WATFORD COLOURSCAPE FESTIVAL

Saturday Aug 17th to Monday Aug 26th

Colourscape returns to Cassiobury Park in Watford with a full ten-day festival

Our brand-new FESTIVAL TWO Colourscape will be installed in Cassiobury Park from August 17th to 26th. Enter a new world of colour and light. Explore a unique labyrinth of over 70 interlinked chambers of intense colours and discover musicians and dancers interacting with you.

Weekends will feature ensembles; dancers; new instruments, computer music. Weekdays will feature resident musician Michael Ormiston presenting family-friendly music where you can join in.

Saturday Aug 17th: COLOURSCAPE PREVIEW DAY - Explore colour and light with the Colourscape team of artists who can explain the perceptions of colour.
Sunday Aug 18th: Improvisers and dance Angharad Davies (vln), Massimo Magee (sax; Dom Lash (db bass) and Lawrence Casserley (computers) are joined by creative movement artist Conn Williams.
Monday Aug 19th: HyperYak play Mongolian instruments, panpipes and computer processing. Tuesday Aug 20th to Friday Aug 23rd: our resident musician Michael Ormiston: free-flowing performances and workshops for families. Fantastic for all ages from babies through to 100 year-olds
Saturday Aug 24th: Beibei Wang and Ansuman Biswas perform Chinese, Asian and contemporary percussion PLUS performances on flutes (inc bass flute) by Festival Director, Simon Desorgher). Plus creative dance by Daisy West.
Sunday Aug 25th: TWO FESTIVAL COMMISSIONS: "if the universe is in movement and not at rest" by Owen Ho for double bass and dancer. AND East Asian flutes and Colours by Hyelim Kim - flutes from Korea, China and Japan interact with the space and colours of Colourscape.
Monday Aug 26th: UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTS including Alphorn (Martin Mayes), Amplified cycle wheel and musical saw (Sylvia Hallett) and transformed by the computer of David Stevens. Conn Williams and Daisy West dance and interact with the audience.

LOCATION: Near the Bandstand, Cassiobury Park Ave/Shepherds Rd, Watford WD18 7HY. Nearest station Watford Metropolitan Line.

TIMES: From 11 to 5pm Weekends and Bank Holiday Monday and from 11am to 4pm Monday - Friday (NOTE - Music plays from 11.30 to 4pm weekends and 11.30 to 3.20 weekdays. To experience Colourscape in a quieter way the best time is the final 40 mins of the day)

ADMISSION: PRE-BOOKED ONLY - £6 Adults; £4 Child/concs. TO BOOK TICKETS CLICK HERE