Photo: Steve Wintercroft
A popular immersive installation which started life in Scarborough is heading for a national platform, as part of the programme for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
8th-23rd February 2025
Bowling Green Mills, Lime Street, Bingley, BD97 1AD
Suitable for all ages
Grue is a fabulous walk-through experience for all ages. In this enchanted landscape, you’ll take on an important mission: helping our historian to solve the mysteries of Damart Mill. You’ll pass through secret doors, a fairy forest and even go underwater on your quest – and perhaps you’ll meet some special guests along the way.
Dreamed up by artist Steve Wintercroft and built entirely from recycled and repurposed materials, Grue is named after an ancient word for ‘shiver’ – but don’t worry about the cold! You’ll be able to warm up with a drink and a snack, and take part in special crafting activities on site.
Grue includes a small team of live actors who perform the role of the historian, as well as the voices of characters within the installation. Strong improvisation skills are essential, the ability to sing and previous experience working with children as a performer would be advantageous.
Are you a great voice actor with the ability to voice different characters? Can you bring fresh energy to small amounts of dialogue every 30 minutes? Are you able to improvise with participants including young children and families?
Steve Wintercroft leads an environmentally conscious design company specialising in helping people make masks from waste card.
He’s published seven papercraft books and worked on projects for Damien Hirst, Sir Paul McCartney, Björk and Game of Thrones.
Funded through public funding from the National Lottery by Arts Council England and Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
