Looking for some inspiration in 2022? Want something new to get involved in? Would you like to make things happen in Kidsgrove?

Then take a bite out of something new, be inspired, get involved!

Join Appetite for a jam packed afternoon on Saturday 26 March 12pm – 4pm at the Victoria Hall, Kidsgrove to sample our FREE  ‘Taster Day’ with loads of tasty art treats.

BSL interpretation will be available throughout the afternoon, ready to interpret performances and workshops to ensure everyone can enjoy and take part.

This is a free, drop-in event with refreshments and a warm welcome provided to all! Let’s celebrate Kidsgrove and make new things happen in the area. Come along and be a part of making it happen!

Here’s what we’ll be serving up:

Like a Tree Puppet by Hocus Pocus Theatre

Down in the woods a sapling grows, up through the ground and towards the sky. At the same time, a child is born and their lives entwine in a touching tale of life, love and everything after.

Mother Nature is storyteller, lighting up hearts and imaginations with her handmade puppets and a vintage pram puppet theatre. As climate catastrophe threatens the girl’s beloved tree, she learns about the fragility of life and that it’s never too late to give something back.

A magical and moving story told with puppets, suitable for all ages.

The Fabularium

Lop the Hare, the fastest animal in the forest, is distraught when she discovers that not a single animal has signed up to compete in the Annual Animal Racing Contest, for fear of losing against the reigning champion. Hadrian the Tortoise decides to save the competition by volunteering to race against her. Baffled by the old shell’s foolish decision, but too proud to turn down the offer, Lop agrees to race Hadrian in what she believes will be her easiest race yet.

Can slow and steady beat the fastest animal in the forest? Come one and all to the woodland place, Tortoise and Hare are having a race! Join The Fabularium in their walkabout performance, looking for the fastest creature in the lands.

Poetry Workshop, by Gabriella Gay from Kwanzaa Collective

Try your hand at poetry. Join Gabriella Gay in this poetry workshop open to all experience, levels and abilities.

Kidsgrove Scavengers by Letting in the Light

Join this workshop and have a go! Carve, print and paint onto clay to create ceramic cubes and tiles.

Ben Kaufman, Upswing

Ben Kaufman is a circus performer from Brattleboro, Vermont. He started taking circus classes as a child and continues to grow and challenge himself. He enjoys making work that is playful, joyful, and full of story.

Joshua David Smith

Joshua likes to work multi-disciplinary with juggling by combining it with spoken word, contemporary dance, or with other circus apparatus such as dance-trapeze. He trained at both the National Centre for Circus Arts and Circomedia where he specialised in juggling.

Also joining:

Wilde Studio, offering hands on weaving workshops

Rebecca Huxley, sharing her research as environmental Artist-in-Residence through her Open Observatory project.

The Taster Day is a partnership project by Appetite Canal & River Trust and Realise.

Featured image by Clara Lou Photography