HighTide's Ness: An Audio Landscape
Step off the boat at Orford Ness, put on your headphones, wander through a world of sound. Adapted from the prose poem by Rob Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood Ness speaks gull, speaks wave, speaks bracken & lapwing, speaks bullet, ruin, gale, deception.
- Booking essential
- Free event
****Please note, there is a £5 booking fee for each headset, payable when booking access tickets ******
Ness: an audio landscape is a HighTide production in collaboration with the National Trust.
This is not an audio guide to Orford Ness.
Ness: an audio landscape will take visitors on a specially designed sonic journey, weaving fragments of Robert Macfarlane’s poem, Ness, into a dramatic audio play that reveals itself through the use of geolocated sound.
Starting at Basecamp and ending at The Green Chapel (Lab 1) with a 15 minute audio performance.
Follow the five forms of nature – It, As, She, He, They – as they converge to solve a crisis in this forbidden and forgotten place. Using geolocation sound technology, this story reveals itself in fragments. No two experiences are the same.
Produced by writer-centred theatre company, HighTide, and created and directed by associate artist Zoë Svendsen and award-winning sound designer Carolyn Downing, the production is funded by the University of Cambridge.
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The basics
- Booking details
Call 0344 2491895
- Suitability
Suitable to 12+ years
- Meeting point
Arrive on Orford Quay to check in for your ferry crossing. You will be give boarding passes and headsets. We recommend arriving 10 minutes prior to your ferry.
- What to bring and wear
Orford Ness is a coastal site subject to changes in the weather. Wear comfortable walking shoes.;
- Accessibility
Access to the Ness is via our ferry, Octavia, which requires navigating steps which can be slippery when wet.
Upcoming events
Island of Secrets Walk
Join us on a walk past the usual 'no entry' signs into the heart of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment area and learn about these fascinating buildings.
Orford Ness Half Day Trailer Tour
Take a leisurely guided tour of the Ness in our 24 seat passenger trailer, including access to the Cold War Atomic Weapons Research Establishment area which is normally 'off-limits' to visitors.
Overnight Stargazing on Orford Ness
Join us for an overnight stay to gaze at the stars from Orford Ness.
True or False? Myths & Legends of Orford Ness
Join us for a walk on Orford Ness to discover some of the tales that have been told about this unique section of Suffolk Coast. True or False we will leave you to decide!