About the project

Developed at Coney with Norfolk & Norwich Festival, we created and delivered a series of creative, playful workshops for 13-18 year-olds across heritage sites in East Anglia over summer 2022. Young people learned about game-design, teamwork and interactive design, to dream up new ways for audiences to explore their local heritage sites.

Over August 2022, we landed in four different heritage sites and worked with dozens of teenagers across the region. Over four week-long workshops, we developed interactive experiences that allowed audiences to explore the heritage and natural sites in unique ways, guided by the interests and creativity of the young people involved.

The sites

• In Peckover House (National Trust), we created an immersive smartphone adventure inviting the audience to the 300th birthday of the house.

• At Flag Fen Archeology Site, we developed a time-travel immersive experience that transported audiences 3000 years into the past.

• At Carlton Marshes (Suffolk Wildlife Trust), we developed ‘The Missing Egg’, an exciting mystery adventure exploring Carlton Marshes rich natural heritage for 6–12-year-olds.

• In Kings Lynn (Norfolk Wildlife Trust), we built an audio tour exploring the hidden natural spots of the town, guided by an old fox seeking green corridors. This piece then was developed further with Norfolk Wildlife Trust to become Nature Corridor Protectors, a free family phone adventure to explore local wildlife in King’s Lynn.