On the 5th and 6th of November the Watch This Space team will unveil their most ambitious and exciting project to date. “Watch This Space: Lyveden New Bield” will offer a dazzling, dynamic and sometimes gruesome alternative to the usual bonfire night festivities.

A mixture of fireworks, dramatic lighting, projection, original soundtrack and an exploration of the buildings direct links to the gunpowder plot of 1605 promises to be THE bonfire night show to see of 2009.

“Sir Thomas Tresham’s delight, skill and misfortune are all epitomised in Lyveden New Bield. When one first sees its skeleton silhouetted against the skyline, it looks less like an Elizabethan ruin than a house interrupted in the process of building. And that in fact is what it is. When Tresham died in Septempber 1605, the masons laid down their tools, never to take them up again. There the lodge stands in suspended animation” Mark Girouard

Lyveden New Bield was intended to be a garden lodge and a testament to a family’s faith in a time of religious oppression. Persecuted for their catholic faith Thomas Tresham and his son, Francis Tresham plaid a huge part in the events leading up to the gunpowder plot, culminating in Francis’s head being displayed on a spike due to his part in the conspiracy.

Tickets cost only £3 (£2 concessions) and can be purchased by contacting:

Lyveden New Bield: 01832 205358 / lyveden@nationaltrust.org.uk

Fermynwoods Contemporary Art: 01536 373469 / gallery@fermynwoods.co.uk

Hurry. Places are limited and this is selling FAST. You have been warned!

This project is made possible with support from National Trust, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Arts Council England, East Northamptonshire Council, Cultural Community Partnerships, Brigstock Primary School and Kingswood School.

THANKS!