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Photos from the Unique Festival of International Outdoor Arts
Neighbourhood Watch Stilts International Les Orbilys by Belgian artists D’outre Rue Les Orbilys Jo Peacock Les Cupidon by Les Goulus Les Goulus La Belle Image performing Diabladas Corps Soufflants La Belle Image Granny Turismo by Larkin About The crowds gather around gradually emerging Coneheads La Belle Image Granny Turismo La Belle Image Coneheads by the Natural Theatre Company in front of Shire Hall Natural Theatre Company’s mass Coneheads anniversary presence Bangditos from Germany perform the 2CV Massacre Bedlam Oz dance of Familie Bedlam Oz Bash Street Theatre Three different companies in view, from the UK, Holland and France Teatro Pavana The Spurting Man by Avanti Display Les Tonys by Compagnie Albedo Saurus by Close Act (Holland) Neighbourhood Watch Stilts International Bedlam Oz Les Tonys Compagnie Albedo The Spurting Man Carillon by Italento (Italy) Teatro Pavana The Gaiety Engine by the Strangelings Diabladas Corps Soufflants The public waiting for the shows to begin The Insect Circus Museum Les Goulus Dynamogene’s Mister Culbuto Jo Peacock The Art Cannon Jonny Bufallo A happy audience The Natural Theatre Company and numerous amateur performers who completed workshops before being enrolled as part time Coneheads for a one-off show Mark Tate Osadia from Spain Mechanical Menagerie Jo Peacock Frank of Total Rubbish Solutions by the Department for Correction theatre company – an example of an entirely overlookable and very simple act that helped make the audience wonder what was real and what was performance One of the wonderfully weird performances from the Natural Theatre Company Vegetable Nannies by Plunge Boom Osadia on stage in the High Street performing eccentric hair sculptures for free A peculiar yet adorable Allotment by Plunge Boom Bash Street Theatre’s The Station show delighted audiences Stickleback Plasticus perform Cat Litter Bash Street Theatre Music Box show by Los Fandangos Dancers of Pied en Sol from France Osadia in action Lobster A La Carte by Artizani XL Insects by Close Act, based in Holland Bureau of Silly Ideas and the Sweet Smell of Success machine The Thinker by the Stuff & Things company Teatro Pavana Teatro Pavana Pied en Sol The Thinker by Stuff & Things Bash Street Theatre The Station show by Bash Street Theatre The Dinosaur by Los Kaos Picto Facto from France Teatro Pavana’s Antilopi Natural Theatre Company Spiders by Les Goulus Picto Facto Paka Antilopi by Teatro Pavana Les Tonys Natural Theatre Company’s Coneheads Antilopi Antilopi KO Mic’s brilliantly realised steampunk robot Jean Martin Du Verrin Neighbourhood Watch Polar Bear by Los Kaos Neighbourhood Watch Le Sapeur Sangles The Pig from the Whalley Range AllStars La Barronade by Les Grooms Les Grooms Les Cupidon Mister Culbuto Peter & Jane – one of my favourite understated and peculiar shows Les Moutons by the Corpus dance/theatre company from Canada Les Orbilys Bedlam Oz Avanti Display The Spurting Man A festival publicity image capitalising on the curious and unexpected appeal of the Natural Theatre Company’s Coneheads A streetdiversions festival exhibition with peep holes The Insect Circus Museum walkabout The Insect Circus Museum walkabout Les Grooms
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