FESTIVAL FINALE - a final celebration of words, music, & circus skills!
With a feast of stories, poems, songs, acrobatics, circus, wordplay, music, and pleasure aplenty, this promises to be a fitting Finale for the thirty-second Swindon Festival of Literature.
Singer-songwriter Sarah Yaseen, aka Sarah the Sufi, on darbouka and guitar, will delve into themes of faith and love, offering both spiritual depth and cultural richness.
Writer, performance poet, and podcaster Estelle Phillips, will present and perform The Headless Horseman, a dramatic tale of love, legend, and nature, and the specter of a Bronze Age Warrior.
Zimbabwean multi-instrumentalist Tawanda Mapanda will bring a blend of saxophone, marimba, vocals, and possible even audience participation to proceedings.
Singing duo John Holmes and Jen Bell, take on the world with stringed instruments and a love of prog rock, jazz, and folk. Songwriters for the BBC, stage, and screen, they sing the big themes of life, love, and even politics.
Ethiopian acrobat extraordinaire Daniel Ayalew will take his phenomenal Rolla Bolla act to new and glittering heights!
Homegrown gravity-defying Jacob Hi-Ho will bring this Festival Finale to a close with unpredictable props, including wonderfully weathered watering can.
Can’t wait? Nor can we!
