Warning Notes

A powerful immersive sonic experience of suspense, shifting sounds and poetry.

By Mark Anderson. Created in collaboration with Liam Walsh. Blaenavon creative collaborators - Grug Muse and Marega Palser. 

Funded by the Arts Council of Wales and Oxford Contemporary Music. 

“A pulsing, gorgeous and threatening world woven out of sound sculptures and beautiful, rhythmic notes”  

Audience

As day turns to night, immerse yourself in a captivating sound world and ever changing outdoor live performance. 

Using an ensemble of visually striking mechanical ‘instruments’ - gongs, bells, whistles and explosive events, with poetry and text, Warning Notes creates a rich and powerful soundscape that gives voice to the current social and ecological alarm that ripples across our world. 

Taking place at the iconic Blaenavon Ironworks that built the industrial world from which we are now reaping the rewards of climate change and extreme social injustice, artists Mark Anderson and Liam Walsh, with dynamic creative collaborators Grug Muse (Welsh language poet and performer), Marega Palser (Dancer) create a hypnotic and at times playful show for all ages. 

Warning Notes at Blaenavon invites us to sense, listen and reflect on our personal and global stories - past and present – and our future together. 

“Anderson has spent his professional career creating audio visual alchemy that uses light, heat, vibrations, electricity, oscillating chemicals and paraphernalia to dazzle our eyes and startle our imaginations.” 

Richard Wilson

“There are so many things that should be causing alarm: war, climate change, inequality, social injustice, personal situations and here it is given a voice, a clarion call, from a whisper to a roar. At times a volatile mix of energy and sound, at others a reflecting meditative tranquillity we possibly all seek” 

Mark Anderson

How to book

Book your tickets online in advance (purchased tickets cannot be refunded).

Book a ticket for every member of your party. Event suitable for all the family.

Blaenavon Ironworks is an industrial heritage site and event is open to the elements. Please wear sensible foot ware, and clothing for outdoor use.

Event times

Doors Open: 6.00pm

First Show: 6.30pm

Second Show: 7.30pm

Third Show: 8.30pm

Parking

Free parking is provided at Blaenavon Ironworks. Please follow signs to the monument and follow our steward’s directions. SAT NAV postcode: NP4 9R

Accessibility

Warning Notes has been created to be wheelchair accessible, with a mixture of seating available. 

Relaxed performances – the first show on Friday and Saturday will be a ‘relaxed’ performance for those who wish to experience a more spacious, softer and quieter version of the show in daylight hours. 

Touch Tour – a touch tour is available for those who are partially or fully blind or deaf. 

This tour is available on request - please contact Rosie Strang (Producer) to book – rosiestrang@googlemail.com, 07966 071073.

Find out more about Warning Notes here: - https://mark-anderson.uk/projects/warning-notes

Tickets are also available to purchase at Blaenafon Ironworks, and will be available on the night.