Performers

KIDZ FIELD 2010

“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood, or to enable someone else to”

The Kidz Field is open from 12 Noon Til 7pm on Thursday and 9am til 7pm on Fri, Sat & Sun.

The Kidz Field has a Lost Childrens and a First-Aid post manned by a large group of highly trained professionals. It is 23 years since the last child was born in the Kidz Field (now a crew member). We do have a qualified Midwife onsite …
We have a CCTV system to ensure safety and Strawberry Fair stewards are always on hand to keep you safe and ensure that you and yours have a happy childhood at Glastonbury 2010

THE BIG TOP

This is the place to see the big shows in the Kidzfield. All manner of strange, extraordinary and magical things happen in The Big Top!

Prof. Panic’s Puppet Theatre

Prof. Panic

Professor Panic is another of the great unsung heroes of the Kidzfield. He is peerless as a puppeteer and his experience, understanding and tolerance make him the perfect person to guide your children through workshops and puppet practice.

This perfect puppeteer hosts all day puppet lunacy, stories, workshops and much more! From morning til evening puppeteers from myriad cultures entertain and amaze.

http://www.paniccircus.co.uk/

Zu Aerial Dance

Zu Aerial Dance offer a range of aerial pieces catering for any event. Bespoke acts also available to suit a specific theme. They perform solos and duets and will also be running workshops.

http://www.zu-aerial.com/

Nicada Traditional Punch and Judy

Making puppets in different ways using a myriad of different materials and involving you all in an instant show, and remember, many of our artists and performers will be doing workshops around their specialist skills and art – so keep your eyes open.

No Strings Puppet Theatre

Alan Kirkpatrick’s No Strings Puppet Theatre has travelled the world with his intricately crafted and captivating tales. The ingenuity and dexterity of puppetry has established No Strings Puppet Theatre as one of the finest street artists that Britain has to offer.

Mainbrace Theatre

Carolin Emerson

tells the story of ‘Tippety Twig and The Pond Monster’ with Myrtle Merryweather and Tippety the woodland elf.

Objects Dart

Objects Dart is Drew Colby, and Drew Colby …is a puppet man, but he makes all of his puppets out of things! Just ordinary things.
Can a shoe be a king? Can a backpack sing? Drew thinks so. And you will too when you see one of his shows! This time he will be telling the tale ‘Salt’, a story of a journey across the salty sea to see what you can see.

http://www.objectsdart.info/

Black Cat Theatre

Black Cat Theatre Company being a Theatre in Education Company is committed to furthering the interest and experiences of children within the Arts. We always aim to do this in a friendly, nurturing environment with the exclusion of no children or young people on the grounds of ability.

Noisy Oyster

Is Sarah and Nick. Sarah Rowland-Barker has been performing and leading workshops for over 25 years. She has worked in theatre, street performance, television and on tour with Snapdragon Circus and No Fit State Circus.

Nik Palmer is an award winning puppeteer, puppet maker and musician. For 20 years he was one half of Parachute Theatre Company. Nik is the son of Ray and Joan DaSilva, founders of the Norwich Puppet Theatre and the DaSilva Puppets.

http://www.noisyoyster.co.uk/

Vagabondi

Storytellers Marquee

John Row

Is the host of the Storytellers Marquee. He is world reknowned for his tall tales from around the globe. He travels the World telling stories and adds to his collection wherever he goes. John is one of the great unsung heroes of the Kidzfield and each year he amazes, amuses and astounds us all with his fantastic far-fetched fantasies.

Sam ‘Calm Down Boris’ Lloyd

Sam has a cornucopia of characters, made famous in her fine series of tactile books. She’ll be telling the tales of Mr Pusskins and Little Whiskers, telling Sid he’s not so scary and helping Boris to Calm Down. She’ll have musicians and puppets to help the stories along. We’re delighted to have this celebrated childrens author joining our storytelling team.

