Settle down for great stories, a giant whale and Wi-Fi Wars
A GIANT inflatable whale, WiFi Wars and art experienced through video goggles are some of the highlights of the year’s Settle Stories festival.
Organisers are promising it to be the biggest festival yet for those visiting the Dales market town for the seventh staging of the annual event.
More than 70 events are planned with a chance to explore how pioneering technology can enhance the oldest of traditions – storytelling.
Il Pixel Rosso will be providing the technology for visitors to enjoy their performance of And the
Birds Fell From the Sky, experienced wearing video goggles.
And Wi-Fi Wars, hosted by comedian Steve McNeil, is a recordbreaking live comedy game show where the audience play along on their smartphone.
Proto-Type Theatre also present A Machine They’re Secretly Building.
Using film, music and sound, this political piece charts a course from the secrets of First World War intelligence through to 9/11.
Circo Rum Ba Ba are bringing a 50ft inflatable whale that will sit in the Marketplace. Audiences will enter through the mouth and experience interactive storytelling.
There will also be the festival premiere of The Queen and
the Jester, performed by Ursula Holden Gill and Keith Donnelly.
Other events include a teddy bears’ picnic, a candlelit ghost walk and The Hip Hop Griot with Alim Kamara, from Sierra Leone, who will be lighting up the stage with rhythmical storytelling and hip hop. Sita Brand, director of the Settle Stories Festival, said: “I can’t believe how the festival has grown.
“Now the largest of its kind in the North of England, audiences flock here from across the country. Why do they love it? I think it’s the place, the rolling hills and community feel.
“And of course we’ve become known for bringing the very best artists in the country here too.”
The Settle Stories Festival will run from April 6-8.