Friday 29th June 2007
- 10.30 - Procession Assemble, Abbey Gardens
- 11.00 - Schools Procession from Abbey Gardens to Cathedral Close
- 11.30-15.30 - General Programme, Cathedral Close & pitches on High Street
- 14.00 and 19.30 - Bassline Circus, North Walls recreation Ground
- 17.30-18.00 - Ignite Dance, Archway in Hyde
- 18.15-22.15 - A programme of site specific dance around the Cathedral
Gardens to include:
- 18.00, 19.00, 20.00 - Motionhouse: Chaser
- 21.30-22.15 - Mimbre: The Bridge
- 21.30-22.15 - Brightfx in The Square
- 22.15-23.00 - Tuig: Salto Vitale
- 23.00-late - Cabaret Under The Stars at Bassline Circus tent
Schools' Day Procession - From 10.30am
Hat Fair 2007 opens its celebrations with Schools' Day - a children's parade featuring many local schools and artists. Schools have been working with Hat Fair artists to create costumes, music and dance for their part in the procession. Beginning in Abbey Gardens, follow their journey through the town as they open 33rd year of Hat Fair's celebrations.
Each year Hat Fair works with schools and community organisations to develop a wide range of free educational workshops involving the arts. We are committed to developing arts skills with the city's young people and enabling them to share their experience at the festival.
Presentation of Children's Shows and Theatre in Cathedral Green.
Within the stunning landscape of the Cathedral, Hat Fair will be presenting outdoor theatre, circus and craft workshops and the finale to the children's procession.
Featuring festival favourites Wicked Faerie and Circus Box, as well as new performances suitable for all ages.
There will also be street arts performances around the city centre.
Full programme to be announced.
Evening Programme - from 6.30pm
© Peer Reede
Over the years Hat Fair has gathered a national and international reputation for developing and delivering the world's best outdoor theatre to Winchester, and this year is no exception!
This year Hat Fair are delighted to present Dutch theatre company Tuig and their spectacular show Salto Vitale - a poetic strip cartoon that takes us to life's peaks!
We are also extremely excited to be featuring a new piece of work from world-class acrobatic company Mimbre.
MIMBRE - THE BRIDGE
"Clinging between past and future, the bridge has been destroyed and rebuilt a thousand times. A young woman caught in its history; another one desperately needs to get across. But the stubborn bridge-keeper stands in their way and will try to stop them, no matter what...
With humour, daring and exceptional physicality 'The Bridge' reverberates with our battle to defend our place in the world, whilst trying not to destroy it... again..."
Full programme to be announced.
Throughout the Day
As well as all of this, Hat Fair also has a vibrant street market with arts and crafts in the Market Square, a late-night cabaret of performance and music, and the visually stunning Bassline Circus, performing in the North Walls Recreation Grounds.