Paralympics Opening Ceremony. One week to go!

The Paralympics Opening Ceremony will take place at 20.30 BST on Wednesday 29 August and will be a celebration of the inspirational spirit of the Paralympic Games that challenges perceptions of human possibility. The Ceremony will feature over 3,000 adult volunteers, over 100 child volunteers and a professional cast of over 100. The show is set to open with a fly past by 'Aerobility', a British charity that trains disabled people to become pilots. A further 50 performers with disability, including established artists and people new to the arts, such as rehabilitating soldiers and non-competing Paralympians, have been trained in circus arts skills, ready to perform aerial work on a 35m high rig, the press service of the UK Embassy in Kazakhstan said.