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Saturday 25 June
1.00pm AirQuarium, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.00pm Bespoke-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.00pm Moving Gallery-Small Dances, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.00pm Wheels On Broadway, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.00pm Imaginary Friends, St Alfege Park, Greenwich
1-4pm Chromavan, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1-7pm Gravity: Guixot De 8, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.15pm The Meerkats Massive-Emergency Exit Arts, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.20pm Phoenix, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.30pm Rare-Emergency Exit Arts, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.30pm Bollywood Bites-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.45pm That’s The Way To Do It!, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.45pm The Trolls Kitchen, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.45pm The Iron Man, St Alfege Park, Greenwich
1.45-4.45pm Subtropicana, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2-5pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
2-6.30pm Can I Dance For You-Small Dances, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2.15pm Lava St Alfege Park, Greenwich
2.25pm Tiny Travelling Tightwire Show, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2.45pm The Princesses-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2.45pm Nocturne, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2.50pm The Meerkats Massive-Emergency Exit Arts, Greenwich Market
3.00pm Papelito, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.05pm AirQuarium, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.15pm Heartland, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.20pm Phoenix, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.30pm Rare-Emergency Exit Arts, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.40pm The Princesses-Nutkhut, Greenwich Market
3.45pm Bespoke-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.45pm All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, Greenwich Park Centre, Greenwich
3.55pm Moving Gallery-Small Dances, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.05pm Astral, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.10pm The Meerkats Massive-Emergency Exit Arts, Greenwich Market
4.20pm Lava St Alfege Park, Greenwich
4.25pm That’s The Way To Do It!, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.25pm Smashed, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.55pm The Trolls Kitchen, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.00pm Taxi, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.05pm AirQuarium, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.05pm Papelito, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.10pm The Princesses-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.40pm Tiny Travelling Tightwire Show, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.40pm Phoenix, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.45-8.05pm Chromavan, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.50pm Wheels On Broadway, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.00pm Moving Gallery-Small Dances, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.00pm All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, Greenwich Park Centre, Greenwich
6.00pm The Meerkats Massive-Emergency Exit Arts, Greenwich Market
6.00pm Imaginary Friends, St Alfege Park, Greenwich
6-8.30pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
6.20pm Bollywood Bites-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.35pm That’s The Way To Do It!, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.35pm The Trolls Kitchen, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.35pm Astral, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.35pm Rare-Emergency Exit Arts, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.45pm Crossroads, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
7.00pm Lava St Alfege Park, Greenwich
7.20pm Heartland, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
7.50pm The Iron Man, St Alfege Park, Greenwich
7.55pm Nocturne, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
8.15pm Taxi, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
8.30pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
9.00pm Smashed, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
10.00pm Act Without Words II, St Alfege Park, Greenwich
10.00pm As The World Tipped, Haverfield Green, Mile End Park, E3

Sunday 26 June
1.00pm Baroque Box, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.00pm Moving Gallery-Small Dances, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.00pm AirQuarium, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.00pm Imaginary Friends, St Alfege Park, Greenwich
1.00pm Bespoke-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.00pm Wheels On Broadway, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1-4pm Chromavan, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1-5.30pm Can I Dance For You-Small Dances, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1-7pm Gravity: Guixot De 8, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.20pm Tiny Travelling Tightwire Show, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.30pm The Meerkats Massive-Emergency Exit Arts, Greenwich Market
1.30pm Rare-Emergency Exit Arts, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.30pm Bollywood Bites-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.45pm Papelito, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.45pm The Trolls Kitchen, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.45pm The Iron Man, St Alfege Park, Greenwich
1.45-4.45pm Subtropicana, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
1.50pm Crossroads, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2.00pm That’s The Way To Do It!, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2-5pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
2.15pm Lava St Alfege Park, Greenwich
2.30pm All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, Greenwich Park Centre, Greenwich
2.40pm Phoenix, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2.40pm Nocturne, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2.45pm Moving Gallery-Small Dances, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
2.45pm The Princesses-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
3.05pm AirQuarium, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.05pm Rare-Emergency Exit Arts, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.05pm Heartland, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.30pm Imaginary Friends, St Alfege Park, Greenwich
3.35pm Crossroads, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.35pm Tiny Travelling Tightwire Show, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.35pm Smashed, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
3.40pm The Princesses-Nutkhut, Greenwich Market
4.05pm Papelito, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.05pm The Trolls Kitchen, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.05pm Taxi, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.10pm The Meerkats Massive-Emergency Exit Arts, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.10pm That’s The Way To Do It!, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.15pm The Iron Man, St Alfege Park, Greenwich
4.30pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
4.40pm Phoenix, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.45pm Lava St Alfege Park, Greenwich
4.50pm Bespoke-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
4.50-7.10pm Chromavan, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.00pm Wheels On Broadway, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.05pm AirQuarium, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.30pm Bollywood Bites-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.30pm The Meerkats Massive-Emergency Exit Arts, Greenwich Market
5.30pm Rare-Emergency Exit Arts, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
5.45pm Heartland, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.00pm All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, Greenwich Park Centre, Greenwich
6.00pm Phoenix, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6-8.30pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
6.10pm Nocturne, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.15pm Tiny Travelling Tightwire Show, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.30pm The Trolls Kitchen, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.40pm The Princesses-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
6.45pm Bespoke-Nutkhut, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
7.05pm That’s The Way To Do It!, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
7.15pm Taxi, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
8.00pm Smashed, Monument Gardens, ORNC, Greenwich
10.00pm Act Without Words II, St Alfege Park, Greenwich

