Great North Nights: Winter Wonder(land)

A cosy cultural evening for adults with activities to try, music, lightning talks, drinks and pizza, a perfect alternative festive night out.  

For the final Great North Night of 2024, we have a fantastic evening of intriguing content for you to explore. There will be spectacular music performances and chances to see science in a way you've never thought of before, did you know antibiotics can come from the deepest part of our oceans!? Here is what you can see at this Great North Night finale for 2024.  

Discover 

• The future of sight with augmented vision and visual prosthesis with Professor Patrick Degenaar 
• How bacteria can be used to make fuel cells with Professor Ian Head  
• Look to the stars and our solar system with asteroseismologist Dr Dominic Bowman 
• How ice shapes the Antarctic landscape with Professor Bethan Davies  
• Hear of the hidden stories of the past with archaeologist Dr Chloe Duckworth   
• Medicine discovery from the deep ocean with Dr Katherine Duncan  
• Uncover geological time through interpretive dance with Deep Time Futures  
• Gaming technology for the advancement of medical training and education with Dr Rich Davison. 

Try 

• Test how sensitive your sense of smell is with Dr Caroline Allen  
• Build your own Biofilm with Dr Amy Tooke  
• Chillout zone with the Northumbrian Night sky in the planetarium 
• Delicious festive cocktails and pizza plus delectable beers from Stubrew, Newcastle University’s own student brewery
• Make a mitochondria themed accessory or decoration.

Listen 

• Dr Rob Mackay and Adam Sopher serenade us with a collaborative performance connecting ancient and contemporary landscapes  
• The Newcastle University orchestra bring us a sensational sample from their most recent repertoire  
• DJ Awkward Black Girl takes us on a musical journey with some contemporary classics
• “My Father Told Me” sound and archive project with Richard Bliss
• Hear Dr James Ash discuss the unseen link between gaming and gambling.