Balkan beats, bombastic bass and debauched dancing till dawn. Join us for a night of frenzied frolics with headliners The Almighty Grape, who will tickle us with their raggle-taggle madness. A night of foot stomping fancy to begin the first weekend of Mimetic. Continuing the funatics will be the untameable DJ Ragnar Petursson, who will […]
Using puppetry and visual theatre, In Our Hands tells the story of Alf, a trawler fisherman. When the industry is experiencing heavy scrutiny and fishing is under threat, will Alf adapt in order to survive? Smoking Apples, co-creators of CELL (nominated for Peter Brook Award 2014), bring you a new work in progress. Supported using […]
Let’s go outside! BURN, the platform for moving images by cabaret artists, is all about exploring what performers can do with a camera that they can’t do with only an audience. One of those things is to use the camera itself as a portable audience, and take performance to the streets. We’re talking drag in daylight, realness […]
Throughout the festival Pi The Mime and friends will be taking over our main festival bar to offer you a host of entertainment including walk about circus performance, showcases from the best of the festival, pop up canteen, screenings from BURN and the hostess with the mostess the one and only Welsh diva, the voice […]
We all love a good gag, right? Or do we? Holli Dillon explores the multi-symptoms of having an eating disorder, through clown, puppetry and mixed media. Abstract, imaginative and touching. Warning: May contain actual spit, mayhem and marshmallows. Advised suitability but not restricted to ages 12 and over. ‘A rough diamond’ – Eric de Bont […]
Inspired by EM Forster’s The Machine Stops, emerging physical theatre company, Open Heart Surgery, brings you into a fast-paced world where two actors play twelve characters. Jostling with the vital questions of our time: is war inevitable? Have we lost all hope for humanity? First Draft, a satirical statement against apathy. In a protection unit […]
Steve Griffin and Nathan Jones are a pair of grifters, tricksters, conmen and award-winning magicians. With an emphasis on high energy comedy, and their own unique brand of slapdash magic, Griffin and Jones will not only leave you asking how they did it, but also why… Trailer Reviews “Bizarre, hilarious and anarchic” – Magic Night […]
What happens when we allow the darker parts of our mind to take control and transform our own realities? How far will we go? And who will be the one to pull us back? After the death of his wife, a disconnected father realises he has lost his teenage daughter to her own brutal inner […]
Familia de la Noche return with their five-star, darkly funny sequel to Pinocchio: a rollercoaster ride filled with song, puppetry, physical theatre and clowning. The Greatest Liar in All the World sends the audience careering through the real story behind his infamous origins. But be warned there’s a twist and tear in this raucous cautionary […]
Dive head first into the absurd world of the Russian poet, iconoclast and false moustache wearer Daniil Kharms. Three bouffon-esque characters intent on telling ‘The Old Woman’ story let narrative escape them as comic vignettes, metaphysical ponderings and bouts of senseless violence provide constant distraction. Expressionist silent film meets grotesque slapstick in a world where […]
