All Events on Friday 21 September
Arts
10.00am Friday 21 September
Longplayer
Longplayer is a one thousand year-long musical composition which you can listen to in the magical setting of the garden at Newton’s childhood home.
Arts
12.30pm Friday 21 September
Isaac Newton and the Age of Scientific Discovery
National Portrait Gallery at Belton House
Illustration to left; John Locke by Michael Dahl c. 1696. This exhibition is a display of portraits and miniatures celebrating the age of scientific discovery which began in the 1600s. Exhibition organised by the National Portrait Gallery in collaboration with the National Trust.
Family
5.00pm Friday 21 September
Festival Opening
Dallas Campbell
Dallas Campbell, presenter of BBC Bang Goes the Theory, opens the Gravity Fields Festival. Come and celebrate the start of the festival week at this free event.
Science
6.00pm Friday 21 September
The High Energy Frontier – The Large Hadron Collider
Professor Valerie Gibson
Cambridge Professor of High Energy Physics returns to Grantham to give the opening science presentation of the festival. The latest news and discoveries from CERN. SOLD OUT.
Arts
7.00pm Friday 21 September
White Light
Deadgood
A lightwork, reflecting Newton's experiments splitting white light through a prism. The colours of the rainbow will light up the spire of St Wulfram's.
Arts
7.30pm Friday 21 September
Newton
Produced by TFA Ltd in association with the Gravity Fields Festival
Premiere: International actor, director and academic Jack Klaff presents a new touching and entertaining solo show - a warts and all portrait of Sir Isaac Newton. At Stamford Arts Centre.
Arts
7.30pm Friday 21 September
Free Festival Opening Concert
The Lincoln Pro-Musica and St Wulfram’s Choir
An evening of celestial sounds with Lincolnshire musicians and singers.
Science
8.00pm Friday 21 September
The Explosive Sun and the Northern Lights
Dr. Pål Brekke
Enjoy the Northern Lights? The Sun is the source of their beauty and affects society in many ways.
Science
8.15pm Friday 21 September
Visualise:Reloaded
Science made simple ltd
A mischievous mix of physical theatre and live science demonstrations from an award-winning company with a passion for science, engineering and maths.
