The Festival
From 5-10 July 2009, in its 800th anniversary year, the University of Cambridge hosted a major international Festival to mark 200 years since Charles Darwin's birth and 150 years since the publication ofOn the Origin of Species. Combining science, arts and the humanities, over 100 outstanding thinkers, authors, artists and performers debated and celebrated the enduring influence of Darwin's ideas.
- An average of 650 people attended the morning sessions - all of which were sold out
- An average of 680 people attended the afternoon sessions on Monday to Thursday - and 421 were still present at the final session on Friday afternoon
- 315 people booked to attend the full week
- Six of the seven core Festival evening events were sold out with 2850 attendees in total
- 9000 tickets were booked across the week
- Audience members came from a wide range of professions, including artists, architects, nurses, writers, insurance brokers, lawyers, musicians, poets and translators, as well as from a wide spectrum of academic backgrounds
To view recordings of the FESTIVAL MORNING SESSIONS CLICK HERE
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