Tuesday 28 June
5.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
5.30-8.30pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
6.30pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
8.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
10.00pm Act Without Words II, St Alfege Park, Greenwich

Wednesday 29 June
5.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
5.30-8.30pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
6.30pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
8.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
10.00pm Act Without Words II, St Alfege Park, Greenwich

Thursday 30 June
1.00pm La Mirada Transparente, Canary Wharf, Cabot Square
4.30pm La Mirada Transparente, Canary Wharf, Cabot Square
5.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
5.30-8.30pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
6.30pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
8.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
10.00pm Act Without Words II, St Alfege Park, Greenwich

Friday 1 July
1.00pm La Mirada Transparente, Canary Wharf, Cabot Square
5.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
5.30-8.30pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
6.30pm La Mirada Transparente, Canary Wharf, Cabot Square
6.30pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
8.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
10.00pm Act Without Words II, St Alfege Park, Greenwich

Saturday 2 July
1.00pm Dancing City: Alive!, Columbus Courtyard, Canary Wharf
1.00pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
1.00pm Dancing City: Waiting Game, Jubilee Plaza, Canary Wharf
1.25pm Dancing City:Trois Gnossiennes, Wren Landing, Canary Wharf
1.30pm Dancing City: Lance and Brenda, Canary Riverside, Canary Wharf
1.35pm Dancing City: Heart Wash, Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf
1.45pm Dancing City: La Mirada Transparente, Canary Wharf, Cabot Square
2-5pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
2.05pm Dancing City: Happy Hour, Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf
2.15pm Dancing City: Filigrane Fanfare, Canary Wharf Riverside
2.45pm Dancing City: Alive!, Columbus Courtyard, Canary Wharf
2.45pm Dancing City: Lance and Brenda, Canary Riverside, Canary Wharf
3.05pm Dancing City: Waiting Game, Jubilee Plaza, Canary Wharf
3.35pm Dancing City: Heart Wash, Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf
3.35pm Dancing City:Trois Gnossiennes, Wren Landing, Canary Wharf
4.00pm Dancing City: La Mirada Transparente, Canary Wharf, Cabot Square
4.05pm Dancing City: Lance and Brenda, Canary Riverside, Canary Wharf
4.25pm Dancing City: Filigrane Fanfare, Canary Wharf Riverside
4.30pm Baroque Box, Colonnades, ORNC, Greenwich
4.35pm Dancing City: Happy Hour, Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf
4.45pm Dancing City: Waiting Game, Jubilee Plaza, Canary Wharf
4.50pm Dancing City: Lance and Brenda, Canary Riverside, Canary Wharf
6-8.30pm Greenwich Fair Flickers, Park Walk, Greenwich Park
9-10.30pm Les Girafes, General Gordon Square, Woolwich
10.00pm Act Without Words II, St Alfege Park, Greenwich

Greenwich Fair 

Fri 24 – Sun 26 June*   FREE
*(Act Without Words II, Baroque Box and Greenwich Flickers continue to 2 July)
Until 150 years ago, when it was closed down for being too unruly, the Greenwich Fair was the largest and most uproarious gathering of outdoor entertainment in Britain. Much loved by Charles Dickens, the high spirited activities included sideshows, dancing booths, travelling menageries and melodramas boasting 3 murders and a ghost in 25 minutes!

This year a 21st century version of the Greenwich Fair returns as a “festival within a festival” with a huge programme of outdoor performing arts. As London’s first ever showcase of its kind, you can expect to experience the best of UK and international outdoor arts. Some performances will even take direct inspiration from the past: the Victorian enthusiasm for hill-rolling in Greenwich Park will be recalled in gravity-defying performances, alongside side-show installations, an outdoor aquarium, interactive entertainment, and life-sized Punch and Judy!

Greenwich Fair Professionals’ Showcase
The Greenwich Fair will also host an associated professionals showcase opportunity, for producers, festival organisers and local authority officers and all those who are interested in outdoor arts. To find out more and register go to www.xtrax.org.uk >

Greenwich, SE10
By Train: Greenwich
By DLR: Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich
By Bus: 129, 177, 180, 188, 199, 286, 386
By Car: Public car parking off Park Row and Cutty Sark Gardens, access via Welland Street.
By Thames Clippers: Greenwich Pier
Access: Disabled parking available. Level access to performance space unless specified below.

Wheelchair access There is wheelchair access throughout Monument Gardens, which is a paved and grassed area within the Old Royal Naval College Grounds. The performances are all located in close proximity to each other within Monument Gardens. Greenwich Fair events with specific access infomration is given under each event below. There will be processional moments as part of performances of The Tiny Travelling Tightwire Show, Phoenix, The Meerkats Massive, Bespoke, The Princesses, Moving Gallery and That’s The Way To Do It!

Accessible toilets There are signposted adapted accessible toilets available at the Meantime Brewery, Monument Gardens, St Alfege Park and The Avenuie.  These will be signposted.

Contact us to discuss access requirements.
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The Iron Man
By Ted Hughes, adapted by Paul Sirett
Creative Team: Jenny Sealey, Sofie Layton & Lewis Gibson
Presented by Graeae
Fri 24 - Sun 26 June
Fri 11.30am, 2pm & 7.30pm, Sat 1.45pm & 7.50pm,
Sun 1.45pm & 4.15pm
St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 30 mins
This new Graeae production is set in a scrapyard and retells Ted Hughes’ famous children’s story. Against the backdrop of celestial soundscapes the colossal narrative of The Iron Man emerges from the shadows and takes to the air.
Commissioned by Without Walls and GDIF. A Graeae Production
An audio description service is available for performances of The Iron Man. Please ask a Festival Volunteer (wearing yellow “information” t-shirts) for details of where to hire a headset from. The audio description service will transmit to cordless headsets and a £5 deposit will be required for the loan of a headset, collectable on return of the headset.
BSL Sign language interpretation will be available for all performances of The Iron Man.
Wheelchair access: A viewing area will be set up for performances of The Iron Man on the Green adjacent to the basketball court.
Accessible toilets There is a permanent signposted accessible public toilet in St Alfege Park, operated by a radar key.
For full access information please go to the Travel page >
Or download GDIF’s Festival Access pdf >

Gravity
Presented in association with FiraTàrrega
Fri 24 June
6pm & 7.50pm
Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College,
Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 90 mins
Recollecting Greenwich’s 19th century tradition of hill-rolling in the Park, GDIF has joined forces with FiraTàrrega, one of Europe’s leading outdoor arts festivals to create a promenade programme of dance, physical theatre, circus and installation, all inspired by the force of gravity.
Artists featured are Acrojou, Max Calaf, Company Chameleon, Company FZ, Llorenc Corbella, Fet a Ma, Guixot de 8, Res de Res/Circo Dux and Up and Over It.
Co-produced and commissioned by GDIF and FiraTàrrega

Lava
Presented by Studio ORKA
Fri 24 - Sun 26 June
Fri 2.45pm & 6.30pm, Sat 2.15pm, 4.20pm(BSL) & 7pm,
Sun 2.15pm & 4.45pm
St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (booking required) Runs approx 50 mins
This is a free event with limited capacity. To book your place please call Greenwich Theatre Box Office, Tel 0208 858 7755.
Two soil investigators discover something quite wonderful while constructing a subterranean car park deep under Greenwich. In this delightful piece of children’s theatre, Studio ORKA invites you on a unique journey into a special world, somewhere between reality and imagination.
BSL interpretation Sign language interpretation will be available for the show on Sat 25 June, 4.20pm . For more information call Steffi on 020 8305 5023 or email access@festival.org
Accessible toilets There is a permanent signposted accessible public toilet in St Alfege Park, operated by a radar key.
For full access information please go to the Travel page >
Or download GDIF’s Festival Access pdf >

