The Knotted Project’s Forge Festival returns for 2024 on 4 May at Abbot Hall gallery in Kendal.
Forge Festival 2024 is an ambitious young person-led festival with young creatives and Early Career Artists from across Cumbria all performing exciting pieces of original live performance in response to the theme ‘Our Human Connection to the Natural World’.
Young people from Barrow, Carer Support South Lakes and Brewery Youth Theatre have engaged in The Knotted Project’s specialist co-creation process to create bold and dynamic performance pieces. These including physical theatre, dance, music & film, to be performed in unusual and outdoor spaces at Abbot Hall, Kendal.
This year’s festival will also include opportunities for audiences to get involved with engaging creative workshops and inspiring discussions about the environment and what it means to us. This year The Knotted Project are also working with some amazing schools across Cumbria for our first Forge Schools Performance Day. Students from Sandgate School, Whitehaven Academy and Keswick School will all visit Abbot Hall gallery in May for an exciting day to perform their original work, take part in a Gallery tour and watch our Early Career Artists in action.
Forge Festival takes place on Saturday 4th May 10am-4pm at Abbot Hall. You can purchase tickets here. Audiences are welcome to stay for all or part of the day, bring a picnic and enjoy the performances, gallery and workshops.
For more information visit: www.theknottedproject.co.uk/ForgeFestival24 @KnottedProject
Forge Festival is supported using public funding by The National Lottery through Arts Council England. It is also supported by exceptional local partners including Lakeland Arts, Barrow Full, Rosehill Theatre, North Yorkshire Council, Wave Forward and Centre for Social Futures at Lancaster University.
