International Mask Festival - October 2007

Black Country Touring were very excited to be supporting the festival which brought companies from West Africa, Java in Indonesia, La Chausee in France and Shropshire.

Steve Whinnery with Lying with the Animals

The Fetch with Maze of Minos

Michael Chase the Festival Director is a Black Country Touring promoter and regularly books shows into the Glasshouse Studio, Stourbridge. Mike is also a leading mask practitioner and we jumped at the chance of getting involved in the first ever festival of its kind in the UK.

Shows for the festival included A Midsummer’s Nights Dream, the story of an uncontrollable magic broom, a show based on the Greek myth of the Minotaur and a LA detective visiting rural Gloucestershire.

Horse and Bamboo with In the Shadow of the Trees

Performers of Osun Arts

The shows and events took place at the Glasshouse Studio Theatre, around Stourbridge town centre, Stourbridge Town Hall and Footsbarn Travelling Theatre Tent, which was in the grounds of the Glasshouse Studio.

More information about the shows, workshops and the exhibition can be found on the International Mask Festival Website.