Piskie in the Garden

John Brolly presents 'Piskie in the Garden', coming to St Ives for this free show!

• John Brolly presents ‘Piskie in the Garden’ – a musical storytelling show hosted by St Ives Library at Trewyn Gardens, coming this February half term. This event is free to attend but space is limited so booking is essential! To get tickets, go to:
https://stiveslibrary.ticketsolve.com/shows

• An old gardener is woken late at night by mysterious noises coming from the potting shed. If it’s not a fox or a badger it can only mean one thing, he has a piskie in the garden! A mixture of puppets, music and wonderful storytelling – John Brolly’s new one-man show is full of mischief and fairy magic. All the family will enjoy this charming story as the hapless gardener is outwitted by the piskies.

• A review from John’s Minack performance: “John knows just how to wind-up his audiences with high-energy antics that get them singing and dancing and shouting along – and that’s just the adults, let alone the young ‘uns. His latest show, Piskie In The Garden, deals with the exclusively Cornish type of pixie: “a completely different breed from those across the border”. The featured Pip the pesky piskie is a really endearing little wooden puppet that is hellbent on spoiling the garden show blooms entry by Graham the gardener, who keeps falling asleep on the job, and has to be alerted by frequent shouts of “wake up” from the audience… Everything works out OK by the end of this one hour long entertainment that includes John’s bluesy I Got Piskie Trouble on his own ingenious gardener’s electric spade-guitar, calypso songs, and kazoo conversation piskie style.”

• Please Note: This is an outdoor event at Trewyn Gardens. There will be a gazebo and blankets set up, but feel free to bring a cushion and make sure to wrap up!

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