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Photo Call: Photographers are invited to
attend ‘Hot On The Square’ from Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th July.
Contact Chris Dunbar on 01942 486937.
Hot on the Square, Leigh’s favourite fun festival of street
entertainment is warming up for a rousing return to the Civic Square,
from Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th July.
The festival, organised by Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust (WLCT), is a
three-day long free event that brings together professional acrobats,
street artists, comedians, magicians and musicians with local amateur
groups in an outdoor extravaganza of fun and mayhem for all the family.
Thousands of excited families witnessed the 2005 event, and this year’s
event is hotting up to be even more explosive and original than ever.
Highlights of this year’s line up include:
• Urban Canvas: The masters of visual pavement art.
• Pluck: Hair-raising comedy from the hilarious trio.
• Fairly Famous Family: A double helping of magic and mayhem.
• De Ramos Acrobats: Stunts to make your eyes water!
• Stickleback Plasticus: Fumbling comedy by these Brummy bodgers.
• Artizani with Syrovy: A comedic throw back to Keaton, the Marx
Brothers and W.C. Fields.
• Matt Barnard: Comedy with audience participation.
• Black Eagles: Amazing acrobatics set to the sounds of Tanzania.
• Dr Southall the Flatulator: A machine that does exactly what it says
on the tin!
The festival will also feature local dance groups Broomfield Academy,
Tyldesley Marionettes and the Daughters of Isis. The local groups will
all get their chance to get their chance to shine alongside the
professional acts.
Chris Wyatt, WLCT’s Arts and Festivals Manager, says, “The people of
Leigh have always got into the spirit of our street festival and we
always provide a good variety of entertainers that will appeal to
everyone. Street entertainment is fun, vibrant and colourful. In many
towns has been lost as an art-form – but not in Leigh! We are hoping for
some great weather and great hot fun and we hope many people of all ages
will come along and join us for what is sure to be a wonderful three
days.”
Hot on the Square starts at noon each day at the Civic Square, Leigh
from Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th July. The event is completely free
and for further information contact Chris Wyatt on 01942 486929 or see
www.wlct.org.
The festival will also be complemented by lots of free fun family
activities at the nearby Turnpike Centre. The Turnpike Gallery will
feature ‘Audio Art Lab’, an exciting exhibition that explores the art of
sound and features specially arranged free family workshops running
right through the summer. Please call 01942 404469 for details.
Leigh Library will also host free story time sessions for the under-5s,
every Wednesday from 11am to 12pm, call 01942 404404 fro more
information.
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NOTES TO EDITORS: For further information on this News Release please
contact Chris Dunbar, Public Relations Officer, Wigan Leisure and
Culture Trust on 01942 486937 or at
c.dunbar@wlct.org.
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust: Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust is a
charitable trust working on behalf of Wigan Council to manage and
support leisure and cultural facilities, initiatives and events for over
300,000 residents in the Wigan Borough. See
www.wlct.org.
Getting Wigan Active: Getting Wigan Active is Wigan Leisure and Culture
Trust’s vision to ensure that people across the Wigan Borough have the
opportunity to become more physically, mentally and creatively active.
It also aims to increase community activity and to encourage good
citizenship.
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