8–9 & 15–23 Feb 2025
Grue
Wintercroft & ARCADE
Explore a wintry world built by the people of Bradford.
- Audio described
- Quiet space available
- Relaxed environment
- Wheelchair user access
A fabulous walk-through experience for culture-lovers young and old.
In this enchanted landscape, visitors took on an important mission: helping our historian to solve the mysteries of Damart Mill. They passed through secret doors, a fairy forest and even went underwater on their quest – and met some special guests along the way.
Dreamed up by artist Steve Wintercroft, produced by Yorkshire’s very own ARCADE and built entirely from recycled and repurposed materials, Grue is named after an ancient word for ‘shiver’ – but don’t worry about the cold! People were able to warm up with a drink and a snack, and take part in special crafting activities on site.
About ARCADE
ARCADE is a charity that supports communities to get involved in art and creativity. We are based in Scarborough and Bridlington but work in lots of different places.
About Wintercroft
Wintercroft is an environmentally conscious design company specialising in helping people make masks from waste card. Their masks provide a therapeutic, satisfying way to connect with a side of ourselves that we might not even have known was there.
Lead image: ©Steve Wintercroft
Video Thumbnail: ©Andrew Benge
GRUE by Wintercroft and ARCADE
Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. Supported by Damart.
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Download our Grue Visual Story.
This Visual Story describes what you can expect at Grue. It has pictures and simple sentences.
Audio described
Audio description will be provided through PenFriend – A chunky pen shaped device that can audio describe spaces and objects when placed near specially designed stickers. We have a limited number of these devices but have made audio description available during at least one slot each hour. Please contact our Ticketing team on [email protected] for more information.
Performances will not be captioned, but a transcript will be available to read.
Wheelchair accessible
There are lifts and ramps throughout the venue.
Accessible toilets
The venue has accessible toilets.
Disabled parking
There are 6 disabled car parking spaces in the venue car park and are right next to the entrance.
Quiet space
A quiet room will be available throughout the event.
Relaxed sessions
All Grue performances are relaxed meaning you are free to move, make noise and leave the space if you need to, although we cannot guarantee you can re-enter the experience with your group.
On Mondays there are no performers. You can explore the artwork at your own pace, with less interaction, if this is an experience you’d prefer.
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