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Super Saturday
What a fabulous day! The Montol Workshops were amazing. So many new faces, cunning hands. A fabulous humming atmosphere – we actually ran out of time and almost out of materials. Thanks to Feast for the funding and to Pixel for such a lovely venue To Linus and Charlotte for look after us so well…
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The Stalking of the Beasts
For at least two hundred years the extraordinary Beasts of Penzance have prowled the winter streets after dark, terrifying passersby and performing random acts of kindness for kittens and small children …secret traditions passed down, mother to daughter, father to son for generations … At Montol you must be aware that you may encounter one…
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Emergency Guise
Super Saturday Montol Workshops On Saturday 20th December at Pixel at the top of Causewayhead 10:00am – 2:00pm Last Minute Emergency Guise Making! Remember – the fourth rule of Montol (if we were having rules) is: you wear a costume – you’re in disguise. Cross DressMock Posh or FormalRags and Tattersor the Regalia of your…
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Mask-making Workshop
Remember – the third rule of Montol is: you wear a mask – you’re in disguise. Super Saturday Montol Workshops On Saturday 20th December at Pixel at the top of Causewayhead from 10:00am until 2:00pm Bits and bobs and base masks provided – bring anything you think might work – and your imagination whether it…
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Montol Zero
Joy is something we make, not what we consume. I was just checking our socials and I thought … It’s all a bit focussed on alcohol. If there’s one thing you don’t need at Montol, it’s artificial stimulants. There are loads of you out there who don’t drink for personal, historical, medical or religious reasons.…
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Montol’s Weather Eye
Yeah – I looked out the window too … I know. Blowing a hooley up here as well. But the forecast for Sunday is still … not terrible. Know any spells? Willing to offer up any spare organs to the Bucca. Good with prayers? We need all the help we can get. It doesn’t look…
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Super Saturday Workshops
So we’re less than one week out from Montol! If you’re anything like us you might well be a wee bit behind on your prep. So Saturday 20th December is Super Saturday! At Pixel at the top of Causewayhead from 10:00am until 2:00pm There will be speedy sessions to help you with Last minute guise…
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Sun build update
Who Knew? My workshop is a stellar nursery. Gravid with just the one protostar. Making it up as I go along Now I know why so many jazz greats were off their faces more than half the time – like slack-lining across Niagara Falls … naked … while trying to remember the words to Nine…
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Talking Keepies
That time again – talking about sustainability, clean and safe streets. Talking reusable cups We’ll be checking in with all the pubs in town about filling your own vessels – they’ve been great the last few years – but as a festival we are not planning to produce our own reusable cups. And we don’t…
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The Montol Sun
The willow is here. The sun WILL be reborn. Had a really clear idea this year and then I made a maquette and went: Oh! It might fit through the double doors on the workshop but there’s no way to get it down into town. Would’ve been cool but … I’m not terrified at all…