ESSEXstreetdiversions returned for 2009 with the big and bizarre showcase taking over Chelmsford Town Centre on 26th September. This unique, free festival of international outdoor performance brought many more surprises this year! 2009 VideoRelive the beautiful, bizarre & absurd shows with our ESSEXstreetdiversions video: .jpg "Street Diversions : Rows and rows of coneheads, a la Being John Malkovich : Displays a larger version of this image in a new browser window") ESSEXstreetdiversions returned to Chelmsford town centre between 10.30am and 4.30pm on Saturday 26 September for the seventh year with dozens of performances, all packed into one day. This free,award-winning festival of outdoor performance featured professional artists from all over the country and beyond. If you visited ESSEXstreetdiversions 2009 we would love to hear your views and would appreciate it if you could take just a few minutes to fill in our form: ESSEXstreetdiversions 2009 Survey The trademark Coneheads returned to the festival once again, courtesy of the Natural Theatre Company who also provided laughs and confusion throughout the weekend as a number of their other curious characters roamed the town to amuse and bemuse the people of Essex. This unique, free festival of international outdoor performance also brought many more surprises this year with professional artists descending on Essex to perform a rich variety of beautiful, bizarre & absurd shows of the highest standard – including regional premieres. Plunge Boom delights young and old with their allotment of baby vegetables in need of care and attention. The Plunge Boom show was made possible thanks to support from Chelmsford Borough Council Recycling Services. To round the festival off there was a performance of Cliffhanger! by Bash Street Theatre Company at 5pm in the 'amphitheatre' outside Prezzo and Loch Fyne. Bash Street have toured across Europe since 1991 and brought this silent-movie style production to Chelmsford complete with falling buildings, dare-devil escapology, slap-stick humour and live piano accompaniment. We would like to thank all of the residents of the Hub, both in the shops and flats, for their support with the ESSEXstreetdiversions finale.
Here is a selection of what you will be able to see when Chelmsford Town Centre is filled with the free showcase of international outdoor performance...
Here is a bit of information about who makes ESSEXstreetdiversions possible...
ESSEXstreetdiversions is a unique free festival of international outdoor performance and the largest event of its kind in the Eastern region. In 2008, the big and bizarre showcase returned to Chelmsford Town Centre for the sixth year running with 73 performances all packed into one weekend!
On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 June Chelmsford town centre was overrun with strange creatures and bizarre happenings as Chelmsford Borough Council's Special Events Team presented their fifth free international street theatre festival, ESSEXstreetdiversions. The festival was opened by the Natural Theatre Company's Coneheads, who amused and bemused large audiences throughout the town centre, whilst being pursued by a huge crowd of fans that had eagerly awaited their appearance.
streetdiversions is an unique annual showcase of international street theatre for the Eastern region that began in 2003 and is produced and managed by the Chelmsford Borough Council Special Events Team. In 2006, with support from INSITE (a partnership of all Local Authorities and Arts Council England East), the event became ESSEXstreetdiversions as it embarked on a three-day tour across the county before returning home for a further three-day festival in Chelmsford including a magnificent one-off Twilight Spectacle.
In 2005, streetdiversions consisted of nearly 100 free daylight performances in Chelmsford town centre by artists from the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Canada and the United States.
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.jpg "Street Diversions : Rows and rows of coneheads, a la Being John Malkovich : Displays a larger version of this image in a new browser window")
_thumbnail.jpg "Cone Heads : Cone Heads in Andy Warhol style picture: Link to 'ESSEXstreetdiversions 2007' Article")
_thumbnail.jpg "Poster : Coneheads arranged in decreasing circles: Link to 'ESSEXstreetdiversions 2006' Article")
