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<\/a>Colin Geddis, the man behind the internet phenomenon \u2018I am fighter\u2019 will be bringing his own brand of close to the knuckle, adult humour to Stendhal in a set that promises to be a knockout.<\/p>\nHaving amassed 3 millions views with his flagship programme featuring his alter ego Barry \u2019The Blender\u2019 Henderson, Colin branched out into the world of Stand up and then television, with a slot on BBC comedy sketch show \u2018LOL\u2019, and is touted as the next big thing in Northern Irish Comedy.<\/p>\n
No punches will be pulled with Stendhal\u2019s headline comedy act this year that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n
In other festival news Stendhal is delighted to announce that the fantastic Echo Echo dance company will be adding their name to the dance organisations that will be taking part at the festival. Along with others such as Flemenco NI and the Heraghty School of Irish dancing, Echo Echo will be on site to showcase some sensational local dance talent.<\/p>\n
For those looking to find Nirvana at Stendhal, Ashtanga Yoga classes will be available.\u00a0This method of yoga involves synchronizing the breath with a progressive series of postures\u2014a process producing intense internal heat and a profuse, purifying sweat that detoxifies muscles and organs. The result is improved circulation, a light and strong body, and a calm mind.<\/p>\n
In accordance with the Stendhal ethos that a festival is a community, the organisers have also announced that they have agreed a sponsorship deal with the local Danny Boy Rocks Battle of the Bands contest, which will see the winners of that particular event sponsored a website and a music video by Stendhal Festival of Art.<\/p>\n
On top of that, site work at Ballymully Cottage Farm has begun in earnest. While everyone involved is hoping that the weather continues to be as sunny as it has been this weekend, the organisers have planned ahead just in case the bad weather returns.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all go at the minute,\u201d says Event Director Ross Parkhill, \u201cwe have a lot of work to get through over the next couple of weeks, but it will all be worth it in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cSite work is underway and hopefully the sun comes out and stays with us for a while, but if it doesn\u2019t we will have everyone covered on the day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
STENDHAL Festival of Art is delighted to announce that one of Northern Ireland\u2019s brightest young comedic talents will be fighting fit and ready to perform at the inaugural event at Ballymully Cottage Farm Limavady, on August 20. Colin Geddis, the man behind the internet phenomenon \u2018I am fighter\u2019 will be bringing his own brand of … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3180,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177\/revisions\/3180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}