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DuncGOLD Member
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom

Posted:
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TICKETS UPDATE 11th April 2006

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TICKETS ARE NOW ONSALE!! bounce You can follow this link to the online Shop to make your purchase. If you buy a ticket with the forthcoming DVD you will get a £3 discount. Please note that the price of £25 will only be valid until the 13th June









Finally, we have a venue for play biggrin

Thanks for being so patient, the location for PLAY is now confirmed as being at Fordhall Farm, Market Drayton, Shropshire. TF9 3PS



The gates will be open from 10am Thursday 22nd June until 6pm Monday 26th June (yes that's FIVE days biggrin ) and will cost the princely sum of £25 in advance and £30 from two weeks prior to the festival. The tickets will be on sale from Sunday 2nd April right up until the event. The ticket price covers all facilities and events once onsite (bar, food & drink etc excluded of course) all workshops, the show(s), the childrens creche area etc etc etc



A beautiful organic farm set in the countryside (although 5 minutes from the town of Market Drayton) that will make for the most wonderful setting for this years (and hopefully many more) PLAY Festival.

(Please visit the Fordhall Farm website, they need to raise £600,000 by July 2006 to stop this beautiful fertile place from becoming yet another industrial development, if you can help their cause please do so hug )



It has great links to the M6 motorway via the A53 and for non car users we will post all info about the local transport situation asap. There isn't a train station that's particularly close but we will be laying on a PLAY Bus to make collections to/from the station as often as possible to help everyone out. There may be a very small charge for this (ie a quid or two) to cover the cost of the driver etc.



I will keep this post updated and of course keep your eyes on the PLAY Website and forum for the most up to date information.



If you could keep your questions in the PLAY Forum we'd much appreciate it as it will help us keep some control and ensure we answer as many as possible. It'll save Malcolms badwidth a little too.....



Hope to see you all there!



bounce2 ubbrollsmile bounce





hug

Let's relight this forum ubblove

Helz BellzSILVER Member
lovin' it...
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol!, United Kingdom

Posted:
If you got the Play Bus, I more than likely was your driver biggrin

ubbrollsmile

Live well, love much, laugh often...

Official O.B.E.S.E. cheerleader

strugzBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,964 posts
Location: Southampton - Possibly..., United Kingdom

Posted:
 Written by: Neon_Shaolin



Strugz. Stoner hippies have managed to commandeer vans for over 4 decades mostly without incident...



What's your excuse?





Thanks Neon - conclusive proof that i am not a hippy!



ubbrollsmile



that still leaves the dirty problem still i seem to have............



ah well cool

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

Neon_ShaolinGOLD Member
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
6,120 posts
Location: Behind you. With Jam

Posted:
*Gets the hose out*

Here Strugsy....c'mere Strugsy...

"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock

Mr_widdeat my face before i eat yours
253 posts
Location: Torquay, UK

Posted:
 Written by: Helz Bellz


If you got the Play Bus, I more than likely was your driver biggrin

ubbrollsmile



i was on the last play bus of the weekend. have to say biggg thank you for that helz was top notch. just took us another 5 hours to get home after that. biggrin
rhi_bmember
51 posts
Location: lampeter, wales

Posted:
ah i am starting to figure out who a few people are now! biggrin i was the one with the big blue bag with me all the time, long redish hair and was at the origami and knitting workshops, was trying to help rob and si knit at one point ubbloco
biggrin
alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees

Posted:
if you bought anything from the bar i was the stoner sat behind it most of the day recovering from my hang over ubblol



was wearing a silly hat ALL of the time as my hair is a right state ( too short to do pretty much anything with)





 Written by: Mr_widd

i was on the last play bus of the weekend. have to say biggg thank you for that helz was top notch. just took us another 5 hours to get home after that. biggrin





eek i didn't get home till 1am on the wednesday after play ubblol
FractosDirty Fire Project
133 posts
Location: Manchester

Posted:
 Written by: Skulduggery


... other than that you don't need to know because they are all dirty Hippies wink



Ex-Hippie.

Fractos iz just zis guy, you know? rolleyes

oOo
You see, you already know circle-theory,
you just don't *know* that you know.

