Glastonbury Festival

The Kidz Field 2004

Tony and the eventuality team once again take great pride in presenting the Glastonbury Festival Kidz field. The amazing and beautiful thing about Glastonbury is it’s commitment to the future by supporting Oxfam, Wateraid, Greenpeace, CND and numerous other charities. Remember that all accompanied kidz under 13 get free entry to Glastonbury and the Kidz Field is the most entertaining 3 acres that a child could ever wish for.

Whether its slapstick, craft, lunacy, practical help, play or relaxation you’re searching for its all here and in an environment where parents can enjoy themselves and their children, and it’s all completely free of charge!

Once again we have has gathered together a selection of informed, credible and motivated artists to bring entertainment, education and understanding to kidz of all ages. Over the years many children have been born, and grown up at the festival and some of them will be completing the cycle by returning to help!

The Kidz Field is open from 9am to 7pm. Detailed times and running orders for the day can be found on various black-boards around the field. Please be aware that all kidz must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

And as the Kidz Field motto goes “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood, or to enable someone else’s”.

The Big Top

The Edinburgh Fringe launched ‘The mole who knew it was none of his business’, presented by Kipper Tie, a magical musical adaptation of the popular children’s picture-book. This show has gained praise across the board and is recommended for all kids and their parents. Kidz Field stalwarts Badger & Bodger (now with 7 TV series under their belt) bring us a new show and lots and lots of instant mash. The Capricho Theatre Co. Join MoMo and her friends as they try to break the hold of the sinister grey men and restore time to the people of her town. Using their unique blend of actors, puppets and dynamic storytelling, Capricho bring you MoMo, an adaptation of Michael Ende’s classic children’s tale.

Other Big Top treats include the Kidz Field regulars The Foolhardy Folk Circus Clowns with their ‘Masters of Slapstick’ show while Mr Mike and Mr Maynard perform their highly rated show 'Lost'. Packed with visual trickery, a dog auction and two dating hedgehogs all alongside songs and silliness. Mike Hancock and Maynard Flip Flap are two of Britain’s most talented street entertainers and 'Lost' showcases all their skills.

Audience participation and giant bubbles abound when ‘Clown Berts Day at the Circus’ rolls in and Goffee send things towards the surreal with his ‘Emaculate Contraption’. The Butterfly Theatre Co. return with 'Oceanymotion' a black light performance with an eco theme. Follow the myriad of kaleidoscopic colours that dash and sparkle as natures aquatic stage bursts into life… But Wait… the ugly head of pollution threatens to flush the very life force from this liquid circus… what will happen???

This year sees a great new production from Bell & Bullock after their extraordinary walkabout as Aliens investigating the field in 2003. 'Cabin Fever' sets sail with Captain Bullock and Bosun Bell as they become involved in derring do and shenanigans, only circus skills and a pair of stout hearts can save the day.

Dynamic New Animation present ‘Chicken Lickin’ and the Little Red Hen’. Using innovative visual theatre techniques and delightful puppetry, DNA lead young children through imaginative landscapes and stories using light and shadow, paper and performer. Mixed into this recipe of puppets and music is the story of the little red hen and sly foxy loxy, will she outwit him and save her stuffing?

Black Cat Theater bring their hand, rod, string and shadow puppetry, Goronwy Thom sends things up and down and often back up again while Chris Woz presents ‘Sven the great and Irene’, stars of a new T.V show. Washed up Swedish magician Sven thinks he is the greatest and Irene holds the show together, musical dance and slapstick comedy.

A Kidz Field premiere this year for ‘Dude where's my teddybear?’ by Johnny Berliner and Sheridan Humphries. More rock and roll than the teletubbies yet even more playschool than the original. Will Teddy be found before bedtime? Will Max be the first child on the moon? Will Granny get sunburn when she goes surfing. Bring your own teddybear and join the action. Also new is Josh Elwell’s ‘Pucks Bottom’ which uses hand carved puppets and an original score which draws on English and African Folk Music to retell Shakespeares ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’. This visual, energetic show has gained much praise and we are happy to bring it to the Kidz Field in 2004.

Professor Panic's Family Circus and Puppet Arena

Instant Circus – add children and stir.

The peerless puppeteer Prof. Panic hosts all day puppet lunacy, circus skills, stories workshops and much more! From morning til evening puppeteers from all over the globe and myriad cultures entertain and amaze.

No Strings Puppet Theatre gives us ‘Robin Hood and the Monk’ a tale of the peoples hero Hood and his exploits. Nicada Puppets return with ‘Theo.C.Cupiers Trad Punch & Judy Shows’ and puppet making workshops bring to us the tradition of peoples puppetry and Mr Punch and crew. Puppet Lab will be back with forest creatures exploring themes of biodiversity and recycling, slapstick with a message.

