A walk into her world
Ada Lovelace loved Ashley Combe, a house and extensive garden surrounded by temperate rainforest above Porlock Weir: her letters express a freedom to imagine, experiment and roam.
She wasn’t just a mathematician, she was a risk-taker, rider, poet, young mother, correspondent and someone whose health was failing.
She wrote, “I am absolutely afraid of nothing.”
The house is gone, the garden disappearing.
Come into the woods with us - stretch your imagination to find her.
Devised & performed by 30 Porlock Academy artists aged 6-18 with Mahala Tucker and Maya Donne
Artistic Direction Lead Rue Bourn
Sound Lead Stanley Hayden
Design Lead Isaac Lammiman
Film Lead Gilbert Taylor
Site Manager Mia Keal
Artistic Support Sarah Shorten, Seb Tesouro, Angie Newbold and Jon Barrett
Research Dr Adrian Howkins and Dr Leonard Baker, Research Fellows at Bristol University
Guidance Jeff Cox
Show Dates
Friday 18 September
6 pm - scratch performance
Saturday 19 September
12 pm
Sunday 20 September
1 pm
Accessed via two routes from Porlock Weir using public and private land on the Ashley Combe Estate
Reservations: angie@stackedwonky.com SOLD OUT
Running time: 90 minutes
Uneven ground, uphills and paths off the beaten track
No dogs, age 6+
Audience cap: 30/performance
With the kind permission of the Lytton family
Photographs courtesy of Jon Barrett