BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:755@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160521T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160521T190000 DTSTAMP:20160518T160133Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/liverpool-physical-fest-2016-str eet-theatre-day/ SUMMARY:Liverpool: Liverpool Physical Fest 2016: Street Theatre Day DESCRIPTION:SPECTACULAR STREET THEATRE DAY TO TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE CIT Y CENTRE ON SATURDAY\, 21 MAY 2016\n\nThe Festival will launch on Friday\, 20th May at Liverpool’s Unity Theatre\, with an opening performance fro m Trygve Wakenshaw\, an award-winning gaulier-trained clown.\n\nAnd one of the highlights of the festival will be the Street Theatre Day on Saturday \, 21st May\, when Physical Fest will take over the streets of Liverpool f or one day with a carnival of birds\, bees\, giraffes\, a circus of fleas and giant Spanish babies!\n\nThe Street Theatre Day will begin at 11am in Williamson Square with A LightNight Liverpool Commission\, Flock by Foolsi ze Theatre. Ever watched a bird and wondered if it was watching you? Delve into the joyous play of the flock as they riff with you moment by moment. Expect a raucous street chorus\, encounter a swooping puppet and leave wi th a fresh song about you! It will definitely give you something to tweet about.\n\nExpect plenty of monkeying around at 11.30am and 2.30pm on Churc h Street when VIP Puppets will Escape from the Zoo. Their ever ever-expand ing zoo is bursting at the seams with over friendly life-sized giraffes\, zebras\, lions and monkeys\, but which of them will escape and take over t he streets at Physical Fest?\n\nPromenade Promotions bring Uncle Tacko’s Flea Circus to Liverpool ONE at 12noon and 2pm. Eight highly trained flea s will perform incredible feats of strength and agility in front of your v ery eyes – see Madam Flea-Flea soar over the heads of the audience\, mar vel at the might of Hercu-fleas and thrill to the daring Fleavil Kinevil a s he is fired across the ring from the mouth of a huge canon!\n\nThere wil l be a real buzz over at FACT on Bold Street at 12.30pm and Williamson Squ are at 3.45pm where a swarm of super friendly bees are searching for a new home. Waggle Dance’s show Eggmen &\; Boom Booms explores the public ’s relationship with nature and ecology. Their show incorporates improvi sation\, clowning\, dance and live music to create a walkabout act you’l l be buzzing about!\n\nHead over to Church Street at 12.30pm and 3pm to wa tch a physical chase between a humanoid Alien Removals Man and a non-human oid illegal creature in Conflux: Illegal Alien – The Robot &\; Bob - a ridiculous satire on capture and elusion on city streets. Meanwhile\, in Donna Quixota Saves the World (Joanna Sakowicz)\, Donna will fight windmi lls in the name of human greatness\, steadfastness and kindness - a comica lly tragic clowning spectacle in a cardboard box.\n\nOver on Paradise Stre et at 1pm and 3pm\, don’t miss the Physical Fest &\; Conflux Street T heatre Commission 2016. Crackers is a twisted visual spectacle where three parrots come to life inside a giant birdcage performed by Caustic Widows\ , an all-female group from Liverpool who specialise in creating surreal vi sual theatre.\n\nMeanwhile\, a co-production of Catalan companies Jam and Fadunito will take place on Church Street at 1.30pm. Babies explores the i nnocence of a baby inside the body of a demon and an evil demon inside the body of a baby.
Who is going to dominate who? This funny and surprising show of clown and street theatre will appeal to all audiences.\n\nRoundin g off a fabulous day will be a Street Theatre Panel Discussion/Q&\;A at Bluecoat from 5- 7pm. The panel will include Jeremy Shine\, artistic dire ctor of Manchester International Arts &\; Mintfest\, who has worked for many years in a variety of areas of the arts\, Tony Lidgton (alter ego 'U ncle Tacko!') who has been a showman for over 30 years\, street performer Ferran Fadunito\, who has performed in over 20 countries and Alan Richards on\, director of Conflux who runs projects to develop street arts\, physic al theatre and circus in Scotland. The discussion will look at the issues surrounding street theatre performance\, the pros and cons\, the diversity of practice and experience from the panel and the future. There will be a n opportunity for Q&\;A and networking. Booking is required for this fr ee event.\n\nPhysical Fest runs until Saturday 28th May and for the rest o f the week\, people of Liverpool can enjoy watching and get involved in an exciting line-up of performances\, workshops\, street theatre\, debate\, networking events and Fest Live\, a showcase of new and exciting work from local\, national and international artists at Unity Theatre on Wednesday 25th May.\n\nNow in its 12th year\, Physical Fest is the only festival in Europe specialising solely in physical theatre and has established itself as one of the key events in Liverpool’s cultural calendar\, bringing the world's best local\, national and international movement and physical the atre artists to Liverpool.\n\nFor the full Street Theatre Day programme vi sit: www.physicalfest.com/street-theatre\n\nPERFORMANCE LISTINGS for Satur day 21 May\n\nFlock – Foolsize Theatre\nLocations: Williamson Square &am p\; Church Street\nTimes: 11am (Williamson Square) &\; 3.30pm (Church S treet)\nFREE\n\nEscape From The Zoo – VIP Puppets\nLocation: Church Stre et\nTimes: 11.30am &\; 2.30pm\nFREE\n\nUncle Tacko’s Flea Circus – Promenade Promotions\nLocation: Liverpool ONE\nTimes: 12noon &\; 2pm\nF REE\n\nWaggle Dance – Eggmen &\; Boom Booms\nLocations: FACT/Bold Str eet &\; Williamson Square\nTimes: 12.30pm (FACT/Bold Street) &\; 3.4 5pm (Williamson Square)\nFREE\n\nConflux: Illegal Alien – The Robot & \; Bob/Donna Quixota Saves the World – Joanna Sakowicz\nLocation: Church Street\nTimes: 12.30pm &\; 3pm\nFREE\n\nCrackers – Caustic Windows\n Location: Paradise Street\nTimes: 1pm &\; 3pm\nFREE\n\nJam/Fadunito – Babies\nLocation: Church Street\nTime: 1.30pm\nFREE\n\nStreet Theatre Pan el Discussion/Networking/Q&\;A\nLocation: Sandon Room\, Bluecoat\nTime: 5pm – 7pm\nFREE – Booking required! To book visit www.thebluecoat.org .uk or call 0151 702 5324\n\nFor more details on the festival and programm e of events\, please visit www.physicalfest.com\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2016/05/Street2.jpg CATEGORIES:Performance LOCATION:Liverpool\, Water Street\, Liverpool\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.406445;-2.992941 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Water Street\, Liverpool\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Liverpool:geo:53.406 445,-2.992941 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR