Night Out in Nature - Ickworth Estate
Night Out in Nature is an outdoor sensory installation performance for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).
Location
Ickworth Estate
The Rotunda Horringer Bury St Edmunds IP29 5QE United KingdomRefund Policy
About this event
Frozen Light brings 'Night Out in Nature' to Ickworth Estate.
Four scientists have lived inside a biodome for over a decade nurturing the Blostma, a plant so powerful it only flowers every 12 years. The Blostma might be what we've all been waiting for, but only if it blossoms under the full moon tonight!
You're invited to enter the biodome and experience this cosmic, floral event. The question is, after 12 years of waiting, will the Blostma reveal its blooms?
This event is wheelchair accessible and limited to 6 individuals with PMLD and their carers per show. There is a Changing Places toilet on site.
To prepare for the show, you can access our visual story here.
This event has been made possible with the support of the National Trust and Ickworth Estate.
Frequently asked questions
People with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and their carers, friends and families.
1 hour.
The audience is limited to 6 individuals with PMLD and their carers.
Yes - Night Out in Nature is performed in four areas and the audience will be led through the performance space by two Tour Guides. The audience is welcome to make noise!
No - the audience can leave the show and re-join whenever they feel ready. The Tea Garden will be open throughout the show as a chill out zone for audience members.
Yes - please feel free to eat, drink, and administer food/drink orally or enterally during the show.
Yes - there will be ground matting covering the performance space to ensure wheelchair users can access the show regardless of adverse ground conditions.
The show is performed outside so come prepared for the weather. If it’s very windy or rainy we may have to cancel the show for the safety of performers and audience.
In the Biosprings area you may get wet. We will provide you with waterproof ponchos to wear but please bring a spare change of clothes if you are likely to splash water a lot.
We're delighted that there will be a Mobiloo on site every day. A Mobiloo is a mobile accessible toilet and changing place, with a tracking hoist and adult changing bed.
You can find an access statement on the National Trust website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/ickworth-estate
Yes, there are accessible parking spaces in the main car park. The car park has hard surface tarmac, and a tarmac path which leads to the main tarmac drive. There is also a drop off point at the back of the West Wing.
Ickworth Estate have kindly provided day passes for Night Out in Nature attendees, so please feel free to spend the day exploring the grounds! There is a restaurant, tea room, book shop and plant shop on site, as well as extensive gardens.