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8-10 November 2024
Ambleside, Lake District
Aerial
Three days and nights of film, music, talks and more
Erland Cooper
& BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sat 9 Nov, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church Ambleside
An exclusive to Aerial, acclaimed Scottish composer Erland Cooper will join forces with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for an orchestral reimagining of his latest work ‘Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence’ for solo violin and orchestra, featuring Solo Violinist Freya Goldmark.
This very special concert will be presented by BBC Radio 3’s Elizabeth Alker and recorded for broadcast on her show ‘Unclassified’ by BBC Radio 3.
Film Screenings
Film and conversation at Zeffirellis, an independent cinema in the heart of Ambleside. Delivered in partnership with Inward Eye Film Festival.
Withnail & I
+ Paul McGann in conversation
Fri 8 Nov, 6pm
Zeffirellis Ambleside
In 1987 Zeffirelli’s hosted the premier of a small budget British film shot in Cumbria. That film was Withnail and I and has since become more than just a cult classic, it defined an era and launched its stars off into the Hollywood stratosphere. Join the eponymous ‘I’ (or Marwood for the purists) Paul McGann who will introduce the film and be in conversation with author and journalist Luke Turner about the films impact and legacy.
The Outrun
+ Amy Liptrot in conversation
Sat 9 Nov, 8pm
Zeffirellis Ambleside
A vivid and unflinching adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s wrenching personal memoir of addiction, powered by an extraordinary central performance from Saoirse Ronan. Addicted to Hedonism, drink and drugs, a young woman must wrestle with recovery in the remote islands of Orkney whilst reckoning with her complex family history. The screening will be followed by an in-conversation event with author Amy Liptrot.
PLUS Q&A
At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking
Sat 9 Nov, 1pm
Winner of the Grand Jury Award at Sheffield International Documentary Festival, Maja Novaković's impressive feature debut blurs the lines between perception, memory and imagination. Set in the harsh yet beautiful landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina the film follows an elderly man living in isolation, weaving together a tapestry of dreamlike visuals as it records the routines of his daily life. The screening will be introduced by co-writer Jonathan Hourigan and followed with a Q&A
£9 BOOK NOW
Robin and the Hoods
Sat 9 Nov, 4pm
For the tenacious 11-year-old Robin (Ewart) and her loyal band of friends ‘The Hoods’, the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magical kingdom. The only thing limiting their colourful imagination is the prospect of losing their kingdom forever, when the slippery property developer Clipboard turns up and dazzles the parents of the area with promises of health spas and day-care facilities. When their parents can’t see the wood for the trees, Robin and her friends take matters into their own hands to defend their kingdom.
£9 BOOK NOW
Paddington in Peru Sun 10 Nov, 2pm
The third instalment of this much loved franchise. Join Paddington and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy in Peru where a mystery sends them to the Amazon rainforest and up Peruvian mountains.
£9 BOOK NOW
Short Films Sun 10 Nov
Actor / Director Mark McGann will host the annual Inward Eye Short Film competition and present a talk ‘mixing mediums: poetry and active silence as human narrative in film’.
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Air Songs
Propellor
Sun 10 Nov, 1-4pm drop in
Ambleside Parish Centre & Rothay Park
In the near future, there is a divide between those who live in clean air and those who do not. Air Songs are a mysterious oral tradition that has emerged out of an opposition movement in an age of climate inequality…
Propellor’s latest project is an interactive digital drama: a GPS soundwalk inside a new violin concerto with a live massed natural voice choir, telling the story of an industrial conspiracy in an all-too-imaginable future.
Join Propellor’s director/clarinettist Jack McNeill, solo violinist David Le Page, percussionist Delia Stevens and Freddie Wake-Walker (Mahogany Opera) in a real-time creation event. Be the first to hear extracts of the new concerto and digital drama in surround sound. You’ll be guided through a series of breathwork exercises, vocalisations and ways of engaging with your soundscape as you’re invited to engage in a situation placing you at the centre of a gathering, a protest, and starting to sing...
Where will this take us? Come and help Propellor to find out! The concerto and drama will be shared throughout the session. The final work will premiere in Cumbria in 2025.
All ages welcome, no singing experience necessary. Stay as long as you want - the last hour will take place outside in nearby Rothay Park so please dress appropriately.
Late nights
Join the after party at the Zeffirellis Jazz Bar
Withnail & I After Party Fri 8 Nov
With a drinks list featuring ‘the finest wines available to humanity’ and a soundtrack drawn from the fringes of 60s and 70s counterculture, escape the fear and come on holiday by mistake (full details to be released).
Sat 9 Nov
Saturday night details will be released soon
stay tuned
More to be announced
The station whence he looked
was soft and green,
Not giddy yet aerial, with a depth
Off vale below, a height of hills above
Wordsworth, Home at Grasmere 1806