Encounter possibility beneath the billowing smoke of a 1930s steam train
Embarking: Bodmin Central train station, 3rd November 2017, 3pm
Encounter possibility beneath the billowing smoke of a 1930s steam train
Embarking: Bodmin Central train station, 3rd November 2017, 3pm
Eyes meeting over the tops of newspapers. Friendships forged from small talk. Laughs shared as you lurch with the rattle of carriages. Trains provoke chance encounters; encounters that might just change your course – professional, creative or otherwise.
On board a 1930s steam train chugging across the Cornish countryside, Strangers on a Train is a one-day thought festival designed to celebrate these moments – and spark new creativity, collaboration and intrigue along the way.
As well as a first-class line-up of speakers, performers and immersive experiences, we’ll encourage conversation over artistically mixed gin cocktails served by Tarquin’s Distillery, dining at the station with The Kitchen, live music, and a whole lot more besides.
Our food and drink partners are on board to fill stomachs and quench thirsts, from departure to arrival (no hard-crusted, bankrupting sandwiches allowed!). Expect chance encounters of a culinary kind as The Kitchen plates up a first class feast on the platform. Let Tarquin’s Distillery whet your whistle in cinematic style with Martinez cocktails and a side of gin proficiency. And keep your think tank chugging with a bundt cake and specialty coffee from our friends at German mobile bakery with a difference, Kern.
Strangers on a Train is brought to you by the team behind the sell-out success of Raft – a ‘lifeboat of fresh thinking in a sea of ordinary’ that set sail in October 2014. Don’t miss the one-off chance to be transported again this autumn.
– Jenifer Cadd, Anja Jones Translation“The creative power of Raft transcended our expectations, blew our minds wide open and left a nice, warm sensation of tickling inspiration.”