All That Is Solid Melts into Air
Presented by tangled feet in collaboration with Thomas Tallis School
Fri 24 - Sun 26 June
Fri 9pm, Sat 3.45pm & 6pm, Sun 2.30pm & 6pm
Greenwich Park Centre, Greenwich Community College, Royal Hill, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 30 mins.
London’s story is an epic and perpetual tale of regeneration and change. Ships have sailed, bombs have fallen, tower blocks have soared and markets plummeted. How does a city survive as all that is solid melts into air? tangled feet tell the exhilarating and moving human story of urban regeneration in a gravity-defying piece of highly physical storytelling.
Commissioned by GDIF and Thomas Tallis School. Supported by National Theatre Studio
Wheelchair access There is wheelchair access from Royal Hill  - pathways into the venue have moderate gradients. The performance site itself also has some gradients. Event Stewards will be available to help wheelchair users access the site.
Accessible toilets There is a signposted adapted accessible toilet at Greenwich Park Centre.
For full access information please go to the Travel page >
Or download GDIF’s Festival Access pdf >

Act Without Words II
By Samuel Beckett
Presented by Company SJ
Fri 24 June - Sat 2 July
No performance on Mon 27 June 10pm
St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
Entrance via Bardsley Lane off Creek Rd (Please note this is a narrow entrance with a small step. There is wheelchair access via the main event entrance, off St Alfege Passage.)
FREE (booking required) Runs approx 30 mins
This is a free event with limited capacity. To book your place please call Greenwich Theatre Box Office, Tel 0208 858 7755.
Act Without Words II is one of Samuel Beckett’s most universal plays, here presented in an overgrown corner of a deconsecrated church yard: a place in which problems of homelessness and drug addiction can easily be imagined. Directed by Beckett specialist Sarah Jane Scaife and performed by Raymond Keane and Bryan Burroughs, two of Ireland’s most talented physical theatre artists.
Accessible toilets There is a permanent signposted accessible public toilet in St Alfege Park, operated by a radar key.
For full access information please go to the Travel page >
Or download GDIF’s Festival Access pdf >

Smashed
Presented by Gandini
Fri 24 - Sun 26 June
Fri 3pm, Sat 4.25pm & 9pm, Sun 3.35pm & 8pm
Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 30 mins
A nail-biting precision choreographed juggling battle combining sophisticated patterning, character, gesture and props. Newtonian apples combine with crockery in a celebration of the joy of catching and the fear of dropping, enacted against a music hall soundtrack.
Commissioned by Watch this Space at the National Theatre.

Nukhut Triple Bill
Sat 25 - Sun 26 June
Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College / Greenwich Market, SE10
FREE (no ticket required)
Nutkhut (Sanskrit for ‘mischievous’) presents a triple bill showcasing their visually stunning approach to street theatre:

Sat 1.30pm & 6.20pm, Sun 1.30pm & 5.30pm
Bollywood Bites - Fast-paced Bollywood dance, previously performed for HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace, featuring rapid costume changes and an explosion of styles ranging from salsa to kathak via hip-hop.

Sat 1pm & 3.45pm, Sun 1pm, 4.50pm & 6.45pm
Bespoke, a company of tailors weave a series of theatrical sketches, leaving audiences in stitches as they share the various tricks of their trade.

Sat 2.45pm, 3.40pm (Greenwich Market) & 5.10pm,
Sun 2.45pm, 3.40pm (Greenwich Market) & 6.40pm
The Princesses evoke glamour and panache wherever they appear, dripping in jewels and silks and ensuring that the Greenwich Fair is remembered as a truly Royal occasion. Please note that there is cobbled surface across Greenwich Market. The Princesses is a walkabout performance.

Emergency Exit Arts
Sat 25 - Sun 26 June
Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College / Greenwich Market, SE10
FREE (no ticket required)
Emergency Exit Arts, a locally based organisation with a national and international reputation, presents a double bill especially for Greenwich Fair:

Sat 1.30pm, 3.30pm & 6.30pm, Sun 1.30pm, 3.05pm & 5.30pm
Rare A mysterious giant package has been left. A team of curious curators invite you to enquire, explore and handle with care.

Sat 1.15pm, 2.50pm (Greenwich Market), 4.10pm & 6pm
Sun 1.30pm (Greenwich Market), 4.10pm & 5.30pm
The Meerkats Massive How would you feel surrounded by 6ft meerkats? Well, here’s your chance to find out in this new show from EEA’s Street Arts Academy bringing a new generation of outdoor performers to the Festival.
Please note that there is cobbled surface across Greenwich Market. The Meerkats Massive is a walkabout performance.

