Family Event

Tower abseil and Teddy bear hot air ballooning Brave volunteers (including The Rector, Sue Booys, and many other familiar faces) will abseil down the 100 foot tower to raise money for the Festival charities. Come and cheer them on! You can support our brave abseilers by donating using our justgiving.com site.  Please donate now! Buy …

What do you get when you cross two of the UK’s most brilliant kids performers? The Line Kings – that’s what! First – Ian Billings, writer for stage and screen (including BBC’s Chucklevision) and author of many fine books. His giggle-riddled stand-up comedy show has taken him to theatres and schools and libraries throughout the …

RhythmZone Andy from RhythmZone will be running fun and engaging African Hand Drumming Workshops for all ages. Participants will learn basic technique and traditional West African rhythm patterns. We will also learn signals to lead the group, play musical games and develop our own musical pieces.

Tickets for Sunday 1 May 2011 are now only available on the door. Tremulous crowds followed Mark ‘ghostly’ Williams’ during the 2009 Festival, and now you are called to be chilled to the bone as he recounts his tales and tells of newly discovered apparitions in the shady spectrum of Dorchester’s spectres. Dare you brave the After …

All are welcome to a fun session of circus skills in the tent. Spin some plates to work up an appetite for Sunday lunch or to wear off energy with juggling before going to see the Festival performance matinee.

Saturday Morning picture show (on Bank Holiday Monday!) Did you ever go to the Saturday morning cinema shows in the 40s and 50s?   Do you remember seeing Donald Duck, Laurel and Hardy, Popeye, The Three Stooges and Buster Crabbe travelling from planet to planet in a tin spaceship?   Did you thrill to the excitement of …

Comedian, writer, producer and comic artist Kev F writes & draws Bash St Kids adventures in The Beano and has worked for Marvel Comics, Viz, 2000AD, Funday Times, Dr Who, and Red Dwarf. In these fantastic 2 hour masterclasses with Kev you will produce your very own comic strip and he will draw a caricature …