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For the past 2 years 509 Arts has worked with Nati

For the past 2 years 509 Arts has worked with National Trust staff and volunteers to uncover the fascinating stories of Gibson Mill and @hardcastlecrags_nt in the twentieth century. In the stairwell of Gibson Mill you will see a 5.9 metre banner created by @sandramccrackenstudio, that illustrates some of the events that have taken place over the past 120 years.

It is testament to the many thousands of people who have nurtured, cherished, enjoyed, protected and fought for the survival of this extraordinary valley.

As you walk around this site imagine the many different stories that it tells - from political demonstrations and massed choirs to adventure holidays, reunions and boating lakes.

In the near future we will have completed a series of education packs with Mel Daniels on the many stories of the Crags that can be used by schools, community groups, families and individuals to find out more about the rich history of this place.

Generations have come here to walk, talk, sing, dance, camp, explore and discover a landscape that is like no other in West Yorkshire.
#509arts #outdoorsart #art #creative #music #theatre #storytelling #familyfriendly #family #explore #hardcastlecrags #nationaltrust #heritagelotteryfund #heritage #highdaysandholidays #beautifulplaces #walk #hike #escapetheeveryday

We're reminiscing about UNPLUGGED PICNIC at @hardc

We're reminiscing about UNPLUGGED PICNIC at @hardcastlecrags_nt

A special day deep in the beautiful surroundings of Hardcastle Crags, music, theatre, storytelling, yodelling, picnics, magic and family fun.

This is KIMBER'S MEN treating us to beautiful harmonies while people relaxed in the picnic area.

#509arts #events #hardcastlecrags #outdoors #nature #music #theatre #arts #escapetheeveryday #naturgram #woodland #exploreeveryday #staycation #familyfun

Meal One is an immersive and playful family show f

Meal One is an immersive and playful family show featuring Helbert, his Mum, a dog and a cat. We follow them as they prepare for the day by planting a plum stone in the bedroom floor. Naturally, a huge tree quickly fills the room, turning it into the best tree-house-playground ever. But when they go downstairs for Meal One – the first meal of the day – they discover a kitchen full of tree roots busily munching through anything edible they can find.

Based on a 1970s children’s book by Ivor Cutler and Helen Oxenbury, Meal One is a journey of discovery filled with breath-taking projections, music and singing, unexpected transformations and augmented reality surprises.

Meal One is a new co-production between 509 Arts and @mtgstudios, one of Europe’s leading learning disabled theatre companies and will tour to studio spaces in Spring 2022.

#509arts #newproject #arts #creative #theatre #mindthegaptheatre #book #mealone #ivorcutler #music #immersive #immersivetheatre #stage #production #ar #musicaltheatre #musical #augmentedreality #animation @nomiti @fabriclenny

The photos have just arrived from Unplugged Picnic

The photos have just arrived from Unplugged Picnic at @hardcastlecrags_nt and it brought some lovely memories back from a few weeks ago.

Highlights of the programme included acclaimed Swiss-German yodel duo, Satteli, and Yorkshire’s best sea-shanty quartet, KIMBER'S MEN. For younger guests we also offered an adventurous, musical theatre walk, One New Leaf, created by local musician, Brian Acton. Thingumajig Theatre joined us with the flying dodos too 😆

Not to mention Sandra's beautiful banner portraying the history of Hardcastle Crags, what a fascinating place, thanks to the Crags team for hosting us.

#509arts #arts #creative #theatre #storytelling #poetry #prose #woodland #nature #outdoors #hardcastlecrags #nationaltrust #woodland #musical #perform #magical

509 Arts has a wealth of experience in bringing ex

509 Arts has a wealth of experience in bringing expertise and clarity to the realm of policy and strategy development. We aim to produce living documents that provide our clients with the tools to develop the quality and purpose of their work.

Our services include business planning, creative development, evaluation and assessment, governance, organisational development and team building. We work with clients on all scales – from the emerging and local to the strategic and national/international. Whether you are an arts organisation, local authority, public sector body, funding agency or creative sector business, you will find our informed and uncluttered approach to policy development accessible and strategically valuable. If you wish to discuss a project or an idea with 509 Arts, contact alan.dix@509arts.co.uk

#509arts #arts #creative #theatre #music #immersive #immersivetheatre #stage #production #musicaltheatre #musical #augmentedreality #animation #creativeconsultancy #calderdale #bradford #bradford2025

Happy Yorkshire Day 😀 We found these cards by

Happy Yorkshire Day 😀

We found these cards by @theyorkmix and they are done by local artists, check them out, there’s a few for Yorkshire Day 🙌🏻 #yorkshireday #509arts #yorkshire #creative #arts #theatre

