Glow, NewcastleGateshead Winter Festival December 11, 2008

Glow will quite literally throw the spotlight on Newcastle’s rich heritage as part of this year's NewcastleGateshead Winter Festival. Special architectural light projections will illuminate the medieval town walls as darkness falls on this North East city.

Described as a ‘visual exercise in Geordie Geography’, the projections will incorporate black and white images drawn from historic sources, such as 19th-century maps and Thomas Bewick engravings, as well as symbols of Geordie culture and identity. It aims to reveal buildings, spaces and views often unknown to local residents and visitors.

Glow will be illuminating: the West Walls at Gallowgate, Morden Tower, and The House of Recovery; and the Sally Port Tower on Tower Street, from Thursday 11 – Monday 15 December, 4.30-9.30pm.

There will also be an atmospheric poetry reading in Morden Tower – part of the old town walls - on Saturday 13 December. It will celebrate North East poetry, the tower’s little-known heritage as a unique meeting place for poets – including the likes of legends Allen Ginsberg, Seamus Heaney, Tony Harrison, Steve Smith and Simon Armitage - and the life of Bill Griffiths, whose love and careful documenting of the Geordie dialect has left a lasting legacy.

Glow is one of three free highlight of NewcastleGateshead Winter Festival, part of NewcastleGateshead's world-class festivals and event programme, produced by culture10. The other events are Enchanted Parks and Glowmobiles.

Official Website: http://www.NewcastleGateshead.com/winterfestival