Lights & Lanterns

Presented by Spectroscope, step inside our emporium of light and shadow, where history flickers to life and you become part of the spectacle. Try your hand at a 130 year old magic lantern, create your own hand painted glass slide, don a top hat, and transform into a Victorian projectionist guided by two enigmatic hosts from another era.

Inspired by the lives and work of deaf Victorian artists Harry Ash and Harry Bow, this immersive workshop draws on rich deaf archives and the lost art of shadowgraphy, storytelling through light, silhouette and movement.

Led by deaf performers David Ellington and Ciaran O'Breen, you will explore expressive techniques using your hands and body. Learn to shape shadows, invent your own signs, and create visual stories, whether solo or in collaboration with others.

Expect a playful, physical experience where past and present collide, and where light becomes language.