The Sutton Festival got off to an energetic start on Saturday with a pageant of culture, with plenty to come before the curtain comes down this Sunday.
The Natural Theatre Company wowed and bemused in equal measure in Sutton High Street, waving placards at shoppers claiming The Young Need Jobs Not Art, under the banner of the Sutton League of Bigots.
Up the road, L'Aubade du Quercy a dance collective from Sutton's twin town Gagny gave passers-by a taste of French folk culture, while the East Surrey Morris Men and the Pennyroyal Clog Dancers provided the English equivalent. Since then, the action has rarely abated, with music, drama, literature, the environment, religion, education and politics all on the agenda.
And tomorrow, borough Charlie Dimmocks can take advantage of a Gardening Roadshow in the St Nicholas Centre, between 11am and 5pm, while drama lovers may fancy the Torch Theatre's production of Act Of Faith, at Trinity Church, Sutton, at 8pm.
The biggest British sporting event of the year will make its presence felt in Sutton on Saturday when the Commonwealth Games baton relay comes to the borough.
London Marathon wheelchair winner David Weir will be among the participants helping the baton on its way to Manchester.
The festival will close in slightly more sedate fashion on Sunday, with gentle walks in Cheam and Carshalton, and free entry to Whitehall and the Honeywood heritage centre.
Visit www.suttonfestival.info or call 020 8329 9254.
= See tomorrow's Sutton Comet for more pictures.
July 12, 2002 10:30
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