Wonderland Festival Guide

festival Festival Guide Making all the city a stage

Thursday 8 – Sunday 11 September Aberdeen City Centre

Wonder Hoose Kathryn Joseph

with support from Hamish Hawk

Little Joy Son Al Son Two in a Barrel Tickbox live music drama spoken word author talks family events and much more

Free and ticketed events For full programme details visit aberdeenperformingarts.com/wonderland

W ONDER HOOSE

Step into Wonderland Explore our much-loved city and see it as never before through live music, dance, art installations, all in unusual places and spaces across the city and in our magical Wonder Hoose in Marischal Quad – see the programme for full details.

Leave everything to the imagination and most of all, enjoy your weekend in Wonderland.

We’d love to see your photos of your Wonderland experience – tag us on social over the weekend.

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Sense of Wonder

by All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre with Fusion Youth Dance Company Soar to new heights at Wonderland with an aerial dance performance to leave you breathless. All or Nothing Dance Theatre with Fusion Youth Dance Company will animate an iconic part of the city. Join us and take flight with one of the highlights of the weekend!

Credit: Grant Keelan at PPG Photography

Terra Incognita 3 (as above, so below)

by Look Again/Miasma Terra Incognita (as above, so below) – A weirding of the city, held across various sites, where audiences traverse through a cyclical route that begins and ends at exactly the right time and place. Micro commissions in the shape of radio broadcasts, performances, writing and a display of fascinating interdisciplinary work.

Start and finish at the St Nicholas Kirk Collonade on Union Street and explore the city like never before.

The Sensational Silver City

by Graeme Roger

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Step into the The Sensational Silver City, a theatrical film and sound installation paying homage to world-famous magician and escapologist, Harry Houdini, who dove into Aberdeen harbour in chains in 1909. Featuring members of the North East community filmed underwater suspended in time and ethereal choral voices composed by sound designer Lucie Treacher.

DATE: 8-11 Sept 2022 TIME: Thur 8 Sep – 7.30pm, Fri 9 Sep – 7.30pm, Sat 10 Sep – 3.30pm and 7pm, Sun 11 Sep – 3.30pm and 7pm LOCATION: Broad Street

4 Warren World LOCATION: The Roof Garden, Bon Accord Centre

5 Fruitful FM LOCATION: The Roof Garden, Bon Accord Centre

7 The Sacred Well and the Sacred Tree LOCATION: St Nicholas Street 6pm-8pm Thurs 11am-8pm Fri to Sun

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This Account Does Not Exist Anymore LOCATION: Look Again Project Space, 32 St Andrews Street

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DATE: 8-11 Sept 2022 TIME: 11am-8pm (choir performance Saturday 10 September, 4pm) LOCATION: 87/89 Union Street

6 Satellite Creature II LOCATION: The Roof Garden, Bon Accord Centre

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Sonic Swing LOCATION: St Nicholas Street

11 Through Smoke and Varnish LOCATION: Look Again Project Space, 32 St Andrews St

Unearthed Groundings LOCATION: Look Again Project Space, 32 St Andrews Street

Right Up Your Street

by Shaper/Caper (Thomas Small) The Enchanted Era Emporium is open! The floor is swept, the windows washed, but there’s definitely something funny going on with those mannequins! It all starts with an enchanted jukebox. Choose a song and watch the spell take over.

Whoosh through time, exploring history through dance – but watch out for the shopkeeper!

Holding the Forest Floor

by Alexandra Tsiapi A movement and dance performance inspired by the wonderful world of fungi. Allow yourself to pause, follow, drift back, or observe from afar this beautiful performance, that reconnects us and our senses to the natural world and the kingdom of fungi.

Aberdeen SoundPark

by Pete Stollery Let’s turn the city into a soundscape!

Inspired by all we love about the city we live in Aberdeen SoundPark creates an immersive sonic experience incorporating music alongside familiar sounds of the city – church bells, ship horns and seagulls. Come along and play in Aberdeen’s very own “sound theme park”.

Concrete Botany

by Parel Joy Concrete Botany is a temporary mural celebrating Aberdeen’s urban flora, offering a spotlight to plants that are often underappreciated. Concrete Botany imagines a sustainable future city in which nature/city is broken down, where we rebuild cities in harmony with local nature, and let go of the need to stop plants taking over man-made structures. Sign up for our Wild Printmaking workshop, too, using local plants.

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DATE: 9-11 Sept 2022 TIME: 11am-5pm (performance times 1.15pm, 2.15pm and 3.15pm) LOCATION: Corner of Bon Accord Centre and Schoolhill

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Still

by Emma Fuhrmann Take a breather and chill out in our urban landscape to find a moment of stillness in Wonderland. Both relaxing and fun, Still features a series of interactive structures with small-seated spaces and miniature gardens designed to bring a moment of calm to your visit.

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DATE: 8-11 Sept 2022 TIME: 11am-8pm LOCATION: Marischal Square, beside Provost Skene’s House

Bayswater & 3rd

by Katya Anderson

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How can we connect to nature in city spaces? Step into our urban shed where mirrors and lighting will create a dream like interior. Where dense foliage and animated plants will transport you to a sensory experience and to your very own Wonderland.

DATE: 10-11 Sept 2022 TIME: Saturday 10 September, 1pm & 5pm, Sunday 11 September, 1pm LOCATION: Duthie Park, by the water fountain

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DATE: 10-11 Sept 2022 TIME: 3pm and 8pm LOCATION: Starting at The Roof Garden, Bon Accord Centre, then Art Gallery and Maritime Museum

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DATE: 8-11 Sept 2022 TIME: All Day LOCATION: His Majesty’s Theatre

Instagram: _nothingother Website: www.thefirstdayofspring.ca

DATE: 8-11 Sept 2022 TIME: 11am-8pm LOCATION: 44 St Andrew’s Street

witchtrialversion2

by Sweætshops® Sweætshops® (swextshops) presents their second witchtrialversion, a series of experimental AI/færie sound-performances mapping out Scotland. The project explores the witch burnings through a unique historical lens. Each of the 175 accused in the Aberdeen area will form a pattern that will be printed and distributed throughout the city as a series of street performances.

Culminating in a late-night sound-performance at the kirk.

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DATE: Saturday 10 September TIME: 6pm LOCATION: St Nicholas Kirk FREE BUT TICKETED

Nice Day, Isn’t It?

by Rebecca Dunn Weather is something that everyone has in common. We all relate to it. In these times of uncertainty, one thing we can be sure of is that we never quite know what the weather’s going to do in Aberdeen! Enter the ‘Urban Grow Dome’, and enjoy the audio installation surrounded by nature.

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DATE: 8-11 Sept 2022 TIME: 11am-8pm LOCATION: 85 Union Street