WinterLight
Oxford
Friday 28 November 2008. Venues open until 10.30pm.
Events in Bonn Square
from 5.00pm and in Broad Street from 7pm.
Enjoy an evening of spectacle, entertainment
and surprises in Oxford’s city centre to kick
off the Christmas season in style.
For a full list of events
and participating venues, download the WinterLight
Oxford leaflet and map.
Eye-catching street theatre, music and dance celebrate
the remarkable transformation of Bonn Square where
Les
Grooms (The Bellboys), a very unexpected
kind of brass band from France, perform a special
musical fanfare.
At 6.30pm, stilt walkers, The
Wrong Size, will lead a procession featuring
giant lanterns made by local schoolchildren from the
Square and along Queen Street and Cornmarket, illuminated
by new Christmas Lights.
Arriving in Broad Street at 7pm, the extraordinary
outdoor arts company Walk
the Plank will raise a giant mobile animated
with fire and fireworks heralding the start of the
International
Year of Astronomy 2009.
Oxford’s museums galleries, theatres and shops
will be open late into the evening offering a heart-warming
menu of things to do, to listen to and eat.
Special events include artist’s light projections
at Oxford
Castle, the switch
on of the Christmas Lights, live music and a special
“WinterLight” cocktail at The
Oxford Playhouse and guided exhibition tours and
children’s activities at Modern
Art Oxford.
Or why not explore one of the city’s museums
after dark? The University of Oxford museums offer
activities inspired by the night sky at the Museum
of the History of Science, live music at The
Ashmolean, family events at the Natural
History Museum plus there are Victorian treats
at the Museum
of Oxford.
| Kids
Go Free! The Oxford
Bus Company is offering free travel after
6pm on 28 November to children aged 5–15
years old, up to 3 children per adult. Children
travelling solo pay normal fare. Applies only
to local buses and Park & Ride. Thank you
to Oxford
Bus Company. |
For a full list of events
and participating venues, download the WinterLight
Oxford leaflet and map.
WinterLight Oxford is produced by Oxford
Inspires with Simon
Chatterton, Oxford
City Council and the West
End Partnership. Walk
the Plank is co-commissioned with Middlesbrough
Borough Council.
WinterLight is supported by Arts
Council England, Awards
for All, Berman
Guedes Stretton, The
Big Bang and First
Great Western.
