2009 Events Archive

View some of our previous events below:

Theme: It’ll be all white on the night!

Saturday 5 December 5 to 8pm.  FREE

Parade starts Dover Park and Greenmount schools for Star St, Upper High St, Anglesey St, Upper George St, Cross St and into Union Street for finish.

Entertainment and late night shopping in the town centre.  In association with Ryde Business Association, Ryde Town Council, Ryde Arts Festival and Ryde Carnival.

This is the biggest, brightest (and original) lantern parade on the Island. Lanterns of all shapes and sizes created by schools and community groups, artists and individuals, make their way through the streets of Ryde to welcome the winter and the Christmas season.

This year’s theme is all things ‘white’ so expect snowmen and polar bears, doves of peace and fluffy white clouds, lilies and snowdrops, white rabbits and snowy owls. Washing machines and fridge freezers perhaps?  Let your imagination go wild!

For details of lantern workshops visit the Learning Page.

To enter the Procession as a group or school click here.

Kathakali

Performance

Classical Dance Drama from South India

Kathakali originated in the beautiful state of Kerala South West India over 500 years ago and is based on the great Indian tradition of story telling. Good and evil battle for supremacy though a stunning combination of drama, dance, music and colourful images.

To introduce Kathakali to us we have the pleasure of hosting a visit from the two founder members of the Kala Chetana Kathakali Theatre Company –actor Kalamandalam Vijaya and Kathakali make-up artist Kalamandalam Barbara Vijayakumar.  They will give us a fascinating insight into this centuries old artform. The evening comprises an illustrated talk with slides and a solo performance and demonstration based on an ancient story from the Mahabharata.

Friday 16 October 7.30pm

Tickets £5/£3 Booking essential

KATHAKALI workshops

Saturday 17 October

Dance drama workshop: 10am to 11.15 am

Creative colour and body sculpture: 11.30am to 1pm

£4/£2 per session or £6/£3 for both

Suitable adults and young people over 13 yrs.

Booking essential.

Pan Fever!

Peformance

‘Pan Fever’ is a Black History Month event that tells the musical story of the remarkable journey of steel pan instrument from its disused oil drum birth in 1930’s Trinidad, the UK premiere in the fifties to its current status as a popular present day global phenomenon. 

The legend unfolds with RASPO Steel Orchestra performing classical, traditional, contemporary and calypso music from ten decades with featured guest artists, dancers and costumes

Bring the whole family for a musical journey that will delight, entertain and lift your spirits to ‘Pan Fever’ pitch.

Saturday 3 October 7.30pm

Tickets £5/£3 Booking essential

Europa! Project Launch

Wednesday 21 January 7pm
FREE

Come and find out more about our exciting project to create and perform ‘The Queen of Europe’ for the prestigious opening of the UK Centre for Carnival Arts In Luton in May. Artists, performers and community volunteers are being recruited to help make the costumes and present them at Luton in front of an expected audience of 20,000 people!

t doesn’t matter if you have never ‘done’ carnival before! New faces welcomed! You must be over 16yrs to take part.

LUNDI GRAS (or Fat Mondays)

Our third series of presentation evenings focussing on carnivals and festivals from around the world.

All talks start 7.30pm. Admission is FREE and all welcome. Refreshments available.

Monday March 9       Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico
Monday March 17     Rio Carnival, Brazil
Monday March 23     The Somerset Carnivals, England
Monday March 30     Fastnacht, Switzerland

International Women's Day

A trio of weekend workshops designed specially for women and led by expert women tutors.
All classes run simultaneously 10am to 4pm each day £25/£15

Girls on Fire!
In the main hall (and outside). Bristol based Chimera Firecrew will be sharing their expertise in circus style performance work incorporating a variety of fire techniques including poi, juggling and staffs plus a few other tricks of the ‘fire trade’!

Creating Backpacks for larger costumes
In the workshop. Get comfortable using a variety of hand and power tools to make your own backpack from aluminium and wire. With Rampage Carnival Club of Luton

Strictly social networking
In the Creative Media Suite. Join Wendy Lacey for the weekend as she takes you through the online networking trend and helps you create your own Myspace and/or Facebook pages. Bring pix, movies, face tunes, whatever - and a sense of fun!