Festivals

WoWee!

What a few weeks we have had! Grassy tents, rain, sweat, tins of rice pudding, face paint and lots and lots of five minute spectacles in our little dome! Some fantastic Feedback from Glastonbury, Latitude, Henley and Secret Garden Party including;

'Fucking Fantastic!'

'What a rush'

'I almost cried with laughter'

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Glastonbury!

"The best thing we've seen"
"Unforgettable"
"We were laughing for the rest of the day"

These were just some of the comments we had from audience members following a fantastic run of shows at Glastonbury Festival...and what a weekend it was! Thursday night gave us all a bit of a fright as we lay in our tents listening to the torrential rain, both Alice and I had visions of a flooded dome - but all was well. It was really great to finally get going, after what seems like months of preparations, and its brilliant to see how the show works with an audience in. The weather held out for us and our damp dome gradually became our sweaty dome as more and more people came to watch 'The Ultimate Collection'. A fantastic start to the 2009 summer tour, with much more yet to come! Check out the Henley Festival website for details of our up and coming shows there next week, and also, listen to BBC Radio Berkshire 8.45am Weds 8th for a live interview with us from the festival site...

Don't Forget The Fundraiser!

OK, so we know you've seen it before, but we'd hate for you to forget our fundraiser this Sat 13th! With a 'village fete' theme this is set to be a melee of creative minds and good old fashioned fun! Our geodesic dome will host live performances and a performance poetry hour. We have called on local musicians to come and perform and the local petanque group will be running a tournament. There will be lots of games and we have also collaborated with local crafts people who will give workshops including whittling and ceramics painting. Look forward to seeing you there!

Performing in Newquay

What a way to end our summer tour!

Four days in Newquay at the Summer Finale 2009 event on Killacourt Green, central Newquay. This free event sounds fantastic and saw 2,000 people pass through last year with music, beer and workshops all weekend. Can't wait!

We will be performing all four days, Friday 28th - Sunday 31st August.

Performance dates in BATH and SALISBURY

Surrounded by the beautiful Berkshire countryside and broody chickens, Laura's family home transformed into the busy InTents Headquarters this week as we pushed forwards with all our administrative duties.

We've made good head way with finding ourselves a geodesic dome cover, securing our Village Fete line up and best of all, confirming new performance dates for August.

Great responses from Bournemouth sea front team and Oxford Events, who are keen to get as much new performance out onto the streets. Following conversations with Cornwall council we also hope to be performing at the Summer Finale in Newquay at the end of August.

CONFIRMED DATES include

BATH for the Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th August on the Kingston Parade, and also

SALISBURY on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th August at the Guildhall Square.

All very exciting and positive news! I'm updating the tour dates in the earlier blog so keep referring to it for a complete schedule of our performance dates.

Village Fete Line Up

We've been really excited about all the positive response to the fundraising event on the 13th June at the Winchester Gate. Massive thanks to all those helping out and getting involved. The line up so far includes;

• Live Poetry Hour in the geodesic dome
• Live Music Salisbury Musicians, specifics TBC
• Clairvoyant by Madame Olivier
• Whittling Workshop by John Buxton
• Ceramics Painting by Splash of Colour
• Circus Entertainment
• Petanque Tournament

PLUS

• Tombola
• Pin the tail on the donkey
• Guess the sweets
• Guess the weight of the cake
• Jumble Sale
• BBQ