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Stockton International Riverside Festival 3 to 7th August 2011Home > Things to See & Do > Stockton International Riverside Festival 3 to 7th August 2011
Stockton International Riverside Festival, from 3 to 7th August 2011. During the festival, the centre of Stockton will be transformed into an arena for outstanding shows, from very large scale spectacular events to intimate experiences. This year’s spectacular festival finale is a UK premiere featuring the Argentinean company Voala. Taking inspiration from the psychedelia of the 1960s, Muare features a giant mobile suspended from a 100 tonne crane, 13 extraordinary acrobats suspended from the mobile and uplifting rock music Enjoy street theatre, circus, dance, music and pyrotechnics delivered by world class artists and performers. SIRF - expect the unexpected! Stockton International Riverside Festival is the UK's finest street arts festival, attracting over 250,000 visitors over five days and it's all free! The festival programme includes a variety of commissioned new work including acts from a circus, comedy, music, dance and street theatre from across the globe. STOCKTON International Riverside Festival (SIRF) is set to be bigger and better than ever! Supported by a 1,000 strong community carnival and a star-studded Fringe, SIRF promises its family-friendly entertainment will, once again, prove worthy of the title 'Best Cultural Event in the North East'.
The festival claims to incorporate an eclectic programme of music and other arts and features a 10,000 capacity outdoor main stage and a programme that takes place at a range of other venues. All of the venues will be opening their doors for FREE for the duration of the festival. Highlights for SIRF 2010 included a welcome return of the Spiegel tent, along with Without Walls companies Akademi, Fuel, Gravity & Levity, Ragroof, Luci Gorell Barnes, Prodigal, Wired Aerial Theatre, Kuljit Bhamra and Pen-Ultimate. The Ping-Pong project delivers exciting French acts Les Apostrophes, Ex Nihilo, Les Ateliers, Marcel Poudre and Cie 1 Watt. Atempro Circ deliver an explosive mix of dance, music and contemporary circus, whilst SIRF favourites Pif-Paf, Orkestra Del Sol and Metro Boulet DoDo made a welcome return. Polish Dance Theatre, StopGAP, Bash Street Theatre, Commandos Percu, Compagnie Aldebo, The Strangelings, Bad Taste Cru, Cirqu’lation and Wet Picnic ensured that the festival was packed with thought provoking and awe-inspiring acts. Stockton International Riverside Festival has always been at the forefront of the development of the Street Arts sector in the UK and we want to continue to take a leading role at this exciting time when, in the context of the 2012 Olympics, organisers of major events will have every opportunity to call on artists based in this country to deliver iconic, transformational moments. With all this fantastic activity on offer, it’s easy to see that the Stockton is the place to discover new trends in outdoor arts every summer.
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