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 Tom and Collin Jones book some buggies! |
You can’t park that buggy there!
COMIC traffic wardens with their “ridiculous” rules brought smiles to the faces of up to 5,000 visitors to the Holloway Arts Festival in Whittington Park on Saturday.
Comedians Tom and Colin Jones were on a mission to “ticket the world” dressed in their dark uniforms and very “officious” manner.
At the same time, community groups and up to 70 children from schools, including Bridge and Grafton, were transformed into an army of white rabbits, knaves of hearts, mad hatters and musical playing cards for a spectacular carnival procession on the theme of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
The children had made their own costumes at workshops in the weeks running up to the carnival.
The choreographed parade was set to music created especially for the event. Eight children from The Bridge School, a community special school that caters for pupils with learning difficulties, worked on the production.
Performance poet Paul Lyalls, star of BBC2’s Big Slam Poetry House, compered the main stage, introducing a lively mix of music from bands.
Other activities included arts and crafts workshops, a screening of short films from local and up-and-coming film-makers, a penalty shoot-out competition, and a huge roaming Jabberwocky show.
The day was rounded off with a comedy night at Hargrave Park School with comedians Dan Antopolski and Richard Herring.
Other highlights of the week-long event included Connecting Conversations with graphic designer Storm Thorgerson, creator of classic album covers for bands such as Pink Floyd, and a new venture for the Festival, Archway Open House, where artists displayed their work in local venues in Holloway and Archway.
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