The Guardian ★★★★ The Stage ★★★★★ Musical Theatre Review ★★★★★ Theatre Weekly ★★★★ Fairy Powered Productions ★★★★ Broadway World Javelin sends a spear shaped object flying at high speeds. If it hits the ground or a player then it will start pulsating high amounts of damage. As well as being a celebration of their spellbinding work, this new exhibition is a chance for visitors to learn more about Britain’s native species, many of which can be found in Northumberland National Park, and how together we can protect them for future generations to enjoy.

A leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars,” the young Walt Whitman sang in one of the finest poems from his Song of Myself— the aria of a self that seemed to him then, as it always seems to the young, infinite and invincible. But when a paralytic stroke felled him decades later, unpeeling his creaturely limits and his temporality, he leaned on the selfsame reverence of nature as he considered what makes life worth living: After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, love, and so on — have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear — what remains? Nature remains; to bring out from their torpid recesses, the affinities of a man or woman with the open air, the trees, fields, the changes of seasons — the sun by day and the stars of heaven by night. Beguiling but hard to classify, she calls it “a lullaby in a minor key” and hopes it will find readers amid bookshops’ “cacophony of stories”. Duration - Changes the amount of times the javelin pulses, from 1 to 4. More pulses - less damage per pulse and vice-versa. (although the total damage is the same regardless for this spell)Amy-Jane Beer, a writer and naturalist who led a successful campaign to get The Lost Words into more than 600 schools in north and east Yorkshire, said the book conveyed the “profound wild magic” of the natural world to children and adults. There is beautiful puppetry designed by Amber Donovan Kahn and lovely visual abstractions in Hannah Sibai’s set including artfully fluttering ocean waves and a giant luminous globe which looks like an oversized pop-up of Morris’s illustration in the book. Robert Macfarlane, who began The Lost Spells when he jotted down some lines about goldfinches while watching over his dying grandmother, said he hoped that it would inspire wonder, hope, action and change. “And that it might run wild in ways we cannot yet imagine, becoming songs, plays, protests, films and more. And that it might touch readers’ hearts a little in this hard autumn.” Morris, an illustrator who has sold more than 1m books worldwide, said: “I hope The Lost Spells will be something people can carry with them in these difficult times, as a place for the mind to rest. I hope it will help children to re-enchant their parents with the wild wonder and beauty of the world around them.” Crowd-funded campaigns resulted in the book being bought and donated to more than three-quarters of primary schools in England, Wales and Scotland and to every hospice in the country.

The songs were so catchy that after the show children could be heard singing them on the way out – a sign the show was a success. The group have announced they will turn The Lost Spells into another album and they hope to tour the new music next year. Meanwhile she is collaborating again with Robert Macfarlane on a book dedicated to endangered birds, due out in 2024. No title yet. “But it’s going to get called The Lost Birds, isn’t it? Die Autoren versuchen bei diesen Werken mithilfe von "Zaubersprüchen" der Entfremdung vieler Wörte aus der Natur entgegenzuwirken und möchten diese für kommende Generationen bewahren. Den Ansatz finde ich ziemlich interessant, da unsere Sprache sich ja mittlerweile stark im Wandel befindet und sich gefühlt von Jahr zu Jahr etwas verändert. Teachers were inspired to draw up free teaching resources for The Lost Words and Morris said one of her favourite stories came from a school where children in an “eco club” used to hide their badges, but since reading the book had worn them with pride. “I guess it gave them courage to believe and to love the wild,” said Morris.

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Writer, Robert Macfarlane, said: “The fabulously varied landscapes of the North East are close to my heart – from coast to moor, forest to hill-top – so it’s a joy to see our book The Lost Spells at the centre of this brilliantly curated and original exhibition at The Sill. I hope that it will help visitors young and old to listen afresh to nature’s wild wonders, and to tune in to the lives, songs and voices of the creatures and plants with whom we share the world.” Educated at Nottingham High School, Pembroke College, Cambridge and Magdalen College, Oxford, he is currently a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and teaches in the Faculty of English at Cambridge.

A scroll containing instructions on how to use the Lost Spell called Pulsar. The spell description reads: "Pulsar - Fire a pulsating blast of your magic, dealing damage as it moves slowly through the air". The moment one fathoms this, it seems nothing less than an elemental sacrilege not to go through our days — these alms from chance — in a state of perpetual ecstasy over every living thing we encounter, not to reverence every oak and every owl and every leaf of grass as a living benediction.It is a collection to share and reflect upon. So, gather round, cherish the songs, Macfarlane’s words and Morris’s imagery and steep yourself deep in the natural world that surrounds us and prepare to be spellbound”

The exhibition will also feature a recording of a song by vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Cosmo Sheldrake. Children will be able to write their own spell-poems before speaking them into the wind, dress-up as wildlife, and take part in arts and crafts based activities led by Northumberland National Park Rangers. There will also be a range of self-led walks for people to explore the National Park’s landscape. Casting Style - Purely cosmetic, changes the casting animation when using the spell. Has an unique "Roar" option.

Review: Gerry and Sewell at Live Theatre

All the actors excelled with each one striking a perfect chord between comedic timing and a serious tone when matters of the environment were brought to the forefront. TheFolk by the Oak festival team, proud commissioners of Spell Songs, were thrilled with the release of this wonderfully inventive, dazzlingly beautiful bookand the opportunity to create new music with the Spell Songs Ensemble! Casting style - Purely cosmetic, changes the casting animation when using the spell. Only has two unique options: Right and Left Javelin Throw.