The Phoenix
Presented by Helen Clyro
Sat 25 - Sun 26 June
Sat 1.20pm, 3.20pm & 5.40pm
Sun 2.40pm, 4.40pm & 6pm
Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 20 mins
An interactive roving performance inspired by the story of the Phoenix, spreading hope and belief in re-birth from the ashes. This jewel-like performance is presented against the background of buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren, who masterminded the rebirth of London after the Great Fire.

AirQuarium
Presented by Beautiful Creatures
Sat 25 - Sun 26 June
1pm, 3.05pm & 5.05pm
Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) 3 x 15 mins shows per hour
Enter the AirQuarium and discover the everyday world submerged in water whilst puppeteers animate incredible mechanical aquatic fish.

The Tiny Travelling Tightwire Show
Presented by Dizzy O’Dare
Sat 25 - Sun 26 June
Sat 2.25pm & 5.40pm, Sun 1.20pm, 3.35pm & 6.15pm
Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE1
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 30 mins
Puppetry and impeccable balance in an endearing and delightfully intimate show for all the family.

Sat 2pm – 6.30pm, Sun 1pm – 5.30pm
Can I dance for you? – directed by David Waring, a series of guerrilla-dance solos and duets bring dance up close and personal.

As The World Tipped
Haverfield Green, Mile End Park, London, E3
Sat 25 June, 10pm      FREE  (no ticket required)   Runs approx 45 mins
Presented by Wired Aerial Theatre
This epic outdoor performance confronts the theme of climate change head on, combining aerial theatre, filmscape, original music and ingenious staging. Dramatising the Copenhagen Conference on climate change as a universal human tragedy, the show offers a compelling vision of a planet in crisis and an appeal for positive change in response to a disaster of our own creation. Written and directed by Nigel Jamieson, one of the world’s leading forces in outdoor spectacle and created by Wired Aerial Theatre, As the World Tipped takes place in the highly appropriate setting of one of London’s most ecological and visionary parks.

Wheelchair access Wheelchair users can access Haverfield Green via Grove Road. Please note that the audience viewing area will be on grass.
Accessible toilets A signposted accessible portable toilet will be located adjacent to the performance site.
Special effects Video projection will be included in this performance.
Captioning This performance will be captioned. Please ask a Festival Volunteer for the best viewing area.

La Mirada Transparente
Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14
Thur 30 June – Sat 2 July     FREE  (no ticket required) 

Thur 1pm & 4.30pm, Fri 1pm & 6.30pm, Sat 1.45pm & 4pm
4 x 8 minute performances within 60 minute period 

Presented by Producciones Imperdibles

Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to experience dance from an unusual angle. A transparent stage provides the setting for a series of performances designed to be viewed by audience members on reclining seats beneath the stage or “in the round”. Offering breathtaking perspectives on sensuous Spanish dance framed by Canary Wharf’s towering architecture - the effect is unforgettable.

There is a limited capacity of seats under the stage – please queue at Cabot Square 30 minutes before each performance.

Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14
Venue information>
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By Tube: Canary Wharf
By DLR: Canary Wharf
By Bus: D3, D7, D8, 135, 277
By Car: Underground car parks leading to Cabot,
Canada and Jubilee Place shopping malls.
By Thames Clippers:
Canary Wharf Pier
Access: Full disabled access throughout Canary Wharf, including car parks and toilet facilities.
For full access information please go to the Travel page >
Or download GDIF’s Festival Access pdf >
Contact us to discuss specific access requirements.

Dancing City
Sat 2 July, 1pm - 5pm 
Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14      FREE  (no ticket required)  

Filigrane Fanfare, Heart Wash, Trois Gnossiennes, Happy Hour, Lance and Brenda, Waiting Game, Alive!

Celebrating its 10th year, GDIF’s annual outdoor dance programme returns to animate Canary Wharf’s parks, squares and public spaces with leading British and international companies and artists. This year expressive live painting and dance splashes colour at Columbus Courtyard, dancers perform with a JCB at Jubilee Plaza and even a washing machine makes a choreographed appearance at Westferry Circus. As well as Dancing City favourites such as Pied en Sol and Producciones Imperdibles, this year’s programme features an exquisite outdoor duet from English National Ballet.

Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14
Venue information>
Download a schedule + map>
By Tube: Canary Wharf
By DLR: Canary Wharf
By Bus: D3, D7, D8, 135, 277
By Car: Underground car parks leading to Cabot,
Canada and Jubilee Place shopping malls.
By Thames Clippers: Canary Wharf Pier
Access: Full disabled access throughout Canary Wharf.
For full access information please go to the Travel page >
Or download GDIF’s Festival Access pdf >
Contact us to discuss specific access requirements.

Heart Wash
Presented by Cia de Danza Mar Gómez
Sat 1.35pm & 3.35pm Westferry Circus
Appearing at Dancing City for the first time Cia Mar Gómez is one of Catalunya’s leading dance companies. Inspired by the Italian neorealist films of the 1950s, Heart Wash is an ironic piece of dance storytelling – an encounter between a strong woman, a washing machine, a man and endless laundry.

Trois Gnossiennes
Presented by English National Ballet
Sat 1.25pm & 3.35pm Wren Landing
Hans van Manen’s Trois Gnossiennes, set to Satie’s haunting piano music, is modern/classical ballet at its best. Known as the Mondrian of Dance in Holland, van Manen’s clear distillation of movement has a highly charged battle of wills at its heart.

Happy Hour
Presented by Compagnia Adarte
Sat 2.05pm & 4.35pm Montgomery Square
This Tuscan contemporary dance company presents a sensual dance piece which balances aggression and surrender. Directed and Choreographed by Francesca Lettieri with music by Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie and Gil Scott Heron.

Lance and Brenda
Presented by Axial Dance
Sat 1.30pm, 2.45pm, 4.05pm & 4.50pm Canary Riverside
Capturing the essence of the swinging sixties in a retro style, and featuring an iconic 1963 Lambretta, Lance and Brenda is a beautifully choreographed piece of contemporary dance.

Waiting Game
Presented by Motionhouse Dance Theatre
Sat 1pm, 3.05pm & 4.45pm Jubilee Plaza
This playful and audacious performance for 2 dancers and a JCB digger takes place in a familiar restaurant situation in which a dining couple experience increasing frustration with the quality of the service! We’re delighted to welcome back Motionhouse with another highly ingenious fusion of images and action, guaranteed to surprise, challenge and delight.
Commissioned by Birmingham Bullring

Alive!
Presented by Deaf Men Dancing
Sat 1pm (AD) & 2.45pm (AD) Columbus Courtyard
A celebration of our need for connection and creativity in the hubbub of the city, in which dance, sign language, sound and live painting combine to express the sheer joy of being alive.
This innovative dance piece for four suited characters is choreographed by Mark Smith for his dance ensemble Deaf Men Dancing, featuring live painting from expressionist artist Rachel Gadsden.
These performances will be audio described.
Commissioned by GDIF, Without Walls and Dada South (in association with Up-Stream).
Alive! is supported by Accentuate
Audio description An advance audio description of Alive! on CD is available prior to the show for a £20 deposit, collectable on return of the audio equipment. Please ask a Festival Volunteer (wearing yellow “information” t-shirts) for details of where to hire a CD from.
BSL interpretation Performances of Alive! feature fully integrated sign language interpretation.

Les Girafes
Starts at General Gordon Sq, Woolwich, SE18
Sat 2 July, 9pm     FREE  (no ticket required)   Runs approx 90 mins

Presented by Compagnie Off

One of GDIF’s most fondly remembered productions returns to provide the finale of this year’s Festival. Following their travels across Europe, Asia and Australia Compagnie Off’s Les Girafes will disembark in Woolwich to celebrate the completion of its magnificent new public squares.

Featuring a herd of life-sized, inquisitive crimson giraffes, a team of uniformed keepers, a ringmaster and a temperamental opera diva, the production will literally take over Woolwich with an unfolding circus-style melodrama, all accompanied by confetti explosions and evocative music, bringing this year’s Festival to a stunning climax.

General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18
The performance starts at General Gordon Square at 9pm then proceeds via Beresford Square to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, SE18. Entrance to the Royal Arsenal via the gates adjacent to the Royal Brass Foundry on Plumstead Road.
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By Train: Woolwich Arsenal
By DLR: Woolwich Arsenal
By Bus: Woolwich Town Centre 51, 53, 54 96, 99, 122, 161, 177, 178, 180, 244, 291, 380, 386, 422, 469, 472
By Car: Public car parking: Royal Arsenal, off Plumstead Rd, Monk St, Powis St or Calderwood St multi-storey
By Thames Clippers: Royal Arsenal Woolwich Pier
Access: Disabled parking available.
Access: Full disabled access throughout Canary Wharf.
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