Punt by Artizani

Meet two Oxbridge undergrads off for a relaxing punt. Blissfully unaware of reality and physics, the boat is now drifting down your busy street as they regale and serenade the public.
This is a charming encounter you won’t want to miss. Established in 1989 by Artistic Director James Macpherson, Artizani are based in the High Peak region of North West England.
The company specializes in creating medium and small scale street arts performances with high production values and a surreal twist.

Artizani can be found floating about near The Potteries Shopping Centre!

Appetite says: Well you don’t see that in Hanley very often!

Bite size video here:

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The Whale by Talking Birds

A giant metal Whale which swallows audiences whole, to enjoy a charming, playful and submersive theatre experience inside. Performed by a solo actor, for one person at a time, or small family groups.

The Whale is an extraordinary and unexpected visitor to high streets, public squares and green spaces, transforming each environment it enters.
Inside they meet a lovesick submariner who sings a song and hands them a message to take away.

Audience members have said… “I loved being swallowed by a whale.”
“It was very beautiful and funny.” “Unexpected and fabulous.”
“Like nothing I have experienced before.” “A Musical Poetic Whale – absolutely fantastic.” “I couldn’t stop laughing.”

Appetite says: It’s an absolute treat to be able to host the Whale, built by a Cheadle based practitioner Jonathon Ford. This is a genuine chance to experience theatre with a difference!

Can be found on Tontine Square from 11am-3.30pm

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Pavement Cafe Aug 17 What, Where and When…LISTINGS!

Clay Tasters: Free, friendly and fun ceramic workshops for the whole family, delivered by contemporary artists.
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery 
1.30 –3.30pm.
Drawing on the floor, painting with clay and getting messy.  Join BCB artist Megan Randall to create graffiti-inspired artworks as a family.

The Travelling Tea Room: Outside Wright’s pies – All day!
Get a free brew for an opinion or two! The Travelling Tea Room is a beautifully decorated tent accompanied by a quirky 3-wheeled van that will appear at cultural events around this wonderful city. You are invited to relax, enjoy a cup of tea and a chat in the Travelling Tea Room. The Travelling Tea Room will appear at each of the Appetite events over the course of the summer. Thanks to The Mitchell Arts Centre & The Colouring Box for providing an amazing place to relax and chat about the arts.

Trolleys by C-12 Dance Theatre – Outside Tesco 1.30 pm & 3pm
Trolleys spin, glide and slide in this highly physical, humorous outdoor performance where high- octane contemporary dance, acrobatics and street dance merge with the extraordinary world of trolleys. Set to a pounding electro-acoustic score, TROLLEYS will tease, thrill and move its audience. You’ll never go shopping in the same way again.
This is a must see without a doubt. Thanks to Tesco for their support.
Trolleys Workshop – Outside Tesco 3.30 pm
An amazing opportunity to dance with the cast from Trolleys and to try some adrenaline fueled fun!

The Knowledge Emporium by Slunglow – Tontine Square 11.30am & 2.30pm
The Knowledge Emporium is a sweetshop with one big difference: it doesn’t take money. It trades sweets for knowledge – your knowledge, your stories, your recipes or anecdotes or beliefs for sweets. Write something in the Big Book of Everything We Know and help yourself to sweets. Stories are then performed from the Big Book of Everything We Know on Saturday 17^th.

Attachment by Dans la Poche – Walkabout 11am & 2.30 pm
Travelling haberdasher Gracie Spoon carries a tray full of buttons, tricks and tales, weaving together a patchwork wonderland of magic and stories to delight, inspire and amaze.

Wheel House by Acrojou – Bus Station – 11.30am, 12.45pm & 2.00pm
A story which unfolds inside and around the circular set as it rolls along at a gentle pace, with the audience walking alongside. Performed ‘fourth wall’ over a series of scenes, some rolling and some static, The Wheel House features comedy, theatrical acrobatics and breathtaking moments of risk, all housed within an exquisite, hand-built structure.

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Attachment by Dans La Poche

Attachment: noun
Something that attaches; a fastening a tie or binding
Exaggerated not wanting to be separated from someone or something.

Gracie draws inspiration from the peddlar women of old who roamed the countryside with their haberdashery & tiny wares.  Peddling stories and objects as well as crossing borders they were also fortune tellers and bringers of news and the unknown.

Weaving a blend of close-up magic using haberdashery & the ancient oral tradition of storytelling, Gracie creates a rich fabric of magic and wonder using the manipulation of the objects and the stories metaphors to explore themes of attachment and desire.

Attachment re-visits the age-old magicians tradition of magic using thimbles, pins & ribbons, both reclaiming this feminine territory & creating New Magic by drawing on threads of theatre, stories, comedy, clown & song to illustrate each little set piece.

Hear the original version of Little Red Riding hood and watch her vanish before your very eyes… Charles Perraults’ version tells of wolves that are hairy on the inside, and warns of “This – the truth, sweetest tongue hath sharpest tooth…”

Discover the story of the Beauty who’s Father lost her to The Beast in a game of cards. In doing so try your hand at a traditional “Three Card Monty” but remember to keep your eyes on that red queen. Never as simple as its seems…

Travelling haberdasher Gracie Spoon carries a tray full of buttons, tricks and tales, weaving together a patchwork wonderland of magic and stories to delight, inspire and amaze.

Appetite says: Wonderful mobile magic and story telling genius, what more could you ask for?

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Wheel House by Acrojou

Wheel House
Heath Robinson meets Beckett meets The Wombles meets the Road… A gently comic dystopia, set in a different time where everything has a new value and survival relies on sharp eyes, quick hands, and, above all, friendship. Join these traveller-gatherers on the road to nowhere: treading lightly, surviving quietly, and always, always moving onwards.

A story which unfolds inside and around the circular set as it rolls along at a gentle pace, with the audience walking alongside. Performed ‘fourth wall’ over a series of scenes, some rolling and some static, The Wheel House features comedy, theatrical acrobatics and breathtaking moments of risk, all housed within an exquisite, hand-built structure.

A moving piece of visual theatre.

One of our most popular shows, The Wheel House has so far been seen by over 10,000 people. It has toured to Ireland, Holland, France, Belgium, Spain and Israel, and was selected as one of the UK shows in the incredible ‘Piccadilly Circus Circus’, part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

Commissioned as a walkabout by Without Walls (2008) and funded for development into a full show (2011) by Applause. 

Conceived, designed, devised and fabricated by the company. With Direction from Flick Ferdinando.

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The Knowledge Emporium by Slunglow

The Knowledge Emporiumby Slunglow presents findings from the Big Book of Everything We Know!

All week Slunglow have been swapping your stories and knowledge for sweets and good times at the Knowledge Emporium. Now comes the exciting bit!
Slunlow will take their findings from the Big Book of Everythhing We Know and on August 17th at the Bus Station in the City Centre (Hanley) they will create a show for you, the good people of Stoke, based entirely on the knowledge exchanged for sweets throughout the week.

Did you tell them a story? Share interesting facts about the local area? Then get down to the Bus Station on the 17th at 11.30am & 2.30pm to see if your knowledge has been include in what will be a brilliant show created in less than a week!

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