Specially-commissioned artworks celebrating stories and themes of wintertime will provide a memorable and seasonal walk in Saltwell Park for all the family. The park will be transformed into a wonderful setting for after-dark fairy tales by atmospheric installations, light, sound and performance. The following pages present a sneak preview of the event as well as details of how to book now to make sure you don’t miss your chance to experience this magical event.
The Curiosity Box
Ross Ashton
In which the bandstand becomes an ice house, becomes a mythical world, becomes a world which seems to have You inside it...
The Ballroom
Imogen Cloet
Hidden in the park, through a very ordinary looking shed, lies an opulent ballroom created from nature itself.
Blanket
Heather Deedman
As you wrap up warm before going out on a cold winter day, have you ever asked ‘how and why might you keep a tree warm in the winter?’
Ice, Water, Fire
Dodgy Clutch
In which the story of the Ice Queen’s melting heart fills the Dene with images of fire and ice.
Not Quite Dead
Shanaz Gulzar & Steve Manthorp
A video installation created with help from year 6 pupils at Carr Hill Community Primary. Is that really a ghost? If he’s not sure, are you?
All My Love
Karen Monid
Sit and be absorbed by stories of lost love, true love, unrequited love whispered gently to you in the traditional lovers’ setting of The Rose Garden.
Opener
Name (Nikolas Barrera and Andrew Nixon)
Look closely under the Loggia and you will see a little girl sitting on a bench reading poetry aloud. Look closer still…
Snow Globe
Periplum (Claire Rafferty)
This mysterious sphere contains the twisted fairytale landscape of a lonely wanderer.
Strange Places
Verity Quinn and Molly Barrett
Who is that little old lady, is that really just a blanket she’s weaving, and is that snow she’s shaking from it?
Roses Halo
Gloria Ronchi and Claudio Benghi
A beautiful and enchanted garden, glowing with life and colour despite the winter cold.
Little Red Riding Hood
Paschale Straiton
Unfolding around you, glimpsed in the most unexpected places, is a playful re-telling of the fairy tale in partnership with Red Herring productions.
The End Of The Rainbow Is Nigh
Sharon Wilson
We would all like to find the end of the rainbow wouldn’t we? Or does that mean the end of our dreams? Which way do you want to look at it?
Also featuring:
Wish Trees for Gateshead
Yoko Ono
In partnership with BALTIC and the exhibition YOKO ONO BETWEEN THE SKY AND MY HEAD. Visitors are invited to express their hopes and dreams by writing wishes on paper and hanging them on one of the trees. Wishes from Wish Trees for Gateshead will be gathered at the end of the exhibition and sent to the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Videy Island, off the coast of Reykjavik in Iceland, to join other wishes from hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. A number of other external artworks by Yoko Ono will be presented as part of the Winter Festival.
Enchanted Parks is a free event; however tickets must be reserved in advance. Box office 0191 230 5151 or in person at the Northern Stage box office, two minutes walk from the Haymarket Metro www.northernstage.co.uk The event is expected to sell out so early booking recommended
Location:
Saltwell Park
Gateshead
NE9 5AX
Dates:
Thurs 4th – Sun 14th Dec
(excluding Mondays)
Opening Times:
Tues – Fri 18:30 – 21:30 (last entry 20:10)
Sat & Sun 17:15 – 21:30 (Sat last entry 20:10, Sun last entry 19.50)
Details:
• FREE, ticketed event.
• Suitable for all ages
• Wheelchair accessible
• Entrance via Joicey Road
• Limited parking
