Cider with Roadies
Cider with Roadies
Sunday 30 September, Townend, South Zeal
Apple Pressing from 1.00pm - Performance 5.30pm
Bring your apples to Cider with Roadies; a Common Players event of two parts. An afternoon of apple juicing and at the end of the day’s pressing, a 40 minute family show, The Big Squeeze, around the apple press. Plus another opportunity to sample our own community cider ( - if there is any left - Ed.)
This year’s tour sees Pomona, the apple press, touring to twenty communities around the South West offering local people the opportunity to bring along their apples, learn about identifying them, press them and taste the juice.Containers will be available to take away your juice.
The touring company this year includes Adam Montague, Apple Animateur. He is a leading expert on apples and will ensure that everyone has the opportunity to operate the press, give a demonstration during the afternoon about identifying apples and will also offer the service of specific apple identification for a small fee.
Don’t forget your picnic. A barbecue will be available too.
Towards the end of the day people can enter the world of Pip the Apple in a newly written show called The Big Squeeze, robustly performed with live music song and puppetry. Will Pip be brave enough to branch out and leave mum behind? Can she squeeze out the truth about poor old Uncle Alan? Will Mr Badfinger’s suggestions crush her enthusiasm?
The script has been written by Jon Stokes who will be remembered by many for his previous visit to South Zeal as the Antipodean penguin-loving tractor driver in Taylor’s Tractor.
The organisers are grateful to Mike & Caroline Boother for hosting the event, and South Tawton Parish Council for their support.
Tickets (for the performance) are £3.00 for adults and £1.00 for children. Available from Andy Clements 01837 840128, Robin Tilley 01837 840654 or on the day.
Further information from www.ciderwithroadies.org
