Random Acts of Art

Lovers lost at sea, love letters hidden in an ancient armchair for hundreds of years and the pair of bloomers that ran from falling bombs, discover the true and unbelievable stories of one village.

A gang of Buccawidden (clay piskies) are hiding throughout St Austell town centre. Can you spot them?

Breaking Da Chains is a continual message to a system that has not dealt with equalities very well. His aim is to provoke the question – When?

Allow us to introduce to you some Black inspirational leaders. These people have created and contributed to important aspects that are vital within our society today

This is a network of new artists and practitioners engaging with the HfC talent development team

The ballad of the Reverend Perry-Gore, skating Vicar of Nanpean. Performed by Richard Trethewey and his cart, as told to him by his Granny’s recollection of 1933.
Re-imagined by Richard, Olivia Lowry and The Story Republic.

A parade of tractors carrying finely dressed Kings and Queens will parade the streets of the Clay villages this May, paying homage to the many beloved village carnivals that were unfortunately cancelled due to the Pandemic. In association with Roche Pantomine Players, Lovebite Creative, a squad of tractor drivers and Black Voices Cornwall.

Clay country natives Edward Rowe and Olivia Lowry, along with fellow writer Wyl Menmuir, have been digging for stories, old and new, real and imagined, and degrees in between in Roche and Pentewan.

At times of crisis, when disaster is moments away. When you feel you have nobody to turn(ip) to. When you realise that you have run out of potato and onion for your homemade pasty. Who do you turn to? There is only one superhero pasty that is going to save the day- Pasty Man and his floury pasty assistant, Pastry Maid.

Extraordinary swim hats for a group of wild swimmers, made out of light poly-foam sheet. Ships, islands, huge flowers, horses, birds.

The world’s first small- top-spectacular-miniature-daredevil-ridiculous- extravaganza, pulled for your viewing pleasure on one lacklustre bicycle. Wood and Dalling present: Cirque Du Clay

Tony Crosby Brass Band inspired Lantern to parade from Roche Rock to Mevagissey Bay

A celebration of light over darkness inspired by the rituals performed at Diwali. Turning the St Austell River white again – with white wishing flowers & petals dusted in China Clay; emblems of St Austell today with a playful curtsy to the past

This Royal visitor will be taking in a view near you…

A hand painted map depicting the landscape of Clay Country, recording stories and folklore, both ancient and modern.

Look out for an actual door popping up in Charlestown, revealing Anna Murphy’s tale ‘11 Doors – a story of dirt and washing’. See the story come to life when dancers Rob and Suzie visit Charlestown, combining music, dance and that famous 11th Door.

The Bright Side is a series of images – works on paper created as a response to St Austell; its landscapes and communities

Discover collections of stories from the clay area, St Austell, told with projections mapped onto local buildings during the night hours.

Illustrated posters across St Austell Bay with words by Daryl Waller, Anna Maria Murphy and Carl Grose.

Celebrating Cornubia’s history as a dance hall – lost in both time and place, 6 ballroom dancers search through Par for their partners in an epic spectacle of glamour, glitz and romance

Love letters appearing on door mats from Mevagissey to Gorran Haven. A storytelling lantern walk at dusk with live music.

It has been revealed that the previously released historical archive film, supposedly from 1912 is actually an elaborate April Fool’s project, dreamt up by artist Seamas Carey, commissioned by Kneehigh as part of the Random Acts of Art festival.

A lantern ghost ship sails the streets and the quays of Mevagissey at twilight, accompanied by a figurehead, who sings her lament of lost things.

Art made by walking in landscapes, day and night. Photographs of drawings made along the way.