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Blysh Festival
When: Monday 2nd July 2012 -> Sunday 22nd July 2012
Where: Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Our summer festival of carnival and cabaret, fun and frolics is back for another year. Taking over the Centre for the whole of July, Blysh is packed full of performances and experiences for you to really get the most out of the summer season.
So if you fancy some good old-fashioned fun this summer and don't mind a bit of cheekiness thrown in, then pop down to the Centre and get involved in all the treats we have on offer.
Alongside the shows in the Weston Studio and free performances on the Glanfa stage, there's also the chance for you to get stuck into some free workshops and even experience a performance in your own home!
Join the wonderful world of carnival and cabaret at this year’s Blysh festival
It’s time to kick start the summer party. Don your skirts, shorts, flip flops and shades and get yourselves down to this year’s Blysh festival at Wales Millennium Centre [2 to 22 July], which promises a whirlwind of cheeky frolics and good old fashioned fun.
Ukuleles, ragtime orchestra’s, 1960s caravans and dancing grannies are only a small number of the attractions at this year’s Blysh Festival. The Centre will be a hive of activity throughout the month of July with street theatre, circus, carnival and walkabout acts, free workshops and interactive performances. There’s something for everyone, so let Blysh put some colour back in your cheeks. Prepared to be amazed, amused and astounded by what’s in store.
Theatre Highlights
AVON CALLING
Your place or mine? An Avon Party with a twist; join the Avon lady in a celebration of beauty in all its forms and uncover secrets that lurk beneath your visitor’s perfectly polished exterior.
BRIEFS - 19 & 21 July
Australia’s finest mischief-makers are brought together in a circus-infused variety show for the not-so-faint hearted. Briefs, with its heaps of clever parody sees this team of skillful buccaneers contorting vaudeville, circus, boylesque, dance and clowning in an evening of absurdity and blatant displays of flesh.
REVOLUTION CUBANA -12-14 July
Having transformed the Weston Studio into the Port of Amsterdam last year, the Mary Bijou company returns this time to the shady streets of Havana 1957. An evening of sin and cigars, show girls and circus acts brings together Revolution Cubana where the rum is flowing on the hot streets of the Cuban capital and there’s one big party on the horizon.
FAMILY FUN
Families will find circus, silliness and dance collide in Judgestars. Turning the typical reality TV talent competition on its head, let your kids decide who’s got talent in this mischievous show. Featuring star bear judge Simon Growl, this family friendly variety show will be a hit with the kids. Wales Millennium Centre’s old friends and associate company No Fit State Circus will be back with their interactive circus skills workshops. These workshops will teach you a range of handy circus skills like balance, concentration, teamwork and creativity. [Circus Skills 7 & 8 July]
The theatre company Slung Low invites you to share your knowledge in the Knowledge Emporium. Their 1960’s Caravan which will be situated outside the Centre, ready to be converted into a cove of knowledge by your stories about your community. You might find that the Caravan (come old fashioned sweet shop) has some treats in store. Witness these stories brought together in a performance on the Glanfa stage at the end of the week. [Knowledge Emporium 2-8 July]
Other Blysh highlights include:
•Meet the liveliest, trolley dancing grannies around with Granny Turismo [22 July]
•Marawa the Amazing will be showing off her hoop skills on the Glanfa stage, when she spins up to 70 hoops at once [21 July]
•Award winning clown Fraser Hooper returns with his mesmerizing show Boxing. Experience hilarious audience involvement, ridiculous routines and a complete disregard of his own safety [Boxing 8 July].
•Mr B The Gentle Rhymer introduces “Chap-Hop”, a new kind of Hip-Hop re-acquainting the Queen's English from whence it came. [Mr B 19 July]
•Bristol’s first ever ukulele super group The Rinky Dinks perform on the Glanfa stage [The Rinky Dinks 22 July]
•Bongo Bolero introduces Penny and Bernie, a couple who have been on the variety circuit for one too many seasons performing highly skilled and dangerous acrobatics in an excruciatingly funny manner. [Bongo Bolero 15 July]
Blysh Festival runs from 2-22 July 2012. For further information and full listings, please visit www.wmc.org.uk