National Trust collaboration with Wildworks in Cornwall

Nine performers in long skirts walking out of the sea onto a sandy beach — Wildworks are the UK's leading landscape theatre company | © Ian Kingsnorth

National Trust collaborating with Wildworks, the UK's leading landscape theatre company, to host multiple new artworks.

National Trust is hosting multiple new artworks commissioned for the Hello Stranger community engagement programme led by Wildworks, the UK’s leading landscape theatre company, in an exciting new collaboration.

The programme will run across multiple National Trust places from July 2024 until March 2025, featuring works by Cornish artists and co-produced by communities across Cornwall.

National Trust has also commissioned a site-specific Hello Stranger project; Wildworks artists will explore themes of loss and change on the Lizard peninsula. Hello Stranger will culminate in an exhibition of all works at a National Trust place, opening in the new year 2025.

Find out about what's on here.

Three sketches in frames set out on a shelf with a gold background — Works part of This is Me | © Neil McGraw

What’s on

Find out more about the events and artworks coming to National Trust places in Cornwall.

Wildworks events at National Trust places in Cornwall: Discover Wildworks events at National Trust places across Cornwall.Find out more
This is Me: This is Me is one of seventeen artworks produced for Hello Stranger, a Cornwall-wide community engagement programme created by Wildworks and supported by National Trust places in Cornwall and the communities they serve. Touring until 25 November.Find out more
Story Shelter: Story Shelter is a work of visual art comprising panels and patches, handmade by local community groups and individuals from across Cornwall, all sewn together into a mighty tent.Find out more
Cornwall Erratics: Become part of an online Human Archive of the memories, experiences and hopes of the people who are part of the Cornish landscape and have, in some ways, transformed it.Find out more

A collection of brightly painted and gold leafed pots photographed in from of a suitcase covered in hand-drawn luggage labels — 'This Is Me' | © Camilla Forest

The Hello Stranger programme

Hello Stranger is an extensive community engagement programme, spanning towns, schools and charitable organisations across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It is one part of the WE ARE SHINING project created and led by Wildworks.

Over 60 Hello Stranger artists have worked with people from diverse communities across Cornwall, including: those experiencing homelessness, disadvantaged and marginalised communities in the far west, individuals living through bereavement, refugees, people with disabilities, those living on Cornwall’s eastern border, and many more.

About Wildworks

Wildworks, based in Truro, are experts in site-specific immersive theatre working across the UK and abroad. Their portfolio includes The Passion of Port Talbort and Wolf’s Child with the National Trust at Felbrigg Hall.

The WE ARE SHINING project received £1 million investment Cornwall Council’s Good Growth Programme, funded by the government’s Shared Prosperity Fund. This represents a significant investment in the cultural industry in Cornwall. National Trust joins Black Voices Cornwall, Cornwall Pride, and other community organisations to support the delivery of Cornwall-wide celebration of culture.

Wildworks is the UK’s leading landscape theatre company. From their base in Cornwall they make site-specific theatre with communities locally, nationally and internationally. They reach audiences and collaborators all over the globe. Everyone is invited.

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