We’re thrilled to bring Deception Island to Great Yarmouth Minster this September as part of the brilliant Festival of the Sea.

1-8 September 2024
Great Yarmouth Minster
Tickets from £5-6.50

About Deception Island

‘Utterly amazing, immersive, revelatory’
Audience, Norwich

Step inside a replica Antarctic hut and be transported to Deception Island, a tiny caldera in the Antarctic Ocean. Battered by the fiercest seas in the world and shaken by volcanic activity, the rusting remains of industry and a seabed littered with whalebones testify to mankind’s greed and brutality. But the island is also an outpost of scientific exploration, a witness to human attentiveness and fortitude.

Deception Island summons a remote frontier where climate and months of winter darkness impose a kind of perpetual lockdown. As the ship carrying the author’s father edges through the basalt cliffs into the calmer waters of Deception Island, the island’s many voices, human and non-human, begin to speak.

A powerful parable for the Anthropocene.’
Audience, Hexham Book Festival

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Standard Experiences

Run time: circa 45 minutes.
£5 per ticket.

Deception Island is suitable for ages 12+. Children under 12 are welcome at the parent’s discretion.
Violence: There is one scene of a whale carcass being processed. This involves blood and gore.
Danger: There is one scene with a sense of peril.
Language: no adult language. Suitable for all ages.
Content: Deception Island is suitable for all ages. It includes themes of scientific enquiry, whaling, and climate change. The pace can be slow for young children.

Cocktail Evening Experiences

When scientists travelled to Antarctica they would pack a suit with their other kit.

Why?

Because on the long Antarctic nights, it makes a difference to look forward to dress-up Wednesdays.

We’re celebrating that Antarctic tradition by donning our suits and inviting you to join us for a pre-show cocktail or mocktail and a special extended experience.

Run time: circa 75 minutes
£6.50 per ticket.

Suitable only for ages 18+

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