Barnstaple Colourscape Festival

A special 10th Anniversary Festival commission: A labyrinth of colour, light and music
Category: Barnstaple Fringe

Starts: Saturday, May 31, 2008
Ends: Sunday, June 08, 2008

 

Last year hundreds of people experienced Colourdome; this year we take you one step further with its big brother, Colourscape - a spectacular light labyrinth of highly coloured interconnected chambers. As you enter, put on a coloured cape to become part of the colour experience and explore a new world of music and light. Come and be ‘wrapped in a rainbow’.

Both weekends feature a wide range of music performances open to the public, whilst school workshops will take place inside the coloured structure on weekdays.

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The Colourscape Festival opens on Saturday 31st May at 11:00, at 12:00 GAMELAN KEMBANG KIRANG leave the Queen's Theatre in a vibrant procession through the town with gongs and chimes, leading to the Colourscape site on Castle Green.

On Sunday 1st June there will be early music with a contemporary twist from HORSES BRAWL, a groundbreaking contemporary instrumental duo from East Anglia. See www.horsesbrawl.co.uk for more details.

On Friday 6th June between 12 & 1pm or 3 & 4pm you can discover a whole orchestra of ukuleles spread around Colourscape as three local schools, working with Richard Durrant and Devon Music Service, create the DEVON UKULELE ORCHESTRA.

Saturday 7th June features more music from multi-instrumentalist Richard Durrant in GALACTIC SYMPHONY. Richard, who is best known for his lively and entertaining guitar concerts, is joined here by Stephen J Kalinich, lyricist with the Beach Boys.
See www.richard-durrant.com for more details on Richard's work.

The Colourscape Festival ends in style on Sunday 8th June by linking the day's music to the Wildlife Festival happening in Barnstaple Pannier Market on the same day: the SOUND POSITIVE ENSEMBLE includes British music for flute, oboe, trombone and piano, celebrating British wildlife and will feature 'Orchid Music' by Peter Lawson.

In addition to all of this, students from The Park Community School will create an eye-catching display around the perimeter of Colourscape as part of their FLOWER POWER event - please see their individual listing for more details.


Colourscape is a special Festival commission, delivered in partnership with Eye Music Trust. Eye Music Trust is funded by the Arts Council England and Performing Rights Foundation.

 

Time: Sat & Sun 11:00 to 16:00 and Mon to Fri 12:00 to 13:00
Price Details: adults £4, young person £2, family ticket £10

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Address: Castle Green, , Barnstaple, Devon,

 

Sponsor: Additional sponsorship from Stagecoach DEVON

Website: www.colourscape.org.uk

Telephone: 01271 32 42 42

 

For more information please visit www.colourscape.org.uk