Welcome to Wonder!
Please join us for this very special evening, designed for some especially wonderful people.
Friday Evening
5: 00pm Relaxed Performance of Magnificat! our circus spectacular.
We will start the festival this year in a quieter way with a Relaxed Performance of Magnificat! This performance, designed for those with sensory sensitivities, neurodiversity and limited mobility, along with their carers will be FREE but ticketed to ensure we meet the needs of all those attending. Tickets and full details of this performance can be requested by completing our ‘Contact Us’ form here. A social story will be available to download from the website from September.
This year’s festival centrepiece circus spectacular offers an exhilarating and uplifting circus performance exploring wonder through the heartbeat of life. A magical, captivating and hilarious performance.
Brought to you by Director Andy Bewley and Creative Director, designer and aerial artist Tatiana Ozhiganova, this creative duo has vast experience in circus and large scale theatre productions, most notably in Gloucestershire as part of the Giffords Circus team.
Official Opening of the Festival
7:00 Gala Fundraising Evening
This special Friday evening Gala Event is designed as a fundraiser to support the free shows available all day Saturday £20.00 per person with guaranteed seating. Limited tickets available.
Are you able to support us and your community? Would you be interested in a ticketed event with guaranteed seating and a delightful evening of entertainment? Our Gala evening includes the grand opening of Magnificat! This ticketed event offers all those attending a fantastic and special evening of entertainment while also supporting us to provide that same opportunity for free to all of our community.
What do you get? A glass of fizz on arrival, a chance to chat with the Director and key performers of the show, a guaranteed seat with a stage view (please note that raised seating is not available) of the grand opening of Magnificat! It does not end there! To complete this incredible evening, is Folk On, a foot tapping, make you laugh out loud comedy folk band finish to send you home with a chuckle and a song in your heart.
7:00 – 7:30pm Grand Opening. Enjoy that glass of fizz, meet and mingle with the Director and performers. Hear about the creative process, background of the show and festival and be inspired. Bar open.
7:40pm A welcoming tune from Folk On
7:45pm Opening show of Magnificat!
This year’s festival centrepiece circus spectacular offers an exhilarating and uplifting circus performance exploring wonder through the heartbeat of life. You will feel the pulsating beat of the drums as the heartbeat of life explodes into being through this magical captivating and hilarious performance.
Brought to you by Director Andy Bewley and Creative director, designer and aerial artist Tatiana Ozhiganova, this creative duo has vast experience in circus and large scale theatre productions, most notably in Gloucestershire as part of the Giffords Circus team.
8:30pm Interval to top up your glasses.
8:45pm Folk On – the finest comedy folk band to ever come out of the village of Little Dribblepatch!
Folk On write and play folk songs of unity and belonging, of solving conflicts and unyielding happiness – with the occasional tunes about hopeless love lives, dead horses or Morris dancers. Folk On’s sound is honest and pure, with tight rural harmonies and melodies as sweet as the village fete jam. Their tales of rural life always bring a smile to the face, a laugh-filled tear to the eye and a desire to join in.
“Folk On’s country bumpkin schtick goes down well with young and old, as does their foot stompin’ folk music” Behind the Scene Gloucestershire.
Tickets are limited and will soon be available by clicking here.
Please note: This special Friday evening Gala Event is designed as a fundraiser to support the free shows available all day Saturday. We thank you for your support and generosity.