His Dark Materials Exhibition – The Creatures

Railway Building Block E

Coleg y Cymoedd Nantgarw Campus, CF15 7QY

Public exhibition

Open from the 4th -11th of March

Opening hours:

10am to 8pm (Monday to Friday)

10am to 1pm (Saturday)

Closed on Sunday

Masterclasses

Masterclass 8th March – Designing with Dust…Concept, pre-vis, witches, daemons, bears, windows, worlds, angels….this one has everything. Creating His Dark Materials with Joel Collins and Russell Dodgson – the show’s Production Designer and Visual Effects Supervisor

Masterclass 9th March – Creature FX…how we make you believe it’s real! From Dark Crystal to Dark Materials – using string to tell a story with William Todd-Jones – @ 7pm for 90 mins, lecture hall

Masterclass 10th March – The Magic behind the Golden Monkey: Bringing the Creatures of His Dark Materials to life with Brian Fisher – @ 7pm for 90 mins, lecture hall

Workshops

Workshop open to the public on Saturday 4th March 10.30am-12.30pm

Open to those aged 5 yrs+

Please note children must be supervised. 1 adult may supervise a max of 3 children.

Free parking is available on site

Workshop/Masterclass

How to build a Daemon – a crash course in Reference Puppetry – ages 5+

Masterclasses

  • Designing with Dust
  • Creature FX…how we make you believe it’s real
  • The Magic behind the Golden Monkey

Exhibition Slot Booking

Book your AM/PM slot

Open to all ages, under 16 to be supervised by a parent/guardian

Aberdare

Wellington Street
Aberdare
Rhondda Cynon Taff
CF44 8EN

Nantgarw

Heol y Coleg
Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QY

Rhondda

Llwynypia
Tonypandy
Rhondda Cynon Taff
CF40 2TQ

Ystrad Mynach

Twyn Road
Ystrad Mynach
Hengoed
CF82 7XR

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