Monday 1st August - Saturday 7th August 2009
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Free Events 2009
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Storytelling
Daily
Entertaining stories for the under-sevens read by professional actors and storytellers.
Edd Crafer - Close Up Magic
Monday 3rd August 2009
Edd Crafer will delight you with his exceptional talent for Close Up Magic. A member of the Magic Circle with over 12 years experience Edd is well known for his amazing magical ability.
Website >Saul Jaffé - The Bard Bites Back! and Heroes & Villains
Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th August 2009
The Bard Bites Back!: The inspiration for Shakespeare's plays came from a wide variety of sources including visiting theatre companies, books, histories and chronicles from all over Europe. This telling goes back to those original sources to provide fresh insight into the stories.
Heroes & Villains: How do you decide who your heroes and villains are? Well it very much depends whose side you're on! From urban myths to classic legends, in these tales we'll hear how foolish mortals challenged the gods and lost, whilst others challenged authority and won!
Website >Fanno Meglio
Monday 3rd, Tuesday 4th and Friday 7th August 2009
Fanno Meglio is a vibrant five-piece band whose performances are always lively and highly entertaining.
Their youthful appearance and wide-eyed enthusiasm belies the considerable experience they have in performing together. For more than four years the band has provided music for a startling variety of events including weddings, private parties, charity auctions and the Opening Ball at St Andrews University.
Website >Science in a Suitcase
Tuesday 4th August 2009
Two scientists, one suitcase and a whole load of experiments.
Amazing tricks and stunts and science you never knew existed!
Be amazed with Frank Einstein's Ex'Straw'Ordinary Feats and Dr Curious' incredible insights into mysterious scientific phenomena.
Website >Opera on the Run
Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th 2009
Beware! Just when you thought it was safe to do your shopping, have that quiet coffee or browse in the shops, Opera on the Run may track you down! Be prepared to be serenaded without warning as the performers from London's dramatically different opera company turn Holt into their personal opera house for the day.
Website >Polar Fantastic
Wednesday 5th August 2009
Did you know that the word 'Arctic' means 'with bears' and 'Antarctic' means 'without bears'?
Come and meet Bjorn and Ursula and find out all kinds of things about Polar Bears and their environment; where they live, what they eat and what star sign they are.
This amazing show is like a real-life nature documentary: you can even discover what its like to meet one of these incredible animals up close!
A must for nature lovers of all ages, this gentle and magical performance must be seen to be believed.
Website >Maynard Flip Flap
Thursday 6th August 2009
Maynard Flip Flap flicks eggs high into the air and then attempts to catch them on his head, it's a silly thing to do. He's a fool to try it. This internationally travelled piece of street theatre also includes daring nose balancing, a coat hanger escape and heaps of audience participation...
"Maynard is one of those performers who really knows how to play. He even captures the attention of passers by who would normally consider themselves 'too cool' for street theatre. Some of my favourite moments of audience interaction have been in his show 'Daft as a Brush', which attracts some of the largest crowds I have ever seen for a street show. Entertainment to make a lasting impact." Anna Strickland, Missing Links Productions
Website >Organ Recital by Philip Coates
Thursday 6th August 2009
Philip Coates taught at Oakham School for 28 years and was a cellist in the National Youth Orchestra and Organ Scholar at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He has enjoyed a wide variety of music with a special interest in the music of Bach. He was Director of Music at Oakham, Housemaster, Organist and cello teacher. He particularly enjoys choir training and church music. Philip played the beautiful and diverse Chorale Preludes of JS Bach.
The Sam Smith Singers
Thursday 6th August 2009
The Sam Smith Singers perform barbershop style, four part unaccompanied harmony concert programmes with a mixture of songs and humour.
Formed over 30 years ago and named after the Samuel Smith Brewery, they sing songs old and not so old with jokes and monologues in similar vein.
The Insect Circus Museum
Friday 7th and Saturday 8th August 2009
Stroll up, stroll up for the Magnificent Insect Circus Museum! Behold the Liberty Beetles & the Cheeky Ladybirds! Be thrilled by the Knife Thrower & the Painted Lady! Gasp as Captain Courage, the intrepid Wasp Tamer, defies Danger!
This unique museum displays a stunning array of costumes, props, puppets, toys and ephemera from the extraordinary collection of the Insect Circus Society.
Website >Punch and Judy Show
Friday 7th and Saturday 8th 2009
When it comes to Punch & Judy puppets, one man is acclaimed the world over and is synonymous with their making - Bryan Clarke, aka Professor Jingles.
A former Chairman of the Punch & Judy Fellowship, Bryan Clarke has been a professional Punch & Judy man for well over 50 years and has been making and supplying puppets from his workshop near Lowestoft on the east coast of England for the last 30 years.
Website >Tricks 'n' Sticks
Friday 7th August 2009
Dynamic drumming and percussion group offering an extravaganza of movement sound and fun. Drumming workshop at 3.30pm open to all.
Contemporary Mime
Saturday 8th August 2009
The streets of Holt play host to wonderful contemporary mime, an exploration into situational comedy, surreal interpretations and odd illusionary nonsense. Holt will become a different place, the unusual will become common and the unexpected will be the norm.
Electric Cabaret has been providing silent entertainment at leading events and attractions for many years. This year includes The London Eye, the Roald Dahl Museum and Cirque du Soleil's opening night party.
Website >Campo the Silent Clown
Saturday 8th August 2009
In the tradition and in homage to the silent clowns of yesteryear Campo plies his own particular foolery.
Lost in a world of silence and slap stick Campo attempts to fit in, make friends and influence.
Unfortunately for Campo life is not as straight forward.
Website >Rig-a-Jig-Jig
Saturday 8th August 2009
Chris Holderness, fiddle and Richard Blake, dulcimer are part of local folk band Rig-a-Jig-Jig, who specialise in traditional music, song and step dancing from Norfolk, a county with a rich traditional musical heritage.
They play country dance tunes which were once very common to the area on instruments which were made in the 1880s, including a great many from North Norfolk.