Christine Willison and Mitzi

For over 20 years, Christine has entertained, intrigued and inspired people of all ages and abilities with her large repertoire of traditional and contemporary stories. Whether in schools, performance spaces, libraries or museums, in stately homes in Britain or at festivals worldwide, Christine shares her inexhaustible enthusiasm for the world of tales, legends, myths and riddles. Some of these come from her family’s roots in Ireland and Eastern Europe; some from Wales where she lives, and others she gathers on her world travels.

http://www.christinestories.co.uk/

Pag Naylor’s Instant Theatre

Every performance of Pag’s Instant Theatre is created and acted out by the audience itself, without props or scenery, using the English that the students already know and understand. No two shows are ever the same.

http://pagsinstanttheatre.com/

Clive ‘The Storyfella’ Pig

Clive Pig, the Storyfella, is a storyteller like no other. Using masks & music, puppetry & song, you’ll hear some familiar old chestnuts as well as some more unusual tales. His original & dynamic delivery of World Stories appeals to young & old, making him a popular performer at festivals, schools & art centres. Clive is a member of the Guild of Fabulists.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/huw.sperryn/wots/temp.htm

Donald ‘Story Don’ Nelson

"There is nothing children (and adults) like better than a good story. Storytelling can take their minds to places that no computer game, film or television programme ever could. "

http://www.storydon.webs.com/

Syrcas Circus Big Top

Syrcas Circus

Objects Dart

Derry Morgan Davies – Theatr Fforwm Cymru

The Make And Do Marquee

Tinderbox Dressing Up

Makendoo

Stars of Channel 5′s Havakazoo. Doing interesting things with crepe paper and sticky backed plastic.

Buzz Stop

Sticky Fingers Crew

Picktish Paper People

Danielle Cooper

Silly Science

are making and launching rockets

Vision One Arts Bunting workshops

Kajamagoo Arts

Bejewelled

The Mad Hatters

Crowning Glories

Noona’s Puppet Stew

Scrap Happy

do puppets, masks, hats, costumes and windmills

Mo’s Mosaic Massive

make marvelous mosaics

Cre8ivity 4 All

will have a new workshop each day

Scrap Art Crew

will help you make badges, masks, streamers and flags.

Crafty Kidz

use ‘The 4 elements’ – earth, wind, air and fire, as inspiration for their masks

Wicked Wings

East Anglian Arts Collective

Arty Shirts & Bags

Free Tibet

Nicada Puppets

will be making puppets in different ways using a myriad of different materials and involving you all in an instant show, and remember, many of our artists and performers will be doing workshops around their specialist skills and art – so keep your eyes open.

Face Painting

Please remember that we use face artists of the highest quality from across the World.

Facepak are a fabulous, reknowned artists cooperative always ready to do a stunning new design

Richard Langford

Cheshire Cats Face Painting Co,

Starfish

Funky Faces

Tamsyn’s Facepainting
Namnams ensure that no child leaves the field without a smile or a work of art on their face!

Bindi Crew do funky makeup, hair braiding and all that bindi jazz for fashion conscious kidz.

The Peace & Creativity Zone

The Woodcraft Elders Most Amazing, Extraordinary, Almost Real, but not quite, Game Experience.

Interactive game where you complete dangerous missions to save the unicorn, engage the Mermaids in Peace Talks with The Pirates and learn to communicate with Aliens.
Facepainting Marquee

Open all day, non allergenic face paints, water based and easy to remove.

The ‘Not in my Name’ Art Workshops

This is a quiet space where kidz can focus on their work and chillout creatively.

The Other World Arts Magic Garden

Pestalozzi International Village

Sustainable development activities for kids and dance workshops

Sprout Guerilla Gardening
Sprout

is a collective of like minded people who provide kids workshops and services at festivals and community events. Sprout focuses on natural learning and aims to share the wisdom of nature and permaculture through art, music & interactive practical activities.

Music Workshops

Re-Play Music are a crucial part of the Kidzfield. They give free music lessons for the duration of the festival using recycled guitars, violins and ukeleles. This year Re-Play, in association with Access To Music, are bringing a fantastic Kids Busker’s Stage and Rockhopper mobile recording studio. Children will have an amazing opportunity to take part in workshops, perform live and record some songs too. We’ve had kids from our field go on to play on stages across the site and we want to produce the future stars of the Pyramid stage.

