By Mark Anderson. Created in collaboration with Liam Walsh. Blaenavon creative collaborators - Grug Muse and Marega Palser.
About the show
As day turns to night, immerse yourself in a captivating sound world and ever changing outdoor live performance.
Using an ensemble of visually striking mechanical ‘instruments’ - gongs, bells, whistles and explosive events, with poetry and text, Warning Notes creates a rich and powerful soundscape that gives voice to the current social and ecological alarm that ripples across our world.
Taking place at the iconic Blaenavon Ironworks that built the industrial world from which we are now reaping the rewards of climate change and extreme social injustice, artists Mark Anderson and Liam Walsh, with dynamic creative collaborators Grug Muse (Welsh language poet and performer), Marega Palser (Dancer) create a hypnotic and at times playful show for all ages.
Warning Notes at Blaenavon invites us to sense, listen and reflect on our personal and global stories - past and present – and our future together.
How to book
Book your tickets online in advance (purchased tickets cannot be refunded).
Book a ticket for every member of your party. Event suitable for all the family.
Please note tickets are only available online, tickets will not be available to purchase at the event.
Blaenavon Ironworks is an industrial heritage site and event is open to the elements. Please wear sensible foot ware, and clothing for outdoor use.
Event times
Doors Open: 6.00pm
First Show: 6.30pm
Second Show: 7.30pm
Third Show: 8.30pm
Travel
The visitor entrance to Blaenafon Ironworks is located on Estate Road.
The footpath to the entrance is located opposite the Blaenafon Ironworks car park.
Road: Via A4043, follow signs to Big Pit Mining Museum and Blaenafon Ironworks. Free parking is provided at Blaenavon Ironworks. Please follow signs to the monument and follow our steward’s directions. SAT NAV postcode: NP4 9R
Rail: Alight at Pontypool and New Inn rail station, on the Manchester/Liverpool-Pontypool/Cardiff route.
Bus: Take Route X24 from Newport via Cwmbran, Pontypool and Varteg.
Bike: via NCN Route No.46. Turn by turn cycling directions can be generated by entering "North St, Blaenavon NP4 9RN" into this cycle travel planner.
Accessibility
Warning Notes has been created to be wheelchair accessible, with a mixture of seating available.
Relaxed performances – the first show on Friday and Saturday will be a ‘relaxed’ performance for those who wish to experience a more spacious, softer and quieter version of the show in daylight hours.
Touch Tour – a touch tour is available for those who are partially or fully blind or deaf.
This tour is available on request - please contact Rosie Strang (Producer) to book – rosiestrang@googlemail.com, 07966 071073.
Find out more about Warning Notes here: - https://mark-anderson.uk/projects/warning-notes
Funded by the Arts Council of Wales and Oxford Contemporary Music.
“A pulsing, gorgeous and threatening world woven out of sound sculptures and beautiful, rhythmic notes”
Audience“Anderson has spent his professional career creating audio visual alchemy that uses light, heat, vibrations, electricity, oscillating chemicals and paraphernalia to dazzle our eyes and startle our imaginations.”
Richard Wilson“There are so many things that should be causing alarm: war, climate change, inequality, social injustice, personal situations and here it is given a voice, a clarion call, from a whisper to a roar. At times a volatile mix of energy and sound, at others a reflecting meditative tranquillity we possibly all seek”
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