🌊THE RIVER STORY 🌊 is Hebden Water the most

🌊THE RIVER STORY 🌊 is Hebden Water the most special of all? #509arts #hebdenbridge

What fun!! These two danced their way through @har

What fun!! These two danced their way through @hardcastlecrags_nt last week, they were so much fun and a bit cheeky 😉

We were delighted to have The Flying Dodos from @thingumatheatre
#509arts #arts #creative #theatre #woodland #nature #outdoors #hardcastlecrags #nationaltrust #woodland #musical #perform #escapetheeveryday #beautifuldestinations

Who joined in the storytelling walk ONE NEW LEAF a

Who joined in the storytelling walk ONE NEW LEAF at the weekend? Brian guided an excitable group through the wilderness of Hardcastle Crags telling the story of an ancient woodland, which one spring, discovers a new leaf. At first the woods are dazzled by its beauty but over time the new leaves present problems for the plants and animals that had previously been living peacefully together. It takes a renegade Woodpecker to uncover the dark secret that the new leaves are plastic waste. The animals reach out to the next generation of humans to rekindle a forgotten relationship.

Beautiful prose, poetry and song, sometimes poignant; sometimes playful, A New Leaf encompasses shared history, strength, reconnection and optimism.

Brian Acton is a song-writer, composer and educator living in Yorkshire. He has performed at folk and jazz festivals throughout the UK, Europe and America.

#anewleaf #storytelling #nature #hardcastlecrags #wilderness #art #events #theatre #woodland #musical #perform #nationaltrust #explorenature #escapetheeveryday #fun #creative #prose #poetry #song #live #music

Sandra's beautiful artwork is now on display at Gi

Sandra's beautiful artwork is now on display at Gibson Mill at @hardcastlecrags_nt, it's almost 6 metres in length and illustrates the fascinating 20th century story of Hardcastle Crags. It's stunning!! Your visit to the Crags will not be complete without a view of this beauty.
@sandramccrackenstudio @visit_calderdale

#509arts #art #gibsonmill #hardcastlecrags

Hands up 🙌🏻 who had a fabulous weekend!! We

Hands up 🙌🏻 who had a fabulous weekend!! We did 😀 our Unplugged Picnic was a resounding success and the feedback has been incredibly lovely, when somebody says it’s made their day, that’s enough for us. Stay tuned for more highlights over this week 🥳 #509arts #unpluggedpicnic #celebration #hardcastlecrags #art #events #fun #theatre #outdoors #nature #familytime #outdooradventures #celebrate #atorytelling #riverstories #performingarts #escapetheeveryday #staycation #yorkshire

A truly magical day today, thank you to everyone f

A truly magical day today, thank you to everyone for making it such a special celebration. We are totally overwhelmed 😀 we have collected some great footage and we’ll be sharing that over this week 🎉
#509arts #hardcastlecrags #theatre #outdoors #circus #fun #thingumajigtheatre #art #outdoorslife #yorkshire #storytelling #nature #nationaltrust #celebration #heritage #history #culture #outdoorsart #music #livemusic #yodelling #folkmusic #festival

England’s finest stunt penny farthing cyclist! P

England’s finest stunt penny farthing cyclist! Part magician, part juggler, complete genius (or so he likes to think).⠀
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A truly wonderful character and Guinness World Record holder, Felix has a real touch of magic about him. He’s charming, talented, and very funny, with a Victorian quip for almost every occasion. He has a suitcase sound system playing period music, and some baffling tricks up his sleeve. ⠀
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Join us from 12-4pm at Hardcastle Crags on Saturday 17th July to see Felix and lots more fantastic entertainment at the National Trust’s flagship off-grid property!⠀
#509arts #outdoors #hardcastlecrags

How exciting 😆 this is the printing of the heri

How exciting 😆 this is the printing of the heritage banner by @sandramccrackenstudio illustrating the fascinating 20th century story of Hardcastle Crags. The banner is nearly 6 metres in length and we can’t wait to hang it today ready for you to explore tomorrow.

Join us at @hardcastlecrags_nt for a free rolling programme of outdoor performance including unplugged music and family theatre, and to learn more about the 200-year history of picnics, entertainment, Gibson Mill’s extraordinary heritage and the idyllic landscape of Hardcastle Crags.

Saturday 17th July 12 - 4pm at Hardcastle Crags.
#509arts #hardcastlecrags #hebdenbridge

Are you ready for KIMBER'S MEN on Saturday????? A

Are you ready for KIMBER'S MEN on Saturday?????

