We’re excited to be bringing a host of exciting performances to the launch of the Catalyst Building. Join Appetite, in partnership with Staffordshire University, on Saturday 5 March for a celebration of the latest milestone in the University’s history!
Information on access and transport for this event can be found here.
Here’s what we’ll be serving up:
Robot Selfie by Kaleider
Wed 2 to Sat 5 March
Robot Selfie is a collaboration between audience, AI, artist, and robot. See the robot paint the faces of the selfies sent in by you on a large canvas! Strangers next to each other, simultaneously present, together, and yet apart.
Submit your selfie here by Tues 1 March for a chance to be included.
Listen to an audio description of Robot Selfie here.
A read easy description of this event can be found here.
Little Miss Majorettes by Kitch n Sync
11.45am to 12pm, 12.30pm to 12.45pm to 3pm & 2.15pm to 2.30pm
The Little Miss Majorettes have been in training ready for their celebratory debut! They may not be the best baton twirlers or marching band members but what they lack in skill they make up with enthusiasm! Expect a comedic display of anti climactic tricks, false starts, fumbling formations and an (almost) extravagant ending!
A read easy description of this event can be found here.
The Baghdaddies
10.30am to 11am, 12pm to 12.30pm & 2.30pm to 3pm
The Baghdaddies are a exhilarating cocktail of Balkan melodies, ska and latin grooves and sizzling brass played with furious energy and theatrical humour, making them as unforgettable on stage as they are when performing as wandering brass troubadours. They take themselves incredibly seriously so you don’t have to…
This is a walkabout performance – keep a look out!
Canapé Art by Levantes Dance Theatre
11.30am to 12.15pm, 2pm to 2.45pm & 3.15pm to 4pm
Canapé Art projects feature a pair of performers in exquisite identical costumes, make up and headgear. Dressed to impress, the delightful pair mingle with the public, creating beautiful and unique, edible tattoos on hands, arms and faces. Suitable for everyone from curious adults to inquisitive tots.
Expect bright sugar icing, marshmallows, a bit of silliness, edible beads, sequins and lots of glitter!
Images by Roswitha Chesher
OUT OF THE DEEP BLUE by Autin Dance Theatre
1pm to 1.25pm & 3pm to 3.25pm
The whirr of the wind cutting across a rocky beach, the whoosh of the waves lapping the shore… The illusion of calm is broken when EKO, a sentient Sea Giant, pads onto dry land…
This interactive walkabout performance transports audiences into another world, to tell a story about our own. This spectacle is designed specifically for family and festival audiences and tells the magical story of Eko, a sea giant who rises from the deep ocean and who is seeking, on the shore, someone that will listen to his urgent story.
Listen to a full audio description of Out of the Deep Blue here.
A read easy description of this event can be found here.
POWER by 2Faced Dance Company
11am to 11.25am & 1.35pm to 2pm
This fearless dance production choreographed by Alleyne Dance, explores our relationship with authority and control. With abuses of power and domination affecting communities across the world, we look at how power can seduce, shift and shape our behaviour.
Performed by three explosive dancers we ask the questions:
Who leads? Who follows? Who holds the power?
Listen to an audio description of POWER by 2Faced Dance Company here.
A ready easy description of this even can be found here.
Performers in the Trailer: Louis Parker-Evans, Jason Boyle, Jamie Leo
The Poetry Takeaway
11am to 4pm
Our diverse group of talented Poet Chefs provide high quality personalised poetry for guests and visitors, written performed and delivered free, all from our mobile Poetry Emporium, The Poetry Takeaway.
Ladybird Su
10.30am to 12.30pm & 1.15pm to 4pm
Su is an eco-artist and garden maker who travels to festivals and events with her colour vintage caravan, Ladybird. Join Su to print and decorate your own seed saving envelope, and take home some British wildflower seeds to grow at home or guerrilla garden with. Su loves to hear your gardening stories and tips too.
Images by Fern Brown
Family “make and take activity” with artist Ian Mood
10.30am to 1pm & 1.45pm to 4pm
Ian Mood is a professional artist based in Newcastle Under Lyme known for bold and expressive landscapes.
Staffordshire University alumni Ian will be producing a series of drawings celebrating the architecture of the buildings on campus. There will also be a workstation where you can also try your hand at some drawing at the same time.
Image by Jenny Harper
