At Lightbear Lane, we are cultural consultants and creative place-makers. For us, the arts are a catalyst for socio-political, environmental and cultural change. We create site-specific creative programmes and build engaged audiences invested in accessible, high-quality arts at the heart of their communities.
News
Oct 2
We had a fabulous time at Heritage Open Days at Old St Leonard's Hall Studio. The hall, built in 1889, was first used as a school and has had different uses over the years before closing to the public a few years ago. It has been lovingly restored by architectural firm Fabrica and turned into a mult...Read more
Aug 8
Hosting Henry VIII at Exeter as part of Historic Royal Palaces' "Henry on Tour" was an amazing experience to be part of. A whole weekend of Tudor festivities at Exeter's Tudor heritage sites! Click on the link to see the ITV report with David Smith as Henry VIII and the current Earl of Devon presidi...Read more
May 3
Our #ProudToBe film launch was a real celebration of community! Residents, families and children, friends, artists and supporters all enjoyed our co-created film about pride of place, and Jim Causley joined us to present our new wassail song! Thank you to everyone who took part in this project and h...Read more
Nov 26 2023
We really enjoy Christmas! This year, we are lucky to be able to do the programme at St Nicholas Priory in Exeter and we are excited. Starting off with "Lady Katherine's Tudor Christmas", we have four very different Christmas concerts lined up: Joe Levy's "An English History of Christmas", Jim Causl...Read more
Nov 26 2023
We had such a good time this All Hallows'! A beautiful concert with Ruth Molins and poetry from Chris Waters, Jim Causley's fabulous and folksy programme of spooky songs with Mark Norman, and we particularly enjoyed designing and delivering our herbology lessons with Devon & Exeter Medical Heritage ...Read more
Below are links to some of our projects
Hidden Cities is an EU-wide project making history accessible to all with a free, interactive walking trail app. Watch the short documentary below!
First simple sketch of Lightbear Lane :)
our lane
Welcome to Lightbear Lane! You see it here as it is just about to wake up. What's around the bend, and beyond that gate?
Autumn in Lightbear Lane Here you see the lane in its autumnal glory, which captures the colour and cosiness of a blustery October day.
Sarah researched street name signs and settled on a Victorian version found in Devon.
Lightbear Lane - where Christmas is white ;)
Lightbear Lane in Spring