Two acrobats dressed in blue jeans and white t-shirts are performing on a sandy beach under cloudy blue skies. They are in motion as the man twirls the woman around so that her head is close to the floor and her legs are raised against the sky in a V shape. The woman’s long, blonde hair is wheeling out behind her.

Life’s a Beach is an interactive, fun and playful observation of family life at the beach. 

Using their unique style of dynamic, graceful dance/circus fusion, Joli Vyann (Timeless, Big Feast 2023) invite you to take a trip that will be familiar, nostalgic and funny. Think holidaymakers settling in amongst locals, the uber-preppers, the totally unprepared, the sandy sandwiches and melting ice creams, and don’t forget greedy seagulls! 

Life’s a Beach will be a joyous – if not a little chaotic – window into a day at the beach that also sensitively weaves in more serious notes such as affordability of holidays and second homes raising local house prices.

Access

Life’s a Beach can be enjoyed as a purely visual performance.

Where to see it

Catch Life’s a Beach on Saturday at different locations. This is a moving performance and lasts around 30 minutes. 

11.30am: Piccadilly (map location 6) – Lower Piccadilly 

2.25pm: Potteries Centre, outside River Island (map location 1) 

A man and woman are on the concrete promenade behind a pebbly beach at high tide. The woman, dressed in black-and-white work clothes, is standing with one foot on the man’s bent knees, and the other over his right shoulder. He is holding her leg as they lean back, counterbalancing. The man has casual sports clothes including a bum bag, and both sport yellow bucket hats, a beach toy, and a giant smile.
Two acrobats are on a sandy beach with calm blue sea and sky behind them. The woman is casually standing on the man’s shoulders. She’s smiling out from beneath the oversized seagull’s head headpiece that she’s wearing, with he hands out either side in a shrug. The man is holding a red-and-white lifebuoy that has ‘Life’s a Beach’ written on it. To their sides are a little fabric breach hut in striped and spotted patterns, and white windbreakers with questions written on including ‘Who do you go to the beach with?’ and ‘What do you do on the beach?’

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