Peepo Puppets tell the tale of ‘Goldie Ducks And The Three Bears’ while The Boot Puppet Theatre return with their ever popular ‘Squeak The Cat’. There are enchanting tales from Carolin Emerson and Tippety Twig Entertainments as she waves her wand and carries us off. Tallulah Swirls will be delivering ‘Susie Sparkle’ and ‘Mavis and The Green Giant from Outer Space’. Lots of audience participation, singing and laughing will be followed by a chance for everyone to see how the show operates.

Storytellers Marquee

John Row Infamous story wizard with tall tales from around the globe while Christine Willison offers ‘Where do you want to go?’ - A story from everywhere in the world with accordion accompaniment. Dot In A Frock has stories and poems to suit every occasion and isn’t afraid to tell them. Beth Webb generates noisy audience participation using her own distinctive style, tales and variations on her much loved children’s books including plenty about mischievous dragons, magic and wishes make her sessions enjoyable events. Chicken Coop 3 invite audience collaboration with their interactive story telling and Andy Jennings can spin a yarn to delight all comers. Sundance Theatre presend ‘Wild Monsters of Mischief’ a show packed with songs and activities for our wild monster audience to take part in and go crazy! Tales from around the world as told by a Yoruba storyteller. Atinuke has been telling stories all her life and hails from Nigeria where storytelling is a national pastime.

Workshops

There are various workshops of all kinds going on all day but most take place in the large workshop marquee at the top of the field. We would like all children who visit the field to take home at least one thing they have made at Glastonbury. All workshops use recycled materials and many scrap gurus are on hand to help.

Pestalozzi will be doing sustainable development activities for kids. Which means little powered boats and other delights. They are a registered charity doing valuable work towards “education today for Tomorrows World”.

Makendoo Gabrielle Bradshaw and Katie English – Stars of Channel 5's Havakazoo will be doing interesting things with crepe paper and sticky backed plastic. Finding Lobster is a workshop that involves making mermaids, Octopi and giant lobsters which ends in a parade on sunday. Jungle Indigo intend to make their own jungle with as much help as they can muster and Maskerade bring us their mask making exploits. Magic Mobiles will be making mobiles with you and if you look hard enough you could even make your own dreamcatcher.

Maureen Okain has Mo’s mosaic massive, Scrap Happy Instruments do windmills and outdoor decorations, Picktish Paper People make Origami planes, bangers, spinners, moving animals, hats, slippers, boxes and other wonderful paper things.

The Making Place help in the creation of papier maché, windmills, solar reflectors, jewellery. They are also a charity promoting science and technology so good brains all round. There will be Music Workshops in the café space, such as Jamspace and Strings For Cuba, who will be giving away musical instruments and who send embargoed musical items like guitar strings to Cuba. Surefire will be hoping to involve everybody in their area in a huge jam – all musicians and non-musicians invited. The North London Music Conglomerate jam with kids and create electric music to tune into.

Other Workshop events include Free Tibet flag making, messy creativity with Sticky Fingers, Flowercrowns making every little pixie a flowercrown and Morph do mask and costume transformations and let us not forget the Make Your Own Fairy Wings people.

Buzz Stop ‘Swarm’ – mini beasts, weird and wonderful things on wings building to large procession on Sunday. Crafty Kidz use ‘The four elements’ – earth, wind, air and fire as the inspiration for their masks.

The Washing Line Collage Gallery from Vision One Arts will be recycling and styling creative pictures for all to see and feel. Big Birds Build and decorate large processional birds while Airy Fairy make wind toys, weaving, knotting, threading and braiding. The Puppet Workshop make traditional paper mache puppets made to an ancient recipe with water, flour and recycled paper in line with their long-standing commitment to recycling and using natural materials. Numerous other workshops will spontaneously explode allowing children’s natural creativity to run wild. The Big Green Interactive Sculpture Circus are back again with welding for kidz! Make costumes and props, get dressed up and face painted or take part in the building of our two large steel rhinos and learn how to weave cans into a 16 ft can man!!

Facepainting Marquee

Open all day, non allergenic face paints, water based and easy to remove. Please remember that we use face artists of the highest quality from across the World.

Facepak are a fabulous, reknowned artists cooperative always ready to do a stunning new design. Richard Langford paints with rainbow prisms and giant sundials.

The Jazzy Make-Up Parlour do funky makeup for fashion conscious kidz while Cheshire Cats Face Painting Co. provide fun for all ages. The Bindhi Crew Fabulous makeup parlor, hair-braiding, glitter etc. Along with Starfish, Shanna, Small Top Circus painting faces and entertaining the queue and Jessica’s Twisted Entertainment who’ll be offering temporary tattoos for kidz with attitood!!!!!

