Workshops, Retreats and Performances at Raveningham 2025
We are delighted that Gossamer Thread Circus will be returning to perform at Raveningham Sculpture Trail 2025.
Feral. adj. in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication. From local award winning circus company Gossamer Thread Circus comes FERAL: through ritual and shape-shifting, across storms and tides, by decaying and reforming, FERAL takes the audience on a journey of re-membering our place within the more-than-human systems that support us.
“We come out of the world, not into it.”
This is a work-in-progress performance, told through aerial circus, physical theatre and written words, and featuring three bodies moving between each other, between ground and air, through circles and spirals, within a forest of rope and the pendulum of a swing, and engaging with the notion of the hag as a conduit to these liminal spaces, carrier of knowledge and rage, of power and hope. Drawing on our connection with the land, natural cycles and folklore, we spin new stories that speak to a possible future of hope, connection and community.
Winner of the Circus International Film Festival 2023 and shortlisted by the EuropeNow Film Festival 2023, FERAL began life as a series of short films created at the turning point of the year from Spring Equinox to Winter Solstice. This new show which will be touring the UK from summer 2025 draws on these same themes.
ARTIST’S RETREATS
SUMMERHOUSE – Raveningham, Norfolk.
A simple summerhouse with a double bed, small table with 2 chairs set in a beautiful meadow in the middle of the Raveningham Sculpture Trail.
Outside washroom with shower/sink/toilet.
RURAL RETREAT MASTER ENSUITE – Raveningham, Norfolk.
A ground floor room in the 16th century Castell Farmhouse. Double bed, comfy chairs and table.
Ensuite shower room and toilet.
TENTE EN PIERRE – France, 30 mins south of Poitiers.
The ‘Tente en Pierre’ is an artist’s retreat in a village in rural, central France. For anyone wanting rustic accommodation with gentle, quiet surroundings to: write, paint, draw, sing, dance, sculpt, dream, design, rest.
Ground floor – living room/kitchen with double sofa bed, double bedroom.
First floor – double bedroom, large room with 2 double beds, rustic room with bunk beds.
Courtyard sheds – shower room, washroom with toilet/sink/washing machine.
£40 per night for between 1 – 8 people. Includes electricity.
Email raveninghamarts@gmail.com to find out more or book dates for any of the Artist’s Retreats.
Marshlore Zine – Buy the latest issue here
Issue 1 of MARSHLORE The new ZINE created by East Anglian Musician Laura Cannell and her Artist/Curator sister Sarah Cannell. A Miscellany of stories, original artwork, folklore, and more. Inspired by the East Anglian Marshes, ancient folklore and living traditions. A mix of thoroughly researched folklore and thoroughly made up stories. The first Issue is being launched at the Raveningham Sculpture Trail in South Norfolk, UK. MARSHLORE is A5 Zine with 32 colour pages.
1st Edition of 100 copies.
Issue 2 of MARSHLORE – The new ZINE created by East Anglian Musician Laura Cannell and her Artist/Curator sister Sarah Cannell. A Miscellany of stories, original artwork, folklore, and more. Inspired by the East Anglian Marshes, ancient folklore and living traditions.
A mix of thoroughly researched folklore and thoroughly made up stories.
Issue 2 features words from the cellist Lori Goldston (Earth/Nirvana), the writer/comedian Stewart Lee, and many other artists, musicians and writers.
MARSHLORE is A5 Zine with 36 colour pages.
1st Edition of 150 copies.
FREE ONLINE LANTERN AND ORIGAMI WORKSHOPS WITH SARAH CANNELL & HENRY THOMAS
Download free Lantern Making Instructions here…