Audiences everywhere, rave over the harmonies of Kimber’s Men. They have appeared at Festivals in Ostende, Appingedam, Portmagee, Portsoy, Fano in Denmark, and all over the UK. Featured twice on Sunday brunch for Channel 4 ,they also starred in the BBC2 and BBC4 production of Sea Songs, with Gareth Malone; the latter being the most viewed programme of the year, on BBC 4.

How amazing are they going to sound down at Hardcastle Crags. See you from 12-4pm, head to Gibson Mill.

#509arts #kimbersmen #harmonies #folk #festival #music #arts #creative #theatre #storytelling #poetry #prose #woodland #nature #outdoors #hardcastlecrags #nationaltrust #woodland #musical #perform

In 1934, 1948 and 1969 the water board tried to bu

In 1934, 1948 and 1969 the water board tried to build a dam at Hardcastle Crags. Each time they wanted to build a huge wall across the valley to hold the water back and create a reservoir 30 metres deep. The trees and plants and footpaths and animal habitats would be flooded and the valley would disappear.

Each time local people organised protests and campaigns to stop the water board from building the dam.

@sandramccrackenstudio has created a beautiful banner illustrating the fascinating 20th century story of this much loved place and it will be unveiled on Saturday at Gibson Mill.
#509arts #arts #creative #theatre #storytelling #poetry #prose #woodland #nature #outdoors #hardcastlecrags #nationaltrust #woodland #musical #perform #hebdenbridge

THE FLYING DODOS by @thingumatheatre Despite all

THE FLYING DODOS by @thingumatheatre

Despite all the odds, an unknown subspecies of the dodo has been discovered! Much larger than their extinct cousins and able to fly (sort of), Charles and Amelia, two relics of a bygone era, are very excited to be travelling the world to see what they’ve been missing.

Guess what? They are travelling to NT Hardcastle Crags on Saturday to see you 😆
#509arts #thingumajigtheatre #dodos #fun #familyfun #arts #creative #theatre #storytelling #poetry #prose #woodland #nature #outdoors #hardcastlecrags #nationaltrust #woodland #musical #perform

A NEW LEAF STORYTELLING WALK A New Leaf is the st

A NEW LEAF STORYTELLING WALK

A New Leaf is the story of a woodland and its discovery of a strange new leaf by Brian Acton. The Grand Old Oak must solve the mystery of this new ‘leaf’, but she needs the help of an unexpected ally - Florence the Woodpecker. The performance is a mixture of poetry, prose and song.

For this fantastic part of the day, it involves taking a little walk around the woods and has a capacity of 30. Its particularly suitable for family audiences (ages 5-10). We will have a sign -up sheet at the stripey information point when the event opens and it will be on a first come first served basis.

We can't wait, can you???
#509arts #arts #creative #theatre #storytelling #poetry #prose #woodland #nature #outdoors #hardcastlecrags #nationaltrust #woodland #musical #perform

We’re welcoming Satteli to Hardcastle Crags on S

We’re welcoming Satteli to Hardcastle Crags on Saturday, if you haven’t seen their talent before please read on to find out a little more about them.

Singers and multi instrumentalists Helen and Louise Curtis-Streich, were born to Anglo-Swiss parentage. A dominant and formative part of their childhood was spent within the farming community of the Bernese Alps, immersed in traditional culture and family life. They formed vocal duo Sätteli to honour their Swiss heritage, bringing a completely unique sound to British audiences with an eclectic mix of alpine songs old, new and original. They are part of an exciting movement of artists who are exploring the boundaries of Swiss traditional music.

#509arts #satteli #swiss #music #alpine #hardcastlecrags #yorkshire #events #alps #swissmusic #nature #outdoors #beautifuldestinations #explore #escapetheeveryday #walkshire #family

UNPLUGGED PICNIC AT HARDCASTLE CRAGS 17th July 12

UNPLUGGED PICNIC AT HARDCASTLE CRAGS

17th July 12 - 4 pm

Summer is in full bloom so pack your flask, don your finest sunhat and join us for an afternoon outdoors celebrating the beautiful landscape of Hardcastle Crags and its 20th century history as a place of entertainment and leisure.

509 Arts invites you to the National Trust’s flagship off-grid property, for a free rolling programme of outdoor performance including unplugged music and family theatre, and to learn more about the 200-year history of picnics, entertainment, Gibson Mill’s extraordinary heritage and the idyllic landscape of Hardcastle Crags.

#509arts #unplugged #picnic #outdoors #heritage #nature #livemusic #music #theatre #storytelling #wildnerness #fun #heritage #hardcastlecrags

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