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Festival for Free £0 | Festival Fivers £5
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About this event
Join aerialist, Poppy Plowman, for a fun introduction to tightwire, suitable for all ages! Poppy Plowman is a British circus artist with Turkish Cypriot origins. She has worked as a professional tightwire walker and hair hanger with several leading contemporary circus companies across Europe, before creating her own work. Find out more about Poppy here.
Poppy is in Newquay for two days and presents this workshop before her full show, Turk(ish) on the same day and in the same location at 4pm. Why not come along and have a go at tightwire, nip out and grab a bite to eat in Newquay before coming back to see Poppy combine her tightwire-walking and hair-hanging skills? The show incorporates live music and humour! to explore personal struggles of identity and Western beauty standards. Through her own story Poppy encourages us to embrace and celebrate who we are. Don’t miss Turk(ish), which is recommended for age 7+ (but is suitable for those who are younger).
What’s more… as well as this workshop, Poppy facilitates a more developed workshop the day before called Wire & Write, combining tightwire with creative writing. Participants will be working with Poppy to provide audio recordings which will then be incorporated into the show.
These Circus Out & About events are made possible with generous support from Carn to Cove.
‘Festival for Free’ £FREE Be Newquay Festival would love you to get along to this event, even if you do not have the means. Please choose a free ticket if you wouldn’t be able to attend due to your financial situation.
‘Festival Fivers’ – £5 Be Newquay Festival is subsidising this event, so you can come along by purchasing a standard ticket for just a fiver!
This event is presented by Groundswell. Find out what else is on the programme here. Join us and be creatively curious.
The Be Newquay Festival has been curated by Cornwall Council project ‘Experience Newquay’ in collaboration with local project partners Love Newquay and Visit Newquay. It is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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