Strike a Light is a new festival bringing theatre and live entertainment to Gloucester from September 25-29
Strike a Light is a new festival bringing theatre and live entertainment to Gloucester working in partnership with Battersea Arts Centre and the Collaborative Touring Network.
Strike a Light aims to connect existing groups, encouraging people to work together and share experience & expertise, and to support emerging artists, musicians and performers. The event will be a chance for local people to be inspired to come together, chat and be inspired.
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What’s on?
• Thursday September 25
Festival Launch, 7:30pm-11pm
The Olympus Theatre, Barton Street
£7
The festival launch will feature live music from Romania, Middle Eastern street food, Adrift / Afloat – a rehearsed reading based on Mammalian Diving Reflex’s residency in Gloucester earlier in the year, plus sneak previews of new work, DJ’s and dancing.
• Friday September 26
Scratch Night, 7:30pm
The Olympus Theatre, Barton Street
£5
First showings of 3 new pieces of emerging work from Gloucestershire based artists. This work has been delivered in partnership with Theatre Gloucestershire and generously funded by The Summerfield Trust
• Saturday September 27
The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers, 1pm onwards
Kingswalk Shopping Centre
FREE
“Henry loved books, but not like you and I like books… He loved to EAT books!”
This adaptation of Oliver Jeffers’ award-winning children’s book by Bootworks Theatre follows the story of a boy with a voracious appetite for books. And better still, he realises the more books he eats, the smarter he gets.
This unique performance for 4+ year-olds and their grown-ups uses live performance, puppetry and back projection. Each performance is 5 minutes long, performed for two people at a time and repeats 30 times a day.
Folk in a Box, 1pm onwards
Kingswalk Shopping Centre
FREE
Folk in a Box is a one-on-one music venue and performance space. It is a bespoke wooden box with a little front door for audience members and a little back door for performers. One audience member is allowed in at a time. The door is closed behind them. They are given one song, performed by one musician. It’s simple, but works like a charm.
The Black Album, 7:30pm
The Olympus Theatre, Barton Street
£5
In this triple bill, three distinctly different hip hop choreographies are seamlessly woven together like a concept album. The Black Album is music-inspired dance.
From Jazzanova to Mozart, Woodkid to Trentemoller, Linkin Park to Beethoven, Avant Garde Dance’s contemporary choreography endeavours to take you on a journey experiencing the many complex and cool shades of black.
• Sunday September 28
Open Conversation, 4-6pm
The Olympus Theatre, Barton Street
FREE
What role / responsibility does the arts community play in representing conflict in performance?
Ballad of the Burning Star, 7:30pm
The Olympus Theatre, Barton Street
£7 (£5 concessions)
Multi-award-winning Theatre Ad Infinitum presents the tale of an enraged Israeli armed with music, killer heels and a lethal troop of divas, exploring victimhood, persecution, aggression and love.
• Monday September 29
Gloucester – Culture Matters? 2:30-5:30pm
Open Space at Blackfriars Priory, Via Sacra, Ladybellegate Street, GL1 2HN
£3.50 (includes mezze supper, 6-7pm at The Olympus Theatre, Barton Street)
Are you passionate about Gloucester City? Do you think art and culture can make a place unique and help to build strong communities and meaningful lives?
If so, add your voice to the mix at this special Strike a Light ‘Open Space’ gathering.
You don’t need to work in the arts or cultural sector to come along – the only thing that matters is that you care about Gloucester and think that arts and culture have a key part to play in the life of the city.
Ballad of the Burning Star, 7:30pm
The Olympus Theatre, Barton Street
£7 (£5 concessions)
Multi award-winning Theatre Ad Infinitum presents an explosive tale. Armed with music, killer heels and a lethal troop of divas, an enraged Israeli executes a story of victimhood, persecution, aggression and love.
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For more information, visit: www.strikealightfestival.org.uk
