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Do Birds Dream Of Flying?
Sat 22 & Sun 23 August | Timings TBC | Greenwich Park, General Wolfe Piazza, SE10 8XJ
Duration: 30 minutes
Tickets: This event is FREE, just turn up.
- About
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- About the Artist
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Award-winning circus performance opening up new perspectives on the world around us.
In this award-winning performance an artfully designed rotating ladder directs eyes upwards, inviting audiences to consider new perspectives on the world around us. As the ladder turns, the rules keep changing and elegance and poetry meet control and skill.
Greenwich Park, General Wolfe Piazza, SE10 8XJ
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Public Transport: Greenwich (Southeastern Rail, DLR, Bus, Boat)
Fabla Collective is a performance art collective led by artists Inan Sven Du Swami and Mojca Špik. Their work blends circus, dance, and physical theatre, exploring how movement can emerge from the interaction between body and object. In recent years, their artistic research has focused on creating kinetic and dynamic set pieces that challenge them to discover movements that were previously impossible. They try to approach limits as opportunities to move differently. In their work, bodies and objects influence one another, revealing a dialogue between movement and mechanism, choreography and engineering, poetry and structure. Fabla Collective has been selected by the European platform Aerowaves for Do Birds Dream of Flying?. Aerowaves is co-funded by the Creative Europe’s Platform Programme for the promotion of emerging artists of the European Union Commission.
Promotional photography will take place at this event.
If you do not wish to be featured in our content, please ask one of our volunteers (easily noticeable in their pink t-shirts) for a “no photography” sticker.
Do Birds Dream of Flying? is supported by The Royal Parks, The Royal Borough of Greenwich, and Arts Council England.
ACCESS
- Show Access
- Site Access
- Easy Read Guide
Speech Free – This show has no speech
Audio Description – Part of the Live AD assisted route. To book your headset , email [email protected]
Easy Read Information – Available on site and to download in early July
Full accessibility information coming early July
All shows at Greenwich Fair are free to attend. Just show up!
Assistance Dogs Welcome
Greenwich Fair will take place at the top of the Greenwich Park Hill, next to the Observatory. There is a level access route from the Black Heath Gate, that takes approximately 15 minutes.
There is an uphill step free route which takes approximately a 10-15 minute from St Mary’s Gate following the road.
An accessible buggy with 1 wheelchair space and up to 4 companions will be available (on a first-come-first-served basis, provided by the Royal Parks team) between St Mary’s Gate and the Pavilion Café in Greenwich Park in both directions. Times and details coming soon .
There will be signage on site with all important show and access information.
Level Access
There is level access to each performance location.
There is a mix of hard-standing and grass areas. Trackway will be used to create accessible routes.
There will be short ramps onto any raised areas.
Access Viewing areas
Each performance location will have an access viewing area for disabled audience members marked with a sign or flag. Space for wheelchair users, companions and seating with and without arms will be available.
Distances between sites
The festival site is contained to the top of Greenwich Park surrounding the viewpoint. Each performance space is up to 5 minutes walk from each other and some are less than 1 minute’s distance from each other.
Check the map and brochure to plan your route or ask a volunteer who can direct you to an information point.
Low Sensory Space
A covered Low Sensory Space and Access Area will be on site for anyone who needs it The Access Area will have volunteers and staff available for access information throughout the day.
At the Access Area and Low Sensory Space there will be ear defenders, easy read guides, large print resources and sensory toys.
There will be signs that say ‘Quiet Space’ to help you find it and friendly volunteers who can show you.
Across the park there are many peaceful areas with bench seating and shade
All shows at Greenwich Fair are relaxed. This means you can come and go as you please, move around and make noise.
Accessible Toilets
AccessoLoo changing places facilities with a hoist and changing bench will be available at Greenwich Fair. Please bring a sling to use the hoist.
Greenwich Park also has accessible toilets behind the Royal Observatory. A radar key is needed for these.
Blue badge parking
Greenwich Park, car parking via Blackheath Gate only ( Greenwich Park Car Park South, London SE10 8QY)
Drop-off points
Greenwich Park Car Park (Enter at Blackheath Gate, and drop off at Car Park by turning to Great Cross Avenue)
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The car park can get very busy, so spaces are available on a first come first served basis
Contact
For Accessibility questions, contact [email protected] // 07899 893 935
For other audience questions, contact our Box Office: [email protected]
Full access information coming early July.