Syrcas Circus Big Top

Syrcas Circus present ‘Coppelia’ – a fusion of circus, theatre and dance! As well as providing a whole range of activities including circus skills workshops in juggling, plate spinning, unicycling, diablo, trapeze etc. Designed to help develop social skills, humour and confidence. This dynamic new Welsh troupe are evolving a whole new concept in circus, community art and social interaction and will also host all sorts of musical workshops.

Outdoor Rides and Games

Albion Kidz Show Infamous north London urban charity provide a soft playroom, organised games, the fantastic kidz karaoke stage and much, much more. We also have a traditional iron Helter Skelter and an Aerial Runway so beware low flying youngsters. Keeping with tradition we have a Fair Trade Coconut Shie and Super Tramps trampolines and Sea Urchins Swings and Roundabouts will lend a gentler air to proceedings.

There really is lots to do outdoors in the Kidz Field and making things all the more exciting this year will be The Monsta Crew a boisterous Ceiliedh band in monster outfits. Inflatable Systems’ Big Balls, organised games, spiky donuts and inflatable décor, Maynell Games bring along well organised outdoor interactive games and Red Bus will be bringing their face painting and craft area. Also on board with a Gyroscope are Lokiscopes so teenagers can be spun around like a record. The acclaimed environmentally conscious Other World Arts will bring their fairytale Garden and amazing Maze while there are more swingboats from Bernard and Earthheart. The Woodcraft Folk will be there with their giant enchanted climbing castle (Promoting UN agenda 21 - The right to play), as will Hugh Jart , with his large interactive painting screen (just bring your talent!).

Animal Trains’ Interactive percussive sculpture will be there to entice children and adults alike while Blunderfudge will blast off with his explosive kaleidoscope of circus, foolish theatre, music and comedy – All to tell the story of one man’s dream to become the worlds greatest daredevil stunt man.

Outdoor Arena

Nik Youngs’ Rainbow Theatre Productions present – ‘Merlin & Arthur’ one of the most famous British legends and so appropriate for Glastonbury. Featuring a host of stars including Cbeebies’ Sidney Sloane and comes very highly recommended for fans of knights and wizards. What makes Rainbow theatre unique is the way that many children play crucial parts in the performance. They play kings, knights, mythical creatures, mysterious sirens alongside rainbow’s skilled professional actors.

Bigfoot Theatre Productions - Working alongside Rainbow Theatre will be running workshops and encouraging children to perform and expounding their philosophy of creative learning where anything becomes possible and where dreams come true! Bezercaz Circus will have circus workshops, zip zap boing! Juggling, Diablo, devil sticks and plate spinning.

Out and About

Whilst on the field expect to run into a few weird and wonderful characters who will be doing walkabouts this year and don’t forget that Big Top performers like Mr Mike & Mr Maynard and Bell and Bullock will be wandering aound to catch you off your guard and amuse you.. Other Walkabouts include Ramakant and his beautiful horse, The Maestro – chair balancing, balloon modelling clown. Alien creatures and anarchists, magical statues, dysfunctional disco droids, the Stones on tour with their own preposterous crazy druid, there will be frantic antics from Stanley Stardust on his glam stilts and Dolly Pops – the crazy lollypop lady with her own portable zebra crossing! and Funding Pending present ‘Sisters of Percy’ – crazy technicolour nuns on the loose.

Busy Lizzy’s will be giving away wishes and dodging the Technicolour Parrots and Prancing Seahorses on Stilts. Timmy Tickle will be doing balloon magic and we can confirm that there will be Stiltwalking Bouncy Space Hoppers on site. Also outdoors, Talia Teatrum will be being ‘Creatures’ for our delectation and watch out for Clown Pedro and his trolley of magic.

Little Kidz Area

Tiny tots will feel at home in the little kidz area, a safe, fenced in area at the top of the field with it's own mini playground and helpers, including shaded sand pit, swingboats, chairoplanes, a book and toy library. Bristol Playbus project is on hand along with Suffolk Playworks and the National Childbirth Trust providing baby changing and feeding facilities and advice.

For the first time this year qualified specialist Sam Petter is bringing her Baby Yoga skills. Learn how to use Yoga on your little one to aid physical, physiological and psychological wellbeing.

Regrettably, we DO NOT provide crèche facilities.

The Kidz Field has a lost childrens area manned by a large group of trained professionals, a first-aid post staffed by a team of qualified medical experts and a CCTV system to ensure you and your children’s safety.

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