Winter Lights (2025)

About the show

A community event for the whole family - celebrating moments of joy and light.

Sunday 26 January, 1-5.30pm
Lantern parade, 5.30-6pm

Free entry, no tickets required.

Wellspring Settlement (Barton Hill Settlement) - Google Maps link
43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill, BS5 0AX.

• Theatre performances and games
• Crafts
• Storytelling
• Lantern making and parade!

As part of our 40th year celebrations, we are collaborating with children, young people and our community to create Winter Lights - an event that celebrates joy, light, creativity and the warmth of community.

Bring the family and immerse yourselves in an afternoon full of fun: enjoy storytelling workshops, craft activities and creative workshops, watch captivating performances by Travelling Light’s youth theatre, create lanterns inspired by urban animals, and join us for a magical lantern parade through Barton Hill to the Urban Park, featuring live music from Burning Brass. There will also be live music and tasty refreshments to keep everyone entertained throughout the afternoon.

Come light up the winter with us!

Winter Lights illustration by Amy Grimes.

Programme and Settlement map

You can view the programme, map and urban animal trail here. Free paper copies will be available on the day at the entrance and at reception.

Accessibility

Wellspring Settlement and the spaces being used for Winter Lights are fully accessible for wheelchair users and those with reduced mobility. The First Floor spaces are accessible via a lift. The entrance to the lift is a via door to the right hand side of the steps in the courtyard.

Please speak to a member of staff (in a Travelling Light blue t-shirt) at the entrance, if you have any specific access needs that you would like to discuss with us.

Performance details

Key: Buy tickets from venue

• Date
• Time
• Venue
• Box office

• January

  • • Date: 26 Jan - 26 Jan
    • Time: 13:00
    • Venue: Wellspring Settlement
    • Box office: Free entry

The creative team

• Xahnaa Adlam

  6-9’s Youth Theatre Facilitator

• Mike Akers

  Writing Mentor

• Louise Betts

  Winter Lights Producer

• Nicola Bohlen

  Youth Theatre Volunteer

• Rebecca Braccialarghe

  Louder Than Words and 10-12's Facilitator

• Naama Brittenden

  Youth Theatre Volunteer

• Suvi Burrows

  Youth Theatre Volunteer

• Brenda Callis

  Louder Than Words Assistant

• Fifi Delaney

  Louder Than Words Assistant Facilitator and 13-16's Assistant

• Imogen Downes

  Where the Acorns Grow Writer

• Rachael Duthie

  Production Manager

• Nick Fogarty

  6-9's and 10-12's Assistant, Where the Acorns Grow Sound Designer

• Jem Hicks

  Winter Lights Young Producer

• Ava Hilton

  Youth Theatre Volunteer

• Eliza Kilburn

  Louder Than Words Assistant and Youth Theatre Coordinator

• Richard Longworth

  Youth Theatre Volunteer

• Lucy Marjoram

  Youth Theatre Volunteer

• Kerry Russell

  Designer and Creative Facilitator

• Lizzy Stephens

  Artistic Director

• Ali Sully

  Volunteer Coordinator

• Kev Stratton

  Stage Manager

• Willow Vidal-Hall

  Where the Acorns Grow Director and 13-16's Facilitator

• Anna Whealing

  Youth Theatre Volunteer

• Richard Worsnop

  Louder Than Words Assistant

Thanks so much to everyone who has supported and funded this event:

Travelling Light Friends
Arts Council England
Backstage Trust
Bristol City Council
Charcoalblue
The Coutts Foundation
Family Arts Campaign
National Lottery Community Fund
The Nisbet Trust
Patricia Routledge Foundation
Postcode Local Trust - thanks to players of the People's Postcode Lottery
Thresholds Ltd.
Vanguard Storage
Yellow Wood Foundation
Wellspring Settlement