What a Wonderful World
Let's get creative now for a sustainable future
LATEST 2026 FESTIVAL NEWS ... JON BODEN headlining!
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Let's get creative now for a sustainable future
LATEST 2026 FESTIVAL NEWS ... JON BODEN headlining!
“We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited. All we need is the will to do so.”
David Attenborough
Audience comments from previous years:
“I understood more clearly than before how fragile and precious our natural world is”
"Brilliant and inspirational"
"I will take away a lot of peaceful thoughts and hope“
What a Wonderful World is a climate action group which brings the arts and sciences together to raise local awareness of the climate emergency and bio-diversity loss and what we can each do in our homes and communities to tackle it.
Our Aims are:
- to create awareness of the beauty and wonder of the planet and the threats to all its inhabitants
- to engage people of all ages in arts and science-related activities which will help us understand our predicament and take action that will help prevent further damage and disasters
- to work with like-minded organisations to grow our understanding and raise our voices and support each other.
“Alnwick Playhouse is delighted to be a part of the What A Wonderful World Festival. Our theatre is a space where the most important issues of the times are to be considered, it is with great pleasure we welcome you back”
Damian Cruden, CEO and Artistic Director, Alnwick Playhouse”
Thanks to
The Performers, writers and speakers and many others who have donated their time and talents to create this festival.
FESTIVAL PARTNERS Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick Storyfest, Friends of the Earth Alnwick Area, staff and students of the Duchess’s Community High School, Bill Grisedale Design, Hepple Wilds, Northumberland Wildlife Trust and Rothbury CAN.
FUNDERS in cash and in kind, including the Barbour Foundation, the Hadrian Trust, Hepple Estates, the Joicey Trust, the Percy Family Trust at the Community Foundation.
Our ORGANISING TEAM Chris Algar, Alistair Anderson, Liz Anderson, Lisa Bellamy, Cllr. Rosie Bush, Susie Cochrane, Anne Lowrie, Sue Patience, Gina Prince, Eve Reverchon and Carol Whinnom. with additional help from David Cartwright, Jane Coltman, Anna Corbett, Kris Deedigan, Samantha Hobrough and Neil Woodcock.
TRUSTEES: Chris Algar, Alistair Anderson, Liz Anderson, Thomas Burston, Walter Riddell.
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