Fuse Medway Festival 2011

Fuse Medway Festival is a FREE event. The weekend celebration of arts and creativity will take place from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th June 2011.

This year's event promises to bring even more colourful sights and sounds to Medway’s open spaces, from vibrant street theatre to world-class dance and circus acts.

Fuse Medway Festival will be a free celebration of arts that is different, diverse and daring. They aim to showcase some of the best emerging and established performers from across Medway and Europe. They are also working with hundreds of local residents from many community groups.

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The programme for 2011 is as follows:
Grayscale World installation, Monday, 13 to Thursday, 16 June, High Street, Rochester. Presented by Moogie Wonderland, Medway's architecture, industrial sites and public areas are transformed using varying symphonies of grey.

Alice - Wednesday, 15 June, 4pm, Hillyfields Community Park, Gillingham and Thursday, 16 June, 4pm, Riverside Country Park, Rainham Presented by students from Central School of Speech & Drama.

Sparky Initiative, Monday, 13 June, 10am - 12noon, High Street, Chatham; Tuesday, 14 June, 10am - 12noon, High Street, Gillingham; Thursday, 16 June, 10am - 12noon, High Street, Rochester. Presented by Kinetika.

Smile Wednesday, 15 June, 12noon - 2pm, Chatham High Street; Wednesday, 15 June, 12noon - 2pm, 2.30pm - 4pm, Rochester High Street. Presented by Big Bubble.

Friday 17 June, Gillingham - Illumination Parade - Friday 17 June, from 4.30pm, Gillingham High Street, Kent. Life size illuminated silver puppets, Sparky Champion and Magma Eternal will lead a celebration parade along Gillingham High Street.
Saturday 18 June, Chatham Street Arts Day Alice - 2.30pm, Town Hall Gardens. Presented by students from Central School of Speech & Drama.

The Floor Crusaders, 12noon to 5pm, High Street, Winners of the south-west Bboy championships.

The North Wind and the Sun, 12noon to 5pm, High Street, A Woking Dance Festival Commission, inspired by Aesop's Fable, a hip hop dance tale.

Promenade Dance to the Riverside, presented by Loop Dance Company, 12noon to 5pm, High Street guided by Loop Youth Dance Company performers and accompanied by a live musician.

The Weirdy Beardies 12noon to 5pm, High Street.

Time For Tea, 12noon to 5pm, High Street, Wet Picnic's tea ladies sweep through the streets.

Camera Obscura, 12noon to 5pm, High Street.

Pan Gottic's Full Twist, 12noon to 5pm, High Street.

Reckless Invention's The Pedalo, 12noon to 5pm, High Street.

The Tall Sailors, 12noon to 5pm, High Street.

Goronwy Thom, 12noon to 5pm, High Street.

Acrojou's The Jesters, 12noon to 5pm, High Street.

Dan the Hat, 12noon to 5pm, High Street.

Swank, Pearl & Deanie, 12noon to 5pm, High Street, Chatham.

Bread & Butter Theatre Company present Topiary Bushes and Green Fingered Folk, 12noon to 5pm, High Street, Chatham

Bicycle Ballet present Where are the girls when the boys are learning to bunny hop - 12noon to 5pm, High Street, Chatham.

Dizzy O'Dare Presents.. The Tiny Travelling Tightwire Show, 12noon to 5pm, High Street, Chatham.

Circus workshops, 12noon to 5pm, High Street. Free, and suitable for all ages.

The Heliosphere and the Diamond, 9pm, Rochester Castle Moat, Presented by The Dream Engine.

All Hands (A work in progress), presented by The World Famous 9.45pm-10.30pm, Rochaster Castle Gardens.

Sunday 19 June, The Big Tea Party, Rochester

Grayscale World Journey presented by Moogie Wonderland 11am, High Street, Rochester.
Leap of Faith, presented by Hoodwink Theatre 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

Alice - presented by students from Central School of Speech & Drama, 4.30pm, Rochester Castle Moat, Rochester.

AirQuarium presented by Beautiful Creatures 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.
Travels with Grandad presented by Pickled Images 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

Goronwy Thom, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

My Secret Garden, presented by Roustabout Theatre, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

Smile, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

Shirt or Squirt, presented by Bureau of Silly Ideas, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

Time for Tea, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens, Wet Picnic's tea ladies sweep through the park to supply an explosive and surreal teatime for everyone to enjoy.

Dizzy O'Dare Presents.. The Tiny Travelling Tightwire Show, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

That's the Way to Do It, presented by Time Won't Wait, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

The Trolls Kitchen presented by Plunge Boom, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

Camera Obscura, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

The Weirdy Beardies 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

Take the Pose, presented by What's Coming Out of the Box, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens.

Family workshops, 12 noon - 5pm, Rochester Castle Gardens, Wonderland hat making, ceramic designs, decorating cupcakes and more. Workshops are repeated throughout the afternoon.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More info

For more information see the Medway Fuse Festival Website.

More information will be here when available.

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