TEWKESBURY FESTIVAL

Spectacular FREE event in the riverside Victoria Gardens. Come and be entertained by Desperate Men’s street theatre performance of ‘Severn Mud Larks’ a unique outdoor show for families. Meet surreal and comic characters face to face, listen to their strange stories inspired by the River Severn.

Come and celebrate Midsummer by joining the ‘Big Picnic in the Park’ from 3pm onwards, where you can meet the Lock Keeper, Captain Webb, Emma Darwin and the infamous ‘Severn Bores’! Also. watch out for surprise emissaries from the Cultural Olympiad’s ‘Quest’ wanting to know ‘what’s your personal quest for 2012!’

Enjoy ‘River Songs’ performed in the pleasure gardens by community choirs, and ‘Tide Land’ dancers in the wisteria walk, choreographed by Marie-Louise Flexen to music composed by Steve Skinley and Rick Morton.

See ‘A Sleepwalk on the Severn’ performed at the Roses Theatre at 7pm, for info: www.rosestheatre.org

Take part in the Midsummer Moon Procession from the Roses Theatre along the river to Victoria Gardens with the Mudlarks Band from 9pm – followed by New Moon Fiery Finale, atmospheric displays of fire and light created by Pa-Boom.

Highlights of this festive event include:

• Big Picnic in Victoria Gardens - 3pm to 6pm
• ‘Sleepwalk on the Severn’ & ‘River Songs’ at Roses Theatre – live music in the theatre foyer from 6.30pm – show starts 7pm and ends 8.45pm
• Midsummer Moon Procession – Roses Theatre to Victoria Gardens 8.45pm
• ‘Severn Mudlarks’ and ‘Tide Land Dances’ - 9.30pm to 10.30pm
• New Moon Firework Finale – ends 10.45pm

Mo Vyse - Exhibition at Roses Theatre

‘River Severn from the Source to the Sea’

Mo Vyse is a 'plein air’ painter, working outside amid the landscape in all weathers. Her painting practice is informed by the idea that we are all part of our environment, not separate from it.

Mo comments. “With my paintings if it rains then my canvas gets wet and the rain becomes part of the painting, if the weather is hot and dry the paint can dry too quickly and crack. This is all part of the painting process and the effects can be seen in each painting.” “The paintings are made of up to 30 layers of paint, each layer a record of the time I spent painting. Marks are made intuitively, reflecting the place and atmosphere. A finished painting embodies the effects of the weather and the environment in which it was made - grass, leaves and gnats often get caught up in the wet paint and remain part of the painting. Eventually, like the land, the paintings become surfaces that reflect the memories of time I spent at each place, they become surfaces with their own history.”

If you would like to see more of Mo Vyse’s artworks, or her current list of exhibitions
Email: vyse86@hotmail.com