What's On

Community Day: Circus, Art Workshops, Music

11:00 - 13:00

Community Activities (stilt walking, circus, arts and crafts)

13:00 - 14:00

GORJYS Circus Show at the John Andrews Outdoor Theatre

14:00 - 16:00

Activities continue

In the space between land and sea a world of escape, social subversion and reinvention ebbs and flows with the tide. Set in the imaginary seaside world of Morlais, Gorjys explores the themes of Identity, beauty, influence – conformity and liberation.

It is a powerful yet funny contemporary circus piece

Over the past two years, with support from Arts Council of Wales funding, we have worked on developing the ideas and performance model for this production and sharing them with audiences.

Drawing on our experience with community partnerships formed during successful Community Co-creation projects including Lleu-Goleuo Gwynedd we have been developing our model of inclusive performance.

Over the summer of 2026 we will produce a central performance event, which includes the show in a circus tent and a community arts festival in Glynllifon Park in September, which brings together aspects of our seaside world, created through a series of satellite projects, with professional artists and community members.

The first of these is at Plas Glyn-y-Weddw on 20th June, where we will have music, stilt characters and a circus aerial performance in the amphitheatre.

Cimera are a Contemporary Circus Theatre Company from North Wales.

Like our namesake the impossibly dazzling hybrid Chimera of Greek Mythology we are a company of many parts. We bring together artists from diverse performance and design traditions to experiment and realise our vision to create a unique artistic voice for North Wales. We create work that is powerful, anarchic, comic and dark in both Welsh and English.

13:00-14:15

Brigau Bach

Short activities to help you learn about your relationship with nature and to give you an opportunity to share your ideas to help shape the project in the future.

Iogis Bach Taster Session

This unique session, led by Leri, provides an introduction to yoga techniques and baby massage to support your baby's developmental stages. It also places a strong emphasis on the wellbeing of parents and carers.

• Adult Workshop
• 10:00-16:00
• Lunch break 12:30-13:30 (lunch not included)
• £50.00 (Te a chacen yn gynwysedig / Tea + cake included)

In this Mono Screen Printing session, you’ll experiment with a fun, freeing process that allows you to create painterly prints with the flatness of a screen print. You’ll mix colours and paint loosely onto a silk mesh screen, layering multiple colours and exploring brushstrokes and mark making. There’s no right or wrong - you’ll leave with vibrant, abstract prints to take home.

*Please bring an image with you which will form the inspiration of your final print(s)

Workshop Schedule

10:00

Arrive and register

10:15

Intro to Mono Screen Printing

10:30

Get to know the group

10:45

Using your chosen inspiration image, you will create an expressive design using mixed media such as charcoal, oil and soft pastels, pens, and coloured pencils. This drawing will act as a visual guide for your final print. We will explore layering techniques by building blocks of colour to form a background, then adding further detail, texture, and contrast to develop depth and clarity in your composition.

11:15

Preparing Screens + Mono Screen Print Demo by Zoe

11:30

Start choosing and mixing a colour palette for your prints

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30

Begin painting your design onto your screens and print. We will then experiment by using the same screen to create and add layers to develop the final outcome.

15:30

Finish and gather for review

16:00

Workshop ends