NoFit State Circus comes to St Austell town: Saturday, July 16, 3.30pm
MEDIA CALL
July 15, 2011
What:
NoFit State, the stars behind Eden’s 10th anniversary summer circus show Labyrinth, will lead a colourful parade through St Austell’s shopping centre White River Place.
Everyone is invited to the event which will feature weird and wonderful acrobatics and live music with Indian-style bhangra drumming group the Dhol Foundation.
It’ll be the culmination of a day of free circus skills workshops on juggling, Diablo, hula-hooping, drumming and face-painting. There’ll also be a chance to prepare for the parade at dressing up workshops - add glamour and glitter to hats, brollies, wellies and wheels such as pushchairs and scooters.
When:
Saturday, July 16
Parade: 3.30pm
Circus skills workshops: 2.30pm – 2.30pm
Face-painting, dressing up and drumming workshops: 11am – 3pm
Where:
Parade: Starts at Biddicks Court, goes into Vicarage Place, up and along Fore Street ending with a finale in Aylmer Square
Circus skill workshops: Outside the Eden Café or next to TK Maxx if it rains
Face-painting: Eden Café
Drumming and percussion lessons: Studio opposite Costa Coffee next to TK Maxx
Dressing up workshops: Market House
Background:
The event is part of the St Austell Live programme hosted by the Eden Project. The programme is part of the Eco-communities Programme of Development awarded to Cornwall Council by the Department of Communities and Local Government.
Labyrinth is an amazing new show by critically-acclaimed circus company NoFit State to be performed at Eden throughout this summer holiday.
Created especially for Eden's stunning setting, the show will blend jaw-dropping aerial acrobatics with surreal circus stunts and live music and dance. Using the entire project as a stage, top circus performers from around the world will move among the audience and overhead on flying trapezes, swings, cradles, tightwires and hoops.
This will be the first time Eden has hosted an evening show throughout the summer holidays and Labyrinth has been created especially to mark the project's 10th birthday. Hailed as the future of British circus, NoFit State are described as "Cirque du Soleil without the Disney and the disinfectant."
Labyrinth takes place over 21 nights this summer
• Press night: Wednesday, August 3
• Previews: Friday 29 and Saturday 30 July
• Tuesday 2 - Friday 5 August
• Tuesday 9 - Friday 12 August
• Tuesday 16 - Friday 19 August
• Tuesday 23 - Monday 29 August
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: doors open 6pm, performances start at 8pm and finish at 10.30pm
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays: doors open 4pm, performances start at 6pm and finish at 8.30pm