Helz BellzSILVER Member
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2,444 posts
Location: Bristol!, United Kingdom

Posted:
 Written by: ravehead



was wearing a silly hat ALL of the time



aha!!! I know who you are now!! i bought beer from you beerchug

Yay!

ooooh this REALLY helps!!! more please!

I was the girl in the pink stripy costume doing fire on Sat night behind the big firey PLAY logo

biggrin biggrin

Live well, love much, laugh often...

Official O.B.E.S.E. cheerleader

strugzBRONZE Member
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Location: Southampton - Possibly..., United Kingdom

Posted:
Man its great to have it all on tape.........



the pink and white stripy costume with suspenders and short skirts and.........erm



**wanders off**



ubbangel



(that set looks sweeet helz, youl have a copy as soon as its

ripped this time!) biggrin

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

Helz BellzSILVER Member
lovin' it...
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol!, United Kingdom

Posted:
biggrin redface biggrin redface biggrin

hug2

Live well, love much, laugh often...

Official O.B.E.S.E. cheerleader

FractosDirty Fire Project
133 posts
Location: Manchester

Posted:
 Written by: Helz Bellz


If you got the Play Bus, I more than likely was your driver biggrin

ubbrollsmile



Ah that was a good drive tbf smile

oOo
You see, you already know circle-theory,
you just don't *know* that you know.

strugzBRONZE Member
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3,964 posts
Location: Southampton - Possibly..., United Kingdom

Posted:
biggrin

oh and just for the record everyone id like to bring a very very very important bit of information to your attention.

After you / we all left site: you know that van i ruined, well Dunc crashed it too!

ubblol ubblol

oh and while im here - im ripping footage at the moment, could anyone who has pictures that they dont mind me using just send me a pm - just so i know mhow many of you are there. Then ill get in touch about getting copies.

Thankies.

Oh and just in case you didnt hear DUNC crashed the van.

To be fair it was a half arsed attempt at not making me feel so stupid i think, but i guess its like telling a joke twice, not that funny the second time eh!

hug

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

animatEdBRONZE Member
1 + 1 = 3
3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK

Posted:
I'd like a copy of my renegade show, and a copy of Hangar fun live for the ministry...

Any chance, strugz?

I think Dunc only crashed it because he wanted o be more like you...

Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.

alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees

Posted:
 Written by: strugz


biggrin

oh and just for the record everyone id like to bring a very very very important bit of information to your attention.

After you / we all left site: you know that van i ruined, well Dunc crashed it too!

ubblol ubblol

Oh and just in case you didnt hear DUNC crashed the van.

hug




ubblol ubblol ubblol ubblol ubblol ubblol oh dear wink
strugzBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Southampton - Possibly..., United Kingdom

Posted:
 Written by: Liquifies_Through_Contact


I think Dunc only crashed it because he wanted o be more like you...



you just won yourself some footage Ed biggrin

in time!

hug

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

YakumoSILVER Member
veteran
1,237 posts
Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Posted:
ravehead was it one of those grey pixie hats? same as maus ? could either of you send me a pic I really loved them, the hyperloop ppl said they'd make me one if I described it to them, a pic would be better smile

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Mr_chazBRONZE Member
Member
23 posts
Location: Harrogate, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Posted:
any news on the world record attempt? like a video to re-live that awesome moment ubblove plus has it been verified yet? ubbloco sorry if this has been mentioned before...i am far far far far to lazy to look!! ubbrollsmile
alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees

Posted:
bounce dunc........DUNC...............can we please book this lot for next play ubblol



https://www.innerfield.co.uk/index.php





yakumo my hat was unique, it has dready bits (now with added pegs) ubblol
SkulduggeryGOLD Member
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales

Posted:
Yukamo I don't need a picture. I made all the hats sold on the hyperloop stall. I can make you a grey pixie one if you want one. Just tell me if you want braided tails on the tip or not and if you want it to fade from dark grey at the point down to light greay/white or the other way around. Each hat is slightly different due to them being hand made and coming from different dye batches of the yarn.

Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!

DuncGOLD Member
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom

Posted:
 Written by: Ravehead

dunc........DUNC...............can we please book this lot for next play



How many times, we are not a rave! spank tongue hug

 Written by: Strugz

oh and just for the record everyone id like to bring a very very very important bit of information to your attention.

