Day Two - Saturday May 10

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Street Theatre

Parents and children enjoying last year's Street Theatre performance

Come and join us in the Abbey Gardens once again for three hours of fun, skill and mayhem from some great entertainers.

 

 

 

 

The Urban Playground

Demonstration of Parkour

The Urban Playground is the world's only purpose-built tourable structure for the practice and performance of Parkour-inspired physical theatre and dance.  Presented by the UPG Team & Gravity Style these performances fuse Parkour and Free-Running with contemporary dance and breaking to produce choreographies reflecting the environments in which they're created. See www.theurbanplayground.co.uk for more details.

Each performance will be followed by a workshop and an open session. Workshop numbers are strictly limited so if you are 12 or over then please sign up by emailing info@buryfestival.co.uk or calling 01284 757062

World cinema series: Pan's Labyrinth (15)

The fawn from Pan's Labyrinth

Described as Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, this film by Guillermo del Toro won 3 Academy Awards and 3 BAFTAs and blends together the horrors of both reality and fantasy into an extraordinary, spellbinding fable.

Told through the eyes of a little girl whose imaginary world is inhabited by nightmarish creatures, Pan's Labyrinth is a thrilling, violent fairy tale set in post-Civil War Spain.

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

The Grimethorpe Colliery Band winning the English National Championship in 2007

Listen to a sample of The Grimethorpe Colliery Band performing Nimrod

The band achieved worldwide fame in the film Brassed Off and won the English National Championship in 2007. As the current National Champion Band, Grimethorpe Colliery Band will represent England at the European Brass Band Championships to be held in Stavanger just one week before their visit to us in Bury St Edmunds. They will be performing a programme of new works alongside brass band classics.

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