Wild Lights At Dublin Zoo Set To Return This November!
Dublin Zoo has announced the return of a beloved feature, Wild Lights, and like the thousands of moths such a large collection of illuminated objects will no doubt attract, it is once again anticipating a multitude of us to flock to its doors.
The theme of this year's installation of giant silk lanterns will be mythologically derived; specifically, it will be called 'Stories, Myths and Legends'. The website describes magical scenes from well-known stories like the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan and the Jungle Book…to best-loved nursery rhymes and characters from Irish Mythology' as being among the tailor-made lights to feature in this year's attraction.
This year will see, for the first time, live acrobats performing along specific sections of the route through the zoo - in case some themed silken lanterns weren't enough of a draw for you, you incredibly difficult to please person.
It is a fantastic festive trip to take with friends or family and also makes a perfect idea for a first-date. After all what's more romantic than looking up at a giant 10-foot praying mantis rendered as a luminous silk lantern. Imagine, as you and your partner bask in the glow emanating from its mandibles, you turn to your date and, seeing the dappled light playing across their delicate features, you decide to make your move. You lean in, and they DO NOT reciprocate. Oooh boy, have you misjudged the situation. They ain't on the same level re: kissing at all, I cannot stress that enough. After a brief but terse exchange where they outline that, despite having had a nice time thus far, they can't really imagine it working out between the two of you, they hand back the share-bag of Peanut M&Ms you'd bought together, and leave you, alone. You gaze up at the praying mantis and remember a fact you picked up somewhere - the female praying mantis bites the head off the male praying mantis directly after coitus, and you console yourself with the thought that perhaps solitude isn't really so bad in the grand scheme of things.
Or the date could go well, who's to know.
Tickets will go on sale for annual pass holders from tomorrow, and general tickets will go on sale on Friday 20th September at 9:30am. Wild Lights will be open in Dublin Zoo between 1 Deceember - 5 January, and every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening throughout November.
Visit their website to find out ticket prices.