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
Overnight Stargazing on Orford Ness
Join us for an overnight stay to gaze at the stars from Orford Ness.
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.
Young Ranger Day
Aged 5-12? Want to get up close to the nature that calls Orford Ness home? Then come along to our Young Ranger event and learn how our rangers care for this amazing place.
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.