyone can deliver activity – individuals, groups, businesses – and at any scale. 

It can be a public event with tickets, or just with a group of friends, a business venture or a solo activity. All activities will be listed on the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival website to either advertise them or document them or both. 

If you’re interested in delivering a Saturnalia activity, no matter how big or small, please complete the form below to register your interest: 

Saturnalia Proposed Activity Form

Organisers are expected to be responsible for the management, safety, local marketing, and funding for their events, so please ensure you have considered this in putting yo

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Roman Wall Blues

The Sill, Northumberland National Park Visitor Centre, Once Brewed, Hexham NE47 7AN

19 Nov 2022, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

  • Guide dog friendly
  • Wheelchair accessibile
  • Visually impaired friendly

Delivered by Sustainable Sounds

A musical adaption of W H Auden’s poem plus other original works and Francois Couperin’s Les Barricades Mysterieuses, performed by Phil Macari (poet) and Michael Freeman (digital piano)

The performance will be in the permanent exhibition area at The Sill, and coincide with The Christmas Fair.

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Don’t Mention the Wall

Hare Hillm Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall Path Brampton CA8 2JJ

09 Nov 2022

  • Hearing impaired friendly
  • Guide dog friendly
  • Visually impaired friendly

Delivered by ArtCouple (Ursula Troche and Simon Bradley)

Our performance ‘Don’t Mention the Wall’ is an entertaining, humorous and imaginative journey into the meaning of the wall, and its similarities and differences with the Berlin Wall – and other walls, borders, as well as transformed, fallen or abandoned divisions.

We take a spoken- and sound-journey from wall to wall, and explore ways of getting over, past or beyond a wall, from one wall to another, creatively responding to space and place(s).

This show is adapted from our ‘Compressed Time Frames’ show, performed in Leeds and in Somerset, connected by the theme of ‘time’ , being at the heart of the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival. And so we respond to and imagine time on the wall, telling time- and places-tales beside the wall itself, at its tallest point.

The crumbling wall also illustrates the transformative power of time, along with its challenges, such as climate change, which is endangering our future as well as our past, our heritage and land-marks, and so we want to raise awareness of the impact of changes, not only social but environmental too.

Length of performance: Hadrian’s Wall took 6 years to be built, and the Berlin Wall fell 33 years ago on the day of this performance. We will translate that into performing 33 + 6, and so perform for 39 mins. If the weather is bad, then we calculate 33 – 6. and so perform for 27 mins.

If the weather is good, there will be time afterwards for (more) participative activities afterwards, such as connecting through a string of yarn across the wall, and sharing stories of crossing places.

Funding: We did not ask for funding for this particular event, as we recognise the importance of performing on the wall on our particular date of the 9th November – so are happy to give our homage to the Wall and the Festival.

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Wall.three.words – Creative Writing Workshop 2

Brampton Community Centre, Union Lane, Brampton, CA8 1BX

20 Oct 2022, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  • Hearing impaired friendly
  • Guide dog friendly
  • Wheelchair accessibile
  • Visually impaired friendly

Delivered by Maureen Lawrie (Stanegate Productions) and Brampton and Beyond Community Trust

In this second Creative Writing Workshop, you will work with poet, James Oates, to complete and finalise the work started in the first workshop. James will give tips on reading your poem to an audience and on film.

Following this workshop, participants will be invited to visit Hadrian’s Wall to take a selfie video of their poem on their chosen 3m square. These selfie videos will form the basis of a film which will accompany the exhibition. This project was awarded funding through the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival’s Community Grants scheme.

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Wall.three.words – Creative Writing Workshop 2

Brampton Community Centre, Union Lane, Brampton, CA8 1BX

16 Oct 2022, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

  • Hearing impaired friendly
  • Guide dog friendly
  • Wheelchair accessibile
  • Visually impaired friendly

Delivered by Maureen Lawrie (Stanegate Productions) and Brampton and Beyond Community Trust

In this second Creative Writing Workshop, you will work with poet, James Oates, to complete and finalise the work started in the first workshop. James will give tips on reading your poem to an audience and on film.

Following this workshop, participants will be invited to visit Hadrian’s Wall to take a selfie video of their poem on their chosen 3m square. These selfie videos will form the basis of a film which will accompany the exhibition. This project was awarded funding through the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival’s Community Grants scheme.

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Wall.three.words – Creative Writing Workshop 1

Brampton Community Centre, Union Lane, Brampton, CA8 1BX

13 Oct 2022, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  • Hearing impaired friendly
  • Guide dog friendly
  • Wheelchair accessibile
  • Visually impaired friendly

Delivered by Maureen Lawrie (Stanegate Productions) and Brampton Community Centre

Wall.three.words is a community arts project happening this Autumn at Brampton Community Centre. The project celebrates 1900 years of Hadrian’s Wall through poetry and art using the What3words app as a basis for creative inspiration. You will work with award winning poet, James Oates, to develop poetry using the What3words app on the Lanercost to Birdoswald section of the Wall. In this introductory workshop James will take you through a creative process to help you get started and unlock your creativity. There will be examples and exercises to try before choosing your 3m square and its randomly generated words. This is the first of two workshops and will lead to an exhibition featuring your poetry on page and/or film. This project was awarded funding through the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival’s Community Grants scheme.

Suitable for absolute beginners to intermediate. Age 16+

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Wall.three.words – Creative Writing Workshop 1

Brampton Community Centre, Union Lane, Brampton, CA8 1BX

09 Oct 2022, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

  • Hearing impaired friendly
  • Guide dog friendly
  • Wheelchair accessibile
  • Visually impaired friendly

Delivered by Maureen Lawrie (Stanegate Productions) and Brampton Community Centre

Wall.three.words is a community arts project happening this Autumn at Brampton Community Centre. The project celebrates 1900 years of Hadrian’s Wall through poetry and art using the What3words app as a basis for creative inspiration. You will work with award winning poet, James Oates, to develop poetry using the What3words app on the Lanercost to Birdoswald section of the Wall.

In this introductory workshop James will take you through a creative process to help you get started and unlock your creativity. There will be examples and exercises to try before choosing your 3m square and its randomly generated words. This is the first of two workshops and will lead to an exhibition featuring your poetry on page and/or film. This project was awarded funding through the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival’s Community Grants scheme.

Suitable for absolute beginners to intermediate. Age 16+

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Reiver – Tales From The Border

Various Locations

16 Nov 2022 - 01 Dec 2022

Delivered by Elysium Theatre Company

REIVER – TALES FROM THE BORDERS by Steve Byron – The Reivers: lawless families who terrorised the Anglo-Scottish borders for four hundred years until King James I broke their power.

Northumberland-born playwright Steve Byron weaves three powerful stories into an evening of gripping drama: an innocent farmer, a southern lawman exiled to the North and a young Scots woman sold into slavery take a stand against the terror of the Reivers. Will honour and goodness triumph over evil, or will evil rule the land?

Elysium Theatre Company is a Durham-based company that brings the best of world theatre to the North East. Join us for the world premiere of an unforgettable theatre steeped in the history and region of the Borders.

16 & 17 Nov – Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick
18 Nov – The Exchange, North Shields
19 Nov – Ushaw Historic House, Durham County
23 Nov – Hatfield College, Durham City
24 Nov – Dufton Village Hall, Appleby
25 Nov – Mickleton Village Hall, Mickleton
26 Nov – Wark Town Hall, Wark
27 Nov – Allendale Village Hall, Allendale
29 Nov – Newcastle Castle
30 Nov – Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Hexham
1 Dec – Dovecote Centre, Amble

Accessibility will vary from venue to venue.

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