After you / we all left site: you know that van i ruined, well Dunc crashed it too



Ya big dobber!! *humph* You just couldn't keep it to yourself could you Strugnell, there you go trying to make yourself look less bad! At least I only crashed MY van not someone elses!!! tongue

Ok, so, imagine the scene. Tuesday morning I pick up a reasonably fresh all white alright van for lugging stuff at play. One week later it returns with a gaping hole in one side, a bent wheel, a burst tyre, a broken rear valance, a smashed rear lense and a chip off another peice of dodgy fibre glass. Oh and it smelt of the deisel that got spilt when we fetched some for the genny ubbangel

If I go self employed full time, one thing I won't do is van rentals....even folks like me who try their best to keep it tip top and drive it very well still manage to f*ck things up ubblol

Let's relight this forum ubblove

alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees

Posted:
tongue
was only joking dunc i know it's not a music event wink

saying that the tunes we did play where all quality and i kind of worked out to get people up to the tent during the day was easy when playing dub reggea.

i didn't know the van got that maimed either ubblol
animatEdBRONZE Member
1 + 1 = 3
3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK

Posted:
Dunc, you might as well have just written off the van...

Probably would have cost less... wink

Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.

steaksSILVER Member
former manc tour guide
1,909 posts
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

Posted:
Sounds like the van had a harder time than anyone that attended Play ubblol

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alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees

Posted:
 Written by: Liquifies_Through_Contact


Dunc, you might as well have just written off the van...

Probably would have cost less... wink



ubblol ubblol ubblol ubblol
TheBovrilMonkeySILVER Member
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England

Posted:
 Written by: ravehead


saying that the tunes we did play where all quality



I know a fair few people who'd disagree there.

To be honest, only two things annoyed me over the weekend:
- the music in the evenings
- the lack of anywhere to just sit, chat and play after the shows

They're both quite related I think.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

GothFrogetteBRONZE Member
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom

Posted:
The most important bit of info i need on the van....


Was the frog OK? biggrin ubblove that van

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

[noodles]*Property of Pigeon Wigeon*
893 posts
Location: Locked In Pigeons Chimney

Posted:
 Written by: Steaks

Sounds like the van had a harder time than anyone that attended Play



I have to disagree. Louise (the girl that clubbed mech in the staff game) did well at getting a rather crazy ammount of injuries. Admittedly she didn't crash into a pub but...

Could somebody stop the room please... I'd like to get off

colemanSILVER Member
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom

Posted:
 Written by: TheBovrilMonkey


- the lack of anywhere to just sit, chat and play after the shows



confused

i managed to find places to sit, chat and play once it got dark bov - there was:

the campsite
the area just outside the big top (which was almost as lovely and warm as inside the big top)
the firespinning area
and the campfire (which had the added bonus of mags' sultry tones and tipsychutters, the blues vocal specialist biggrin)


cole. x

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

animatEdBRONZE Member
1 + 1 = 3
3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK

Posted:
I think Bov means big communal sheltered places.

At the last PLAY the big top was quiet after about midnight, and loads of people would sit and chill in there...

Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.

colemanSILVER Member
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom

Posted:
yep, but last year was very different:
a whole bunch of the bands that came played to an empty room and we weren't *allowed* to make any noise after midnight even if we had wanted to (remember the 'renegade'?)

i get it that bov didn't like the music playing in the big top and that there was only one big top.
but damn, there were lots of places to 'sit, talk and play' after the shows.

granted, the lit, sheltered space had music in but it just so happened to be the only place that could possibly cater for those who wanted to listen to music (because it had the sound system and generators).

i liked the fact that there was music on late into the night - i think the main activities we do at play (spinning and manipulation) are far more closely connected to music than the core juggling arts that multitudes of other conventions cater for.

i had never been to a convention where we could recreate the 'spinning in a club' vibe but with the added opportuinity to spin with lots of space and loads of other wicked spinners to discuss what we've discovered - its a great environment as far as i'm concerned.

there was more than plenty of time to sit, talk and play during the daylight hours, no?

i guess if i was going to suggest a
possible improvement for next year, a larger roster of dj's with a more eclectic selection of music would be nice - even premixed cd's submitted for that very purpose could work.
and a setlist including the dj's/mixcds so we know what music to expect during the evening smile

but i wouldn't go as far to say that anything annoyed me shrug


cole. x

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

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