Theatre NewsApril 25, 2016

A Day At The Lake

Roll up, roll up and experience an amazing Day at the Lake, featuring showstopping performances, floating stages alive with vintage circus swing, sublime orchestral moments and unmissable daring feats of high wire walking all on a massive scale.

A Day at The Lake | Wild Rumpus

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Roll up, roll up, and experience for one glorious weekend only, an amazing day at historic Rudyard Lake, featuring showstopping performances, floating stages buzzing with circus swing, vintage dry land syncronised swimming, sublime orchestral moments and unmissable daring high wire walking on a massive scale.

Award winning outdoor festival producers Wild Rumpus have meticulously recreated the magnificent large scale victorian experiences of a grand day out at Rudyard Lake near Leek, just as it would have been enjoyed by the thousands who flocked to its shores in the late 1800s, to be amazed by spectacular feats of daring and sublime aquatic performances.

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Awaiting day trippers over the three days (April 30 – May 2 2016) will be recreations of spellbinding outdoor arts and performance, that were considered ‘cutting edge’ 100 years ago. And even today, the line-up of spectaculars on the lake will be sure to cause ‘jaws to drop’, and ‘flabber to be gasted’.

Magnificent Outdoor Performances

The programme includes a recreation of Carlos Trower, “The African Blondin’s” daring tightrope walk by Chris Bull, high-wire walker otherwise known as ‘Bullzini’ of the Bullzini Family. On a floating stage on the lake will be showstopping performances from “the finest purveyors of Circus Swing” Gabby Young & Other Animals, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Ensemble and glorious vintage dry land synchronised swimming routines from Yorkshire Life Aquatic.

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Accompanying events on the shore will include walkabout performance, storytelling and marching bands. Don’t miss the Victorian Bather’s Juggling Show and other circus sideshows plus Mesmerising Mermaids who have emerged from the depths of Rudyard Lake and who will be joined by their fish-juggling, shanty singing sailors.

Sarah Bird and Rowan Hoban, Directors of Wild Rumpus said:

“From the first time we saw Rudyard Lake and heard the glorious stories that surround it we became enraptured with the idea of recreating some of those magical spectacular events that used to take place here. We hope that the audience get as swept up in the experience and the romance of the Lake as we have been”.

A Staffordshire Day Out Like No Other

As well as all the theatrical delights and live performances, you can also take in great views from the Helter Skelter and Swing Boats on the Dam Head, rowing boats and boat trips on the lake and donkey and steam train rides along the shore. Snap up exceptional craft and vintage finds from the Treacle Market, enjoy street food and local ales.

A Day At The Lake will be the first event of this scale at Rudyard Lake for over 100 years.

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Up to 15,000 people a day are expected to enjoy the event over the three days, which also marks the first Staffordshire Day on 1 May 2016 – a day of celebration of the heritage of Staffordshire to mark 1000 years since the county was first mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle.

MORE ABOUT RUDYARD LAKE

Rudyard Lake is a Staffordshire beauty spot with an amazing past as one of the early examples of mass tourism in the UK. Known as “the Blackpool of the Potteries” the two and a half mile long lake is situated near Leek on the Staffordshire-Cheshire border. Designed by engineer John Rennie, work started in 1797 with completion 3 years later to supply water for the expanding canal system, a vital artery for the industrial revolution.

It still supplies this water today under the management of The Canal & River Trust. The arrival of the North Staffordshire Railway in 1849 and excursion trains from Manchester and the Potteries led to it becoming one of the most popular tourist destinations of the time.

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Up to 20, 000 people a day would visit to watch cutting edge spectacles and incredible feats including Captain Webb who hosted a “Grand Aquatic Fete” in 1877 to demonstrate his prowess in being the first person to swim the channel and Carlos Trower, “The African Blondin” a celebrated tightrope walker who walked across the lake a hundred feet above the water in 1864 and 1878, drawing huge crowds 30 years after the abolition of slavery in the UK.

Visitors to the lake included John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Macdonald who named their son Rudyard Kipling after the beauty spot where they first met.

Event producers Wild Rumpus have created an incredibly detailed website to support the event, including lots more history and background, for you to enjoy. We hope it stays up well after the event (?)

A Day at the Lake is at Rudyard Lake near Leek in Staffordshire from 30 April – 2 May 2016.

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WHERE

Rudyard Lake, Nr Leek

Staffordshire, ST13 8PG

WHEN

Saturday 30 April – Mon 2 May 2016
11am until 9pm

Tickets

Adult £14, Child. £7
Under 3s free but will still require a ticket.

Please note that tickets include entry to the event, and parking. All of the performances and activities at a Day at the Lake are included, except for fairground rides, donkey rides and boats.

BOX OFFICE

Tel: 0844 870 0000

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MORE ABOUT WILD RUMPUS

Wild Rumpus are ward-winning family festival producers, creating events such as the Just So Festival – a weekend-long festival of creativity for children, young people and their families.

Led by Directors Sarah Bird and Rowan Hoban, they produce extraordinary worlds, most often in wild natural landscapes, and invite families to step inside and help to create incredible stories and moments of wonder. Alongside producing large-scale events, they work with performers, producers and programmers to shape a cultural environment where excellent outdoor work for families thrives.

You can find out much more about them and their work at the Wild Rumpus website

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