Curious Spark

Who? Where? What? We are engaging with audiences in schools, libraries, youth groups, wellbeing organisations, archives and heritage centres, independent museums and historic houses and places to immerse people in the key moments told by real actors in authentic Elizabethan rooms. We meet our protagonists in their Privy Council chambers, in the Queen’s bedchamber and as they walk through the passageways of historic homes. We will be listening in on their conversations, and arguments, and as they enjoy themselves during the entertainment put on during their journey. We aim to enlighten, embolden and enhance the heritage of this spectacular event in our region in 1578. However, you need to be prepared to complete the tasks and earn yourself the status of one of Walsingham’s Watcher! Putting on a Progress 1578: Pageantry, People and Places will transport people back in time using 360° immersive films to discover how and why, in the summer of 1578, Queen Elizabeth traveled from London through East Anglia to Norwich.