Give feedback on this pageA feast of colour, culture and world class music is in store at this year’s International Musical Eisteddfod, which begins on July 8, and there’s a host of events lined up for visitors to the Denbighshire County Council marquee on site throughout the week.
The fun starts with a preview of a puppet theatre production by a group of young people from Corwen on the life of Owain Glyndwr. The theatre piece has been coordinated by Heather Burnley and was written by Iwan Llwyd.
Throughout the day, representatives from Denbighshire’s website for young people, YouthDen and the Scala Cinema development will be on hand and there will be an opportunity to meet 18 year old Clare Wall in character as Sarah Ponsonby, one of the famous Ladies of Llangollen.
On Wednesday, local artist, Ann Bridges, will be on site giving demonstrations in painting and printwork. There will also be a drop-in craft workshop for all ages run by Denbighshire Arts Service.
One of the highlights of the week will be the arrival of the Superlambanana, which will be decorated in a series of workshops on Thursday and Saturday. In addition to this, Sarah Pevely, Community archaeologist, will be on hand and
Denbighshire’s Youth Service will also be holding Cultural Wales workshops.
Story tellers, Mair Tomos Ifans and Cath Aran will weave a yarn for youngsters and the Denbighshire Toy Library will be running a ‘Culture of Play’ workshop.
Come and join us, we look forward to seeing you there.
Full details of the Eisteddfod programme and tickets can be found on the website www.internationaleisteddfod.co.uk or by phoning 01978 862001, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.
The rundown of events at the Denbighshire County Council marquee is as follows:
Tuesday, July 8
9.30am – 10.30am: Children’s Information Service puppet workshops
11.30am – 12pm: Puppet theatre, story of Owain Glyndwr
1pm – 4.30pm: Children’s Information Service puppet workshops
All day: Clare Wall as Miss Sarah Ponsonby of Plas Newydd, Scala Cinema development and YouthDen desks
Wednesday, July 9
11.30am – 12.30pm: Ann Bridges, Helfa Gelf, workshop, painting and printing demonstrations.
1.30pm – 4.30pm: Arts Services craft based workshops, all ages, drop-in
Thursday, July 10
10.30am – 12.30pm: Superlambanana workshop, creating an outfit for the sculpture
1.30pm – 3.30pm: Superlambanana workshop
3.30pm – 4.30pm: Youth Services Cultural Wales workshop
All day: Sarah Pevely, Community Archaeologist, YouthDen desk, Clare Wall as Miss Sarah Ponsonby of Plas Newydd
Friday, July 11
10.30am – 11am: Mair Tomos Ifans, storyteller
11.45am – 12.15pm: Mair Tomos Ifans, storyteller
1.30pm – 2pm: Mair Tomos Ifans, storyteller
2.45pm – 3.15pm: Mair Tomos Ifans, storyteller
All day: Denbigh Toy Library, Culture of Play workshops
Saturday, July 12
9.30am – 10.30am: Children’s Information Service t-shirt workshop
10.30am – 11am: Cath Aran, storyteller
10am – 12pm: Superlambanana workshop
11.45am – 12.15pm: Cath Aran, storyteller
1pm – 2.30pm: Superlambanana workshop
1.30pm – 2pm: Cath Aran, storyteller
2pm – 3pm: Children’s Information Service t-shirt workshops
3pm – 3.30pm: Cath Aran, storyteller
3.30pm – 5pm: Superlambanana workshop
All day: Clare Wall as Miss Sarah Ponsonby of Plas Newydd