Performers at the Big Green Gathering 2007 will include:
Performers Without Borders (PWB) works towards giving disadvantaged children the opportunity to explore their potential. We understand that, through teaching performance skills an individual's learning, creativity and team working skills are developed. Further, it helps to build confidence, develop empowerment and overcome social barriers.
In September 2007 PWB will take a team comprising performers overland in bus to . Once there it will work communities of disadvantaged children in
On returning to the UK PWB will use this experience as the basis of an educational service teaching both performance skills, but also development issues. A key component will be to build links between those communities visited in and those in the . www.performerswithoutborders.org.uk
SAVE THE FLAVOURS Once Arts & Ceremonies
lives of individuals and communities, forming a dialogue and exchange with areas traditionally perceived to be beyond the realm of the arts.
Recent projects include: A pie becomes a lucky dip of forgotten foods in an interactive installation housed on a kitchen table. Ranging from Granny's old recipes to endangered apple varieties, people’s lost flavours have been lovingly collected and revitalised through the Save the Flavours kitchen table tombola. Whatever foods you cherish, pay Save the Flavours a visit and give someone else the chance to cherish them, too. Roll up for your culinary heritage!
Once create unique celebratory events with people and communities. Using a wide range of art forms, their work celebrates and marks significance in people’s lives. Once’s starting points are participation, interactivity and context.
Once uses the arts to contribute in a focused and meaningful way to the everyday
‘The Ditsum Plum Festival’ - Once involved a whole
‘You Can See it From Here’ An outdoor happening created from impromptu public story gathering sessions in and around
DOLLY PUTIN
Fresh from sell out seasons at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Dolly is your quintessential Australian blonde. She has opinions on all matters environmental, from endangered animals (there are too many of them, so they should be culled) to climate change (Dolly leaves her fridge door open to help cool down the planet). A heady cocktail of Pamela Anderson meets Germaine Greer, Dolly will confirm all your worst prejudices about Australians, as well as open your eyes to a 'different' way of viewing the environment. Extremely funny and hard hitting environmental satire from one of Australia's leading comedians. See www.dollyputin.com
MAL WEBB Musical All Rounder
Mal was so cuddly and brilliant at BGG last year! He’s a smile on legs…. How can you resist?!
Have a look see and listen to Mal at….. www.myspace.com/malwebb1
“Hmmm, OK, I play many instruments, do all sorts of stuff with my voice, occasionally looping bits of it, and sing my songs about all manner of curiosities. It's as grittily human as it is other worldly, as clever as it is stupid, as playful as it is ponderous,… love, Mal.
JASON MAVERICK 
Winner of the prestigious Rotterdam International Street Theatre
Competition, Jason has performed at private events for The Queen and Madonna!
He will be popping up in a variety of guises performing his high energy street show, cabaret act and leading a workshop in Mime for beginners.
He came to BGG for the first time last year and loved everything about it, particularly the fantastic workshops and immediately made the event a must do for 2007. www.jasonmaverick.com
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Mr Elephant and his Albino Birds
For your Delectation & Delight on Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights…
The Night Kitchen Cabaret invites you to join East-End enchantress Ruby Kitchen in her magical cabaret of eclectic delights where the secrets of the Kitchen dynasty will unfold. Meet Amethyst Kitchen, her pirate grandmother, Pearl Kitchen her god-fearing ma, and poor old Uncle Ernie, tragically turned to an eel. Hear the ghostly singing of Anastasia, the dead Russian opera star and thrill to hooping, comedy, shark-charming, dance and lots, lots more!
‘Tea for Two’ (Other Half Productions)
Charming comedy magic show for all the family.
An Afternoon with Andrew P. Kerr -The fascinating and entertaining
co-founder of Glastonbury Festival (and loads more besides) will be giving 2
talks in The Green Room. He speaks about Glastonbury's early days and his
work on The Whole Earth Show, with lots of stories and anecdotes to
amuse!...
'Glastonbury Fair 1971' - Talk about it's ethics, respect for the Planet
and a spiritual awakening.'
The Whole Earth Show 1992' - This was the first solely organic agricultural show in this country and maybe the world. Andrew will cover the health of the soil, animals and humans... and how to make really good
compost!
Catch Prof. Raphael Appleblossom on the Village Green with his "walkabout freestyle performance maths lecturing"…. or in the Green Room "Professor Appleblossom's Mathematical FreeForAll", which involves the Professor attempting to answer everyone's maths-related questions in a completely unstructured way…
Wooden Horse Traveling Puppet Theatre present.... "Pirate Rose and the Lost Treasure"...will Rose and her trusty but whingeing parrot Percey find the map to the lost treasure? Or will bad pirate Red get there first?
Join them on their adventure as they meet mermaids, giant seagulls and battle with beastly seamonsters. A traditonal style puppet show, fun for all the family.
The Cornish Droll Collective bring salty tales from the wild western shores. Story- telling with music and puppetry to entertain and enthrall...
(appearing on The Village Green, The Kids' Area & @ The Green Room)
Corporate Watch
Corporate Watch presents raucous radical spoken word, exposing corporate
power and packing a political punch. Poetry to take out onto the streets and
perform while chaining yourself to the gates of nuclear bases.
The Poets:
The Radical Supergirly, Danny Chivers, Sophia Blackwell, Steve Larkin,
Merric
!!! SEE THE STRANGE THING !!! @ The Big Green Gathering, nr the Green Room
Last Year a most extraordinary exhibition took place in the city of Hull. A
hitherto unknown creature was exhibited at Hull's Maritime Museum for three
months. The people of Hull were asked to come along and help identify the
creature. Zoologists scratched their heads in wonder.
These perfectly well preserved remains, of a possibly ancient and extinct
life form, were discovered on an allotment in the very heart of the city. It
seems Arthur, an old man, had kept the creatures remains stashed in a rusty
ammunition box, in his allotment shed for nearly 50 years! It was only on
Arthur's passing that the creature was saved from a council Skip, and
obscurity, by Corona Smith, editor of the Zoo and Logical Times.
This year the Zoo and Logical Times is travelling the length and breadth of
the country exhibiting this strange and mysterious creature to the public at
large, and posing the question with a thousand answers... What is it?
You can read more about the Strange Thing here:
http://seethestrangething.blogspot.com/search/label/Maritime%20Museum
Corona Smith
Corona Smith will be offering free circular breathing lessons, between 1
and 3, outside the Strange Thing tent, by The Green Room (weather
permitting), all are welcome.
Circular breathing can be used to play the Didgeridoo, blow continuous notes
down a trumpet, or most importantly, blow very long raspberries.
The current world record for blowing a continuous Raspberry is nine minutes
and forty two seconds, held by Mr. B Freeman, and was set in Hull in 2003.
With Mr. Freeman's method, as taught by Corona Smith, you too could be
raspberrying your way into the record books!
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