This year Right Up Our Street are so proud to be bringing the DN Festival of Light back to Doncaster Minster, featuring an artwork by Heinrich and Palmer, ‘The Crossing Place’.The Crossing Place is inspired by Doncaster’s rich heritage collection and the town’s long-standing association with Natural history.
Get your tickets now (they’re FREE) for the DN Festival of Light at Doncaster Minster which will take place from the 25th to the 28th November 2021.
Tickets: DN Festival of Light | Doncaster Culture & Leisure Trust (dclt.co.uk)
You can see Heinrich and Palmer’s previous work ‘Ship of the Gods’ at Hull Minster here: Ship of the Gods – Anna Heinrich & Leon Palmer – YouTube
This year, external activities will be held in two tipis in the grounds of the Minster. A huge thanks to Events Doncaster for helping to bring this beautiful outdoor space to host the activities in.
In one Tipi, the festival will have the fantastic Black Cat Theatre, who are coming along with ‘The Ramayana Shadow Show’ and shadow puppet workshop. You can check out their webpage here: Black Cat Theatre, Puppetry, Shadow Theatre and more.. (blackcat-theatre.co.uk)
Also in the Tipi’s, there will be a screening of James Lockey’s Depictions of DN film, which is accompanied by a fantastic film score written by Hayley Youell. The film depicts the ‘Top Local Heroes’ from Right Up Our Street’s social media Campaign ‘Depictions of DN’.
Heritage Doncaster’s Moving Museum will also be on site, along with craft activities provided by The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
Alongside the Tipi’s in the grounds, artist Wayne Sables has created a beautiful sculpture representing a murmuration of starlings. Wayne will be using projection mapping to bring the sculpture to life.
Wayne says “It’s been amazing to collaborate across artforms with a sculpture, musician, and myself (digital) to create the interactive light installation. The sculpture represents the heart of what’s great about Doncaster for me which is the community. Having the opportunity to create this installation for Doncaster is a huge honour.”
To keep up to date with the DN Festival of Light and any further announcements, make sure to check out Right Up Our Street’s website:
DN Festival of Light 2021 — Right Up Our Street
To make this event COVID safe Right Up Our Street have ticketed the whole festival weekend. You must book your time slot in advance. FREE tickets are available to book here: DN Festival of Light | Doncaster Culture & Leisure Trust (dclt.co.uk)
Right Up Our Street want to thank Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster Minster, Events Doncaster and DCLT for supporting them.
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