Master Classes

Rodney Brannigan

Jamma De Samba

bring a Latin vibe

Animal Trains Percussive Sculpture

will be there to provide the backbeat

Tidy Like

Musica Music For All

Out and About

Bell & Bullock

Puppet Lab

present

Sky Trumpets

Three performers in amazing costumes, push a glittering sculpture over 3.5 meteres high, collecting people’s wishes na d playing a soundscape of voices and music as they go.

Commissioned by the Hebridean Cletic Festival, Sky Trumpets is a fantastical Promenade that collects thoughts and voices from the public and creates a unique on the spot soundscape. Using electronic wizardry, delay pedals and other effcts, Sky Trumpets broadcast the wishes of the general public to the heavens

Arty Clarty’s Inflatables

Mr Mike & Mr Maynard

Ramakant and his Beautiful Horse

Creature Encounter

Alien Creatures and Anarchists, magical statues, dysfunctional disco droids and a cuddly carrot

Keith the Bubble Clown

Stanley Stardust

The Boot Puppet Theatre’s

Headmistress and Truant Officer
campaigning for 24/7 schooling.

Frantic Antics

The Balloon Magician

Clown Pedro’s Travelling Show

Watch out for Pedro and his cart
You never know when he’ll start
With Bubbles magic, music and mime
Everything’s set for a wonderful time

Ragganuffin Arts

is an interactive performance Art Project roaming the Field.

Stilt Afflictions

Bouncy Space Hoppers

Friction Arts

present

The Magnificent ‘Sisters of Percy’

Circus Fudge

present

‘The Weatherhouse’

The A.P.E Project

will do roaming Workshops with Pedal Powered Painting and Mobile Phone charging.

Little Kidz Area

The National Childbirth Trust

will be providing baby changing, bathing and feeding facilities, as well as provisions and facilities to help those with very young children and babies.
Henrietta Lang will be doing Infant Massage Classes each day.

They have nappies, wellies and wipes, (Bio-Degradable of course), in their sanctuary and are on hand to give advice, support and a friendly face. Drop in for a cup of tea and find a moment of calm understanding for you and your youngest.

Tiny tots will feel at home in the little kidz area, a safe, fenced-in area at the top of the field with it’s own mini playground and helpers, including shaded sand pit, swingboats, chairoplanes, and a book and toy library.

Bristol Playbus are on hand, along with Suffolk Playworks. Unsung heroes The Albion Kidz Show has soft playroom, organised games, the fantastic kidz karaoke stage and a pirate ship.

Tatty Bumpkin Baby Yoga

Sam Webb brings her brilliant method for learning how to use Yoga on your little one, to aid physical, physiological and psychological wellbeing.

Sing and Sign

Suzy will be helping with baby communication using singing and signing

Creative Kids

will be running a UV Den using a multi-sensory approach to play, choose between Jungle Space and Underwater Themes.

Regrettably, we DO NOT provide crèche facilities.

Outdoor Rides and Games

Giant Enchanted Climbing Castle

manned by the ideologically sound Woodcraft Folk who will be promoting UN Agenda 21 – The Right to Play.

1930′s giant wooden lighthouse Helter Skelter, alongside this we have a number of traditional fun-fair rides including Swingboats of all sizes,
Mini Ferris Wheel, little
Roundabouts, Sally’s famous
Super Tramps trampolines and an
Aerial Runway. Gyroscopes, Inflatafun, Maynell Games’ outdoor interactive games

Other World Arts with their Fairytale Garden and Maze
Foundry Mobile Climbing Wall, try out on Penwith Play’s
Scramble, Chase & Climb Slide Inflatable. The Play Rangers a Gone Native mission in The Forest of Dreams.

The Kidz Field Grand Parade

On Sunday we’ll finish with Free-Style creating, using all the scrap materials we have left over. Whatever it is you’ve learned to play, whatever it is you’ve made – remember, on sunday afternoon join.

Cafe

Mamas & Papas Cafe

There is only one commercial outlet in the field and that is the non-profit . The prices are low, the food is great and service comes with a smile. All the profits from the café will benefit SOS Children’s Villages, The World’s largest orphan charity