Godiva is Larger Than Life for Festival

Imagineer. Godiva Awakes. Photo (c) Andrew Moore.

Powerhouse Youth Zone, The Resonate Stage, The Godiva Festival, War Memorial Park, Coventry from 30 June to 2 July.

Imagineer’s 6 metre giant Godiva, created for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, is heading to Godiva Festival (30 June – 2 July) for the first time. A symbol of the ingenuity and industry of the West Midlands, Godiva – created through combining mechanical puppetry and modern animation techniques - will welcome all for a weekend of incredible live music including The Enemy, Rudimental and Melanie C as well as the very best of the Coventry music scene.

Imagineer and Media Mania will together present the Powerhouse Youth Zone for the Coventry City Council run festival hosting The Resonate Stage. There will be live music and creative workshops supporting creative young people and emerging artists of Coventry with things to see, live music to hear and creative activities throughout the whole Festival weekend.

The Powerhouse Youth Zone opens on Friday evening with an Urban Vibe, spoken word artists, singer song writers, rappers and vocalists including featured artists Samo Songs and Duke Keats. On Saturday and Sunday the whole Zone is in action with full music stage line up including headliners Hazz, Fyah Kamp and Friends, and Teedemba, large scale visual art structures from Transformations (an Imagineer and Media Mania Programme for young people 16yrs – 29yrs not in employment, education or training), based on the concept of ‘Future Fantasy Cities’.

The structures include a Lenticular, The DJ Shed, Island in the Sky, The Wonder Room and an exhibition of models. Youth focused services from cross the city will be hosting activities and information including Grapevine Sensory Space, NHS Integrated sexual health services, Creative Optimistic Visions, Positive Youth Foundation, Coventry Boys and Girls Club, Highlife Centre, Stoke Heath Community Centre Youth Group and Rising Stars Youth Group.

Image courtesy of Media Mania.

On the ground and in the air expect High Wire Walkers and Aerial Performance from Circolombia performers and Rebel Manifesto Aerial, Dance from Elite and GAPA, performance from Open Theatre and the DJ Shed. For those wanting to get hands on there will be free activities so festival goers can imagine and make their own fantasy city, making their own city or collaborating with others, bringing it to life through model making.

There will also be the opportunity to try circus skills including wire walking, acrobatics and aerial hoop, interactive sound creation and puppeteering, with an opportunity to have a go at puppeteering Godiva herself.

For the full Powerhouse Youth Zone programme visit: www.imagineer-productions.co.uk

For full details on the Godiva Festival visit: www.godivafestival.com