When You Light A Candle, You Also Cast A Shadow is a national dance award nominated dance and live music performance piece by Company Carpi.

Created by choreographer Bettina Carpi and composer Gary Lloyd, with a specially commissioned poetry cycle by Costa Award winning writer and poet Mary Talbot, the piece is a celebration of nature and its resilience and a call to awareness of the dangerous state of our climate, our habitat, our planet.

When You Light A Candle, You Also Cast A Shadow is performed by a trio of dancers – Paige Lyon, Daisy Belle Howell & Lauren Tucker – with music performed live by the Candle String Quintet featuring musicians drawn from the very best orchestras in the Northwest.

Please note that there are three opportunities to attend performances at The Whitworth on 8th June 2023, at 4pm, 6pm and 7.30pm. Admission is free for every performance.