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The Strawboys

The Strawboys

23.10.2022 - 23.10.2022

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Part of Feral’s curated programme for the Galoshans Festival 2022.

12.30pm: Performance 1: Coronation Park, Port Glasgow
2.30pm: Performance 2: Cowan’s Corner, Cathcart Square, Greenock

Rob Heaslip’s strawboys is a vibrant and energetic outdoor pop-up performance, blurring the lines between traditional and contemporary dance and music.

Featuring luminous straw dancers whirling to Balkan-inspired beats, the work is a unique spin on the cultural tradition of ‘The Strawboys’, also known as Mummers, Guisers, Burdie Boys and Skekklers; identified by their ornate straw costumes while out rambling streets, fields, towns and parks, parading their merriment to the
joy of onlookers.

The Strawboys

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