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Above and Beyond: 30 Years of Greenwich & Docklands International Festival

Celebrating three decades of Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 

In words and hundreds of never-before-seen images of the spectacular productions that have thrilled Londoners since 1996, Above and Beyond tells the story of 30 years of Greenwich+Docklands International Festival in a limited edition 160page large format hardback.

From audacious aerial choreography timed between take-offs at City Airport to riverbank performances programmed with the tide, this celebration of one of the UK’s leading outdoor free arts festivals takes a magical tour around iconic landmarks and secret locations to revisit some unforgettable shows by the best international companies and most exciting UK artists.

Available to pre-order now at Waterstones and Amazon.
Copies will also be available to purchase at GDIF 2025 events from Friday 22 August until Saturday 6 September.

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What To Expect At This Year's Festival

A performer suspended in the air by their waist attached to a curved, metal structure the shape of an S. They are in a stone cathedral-like building, surrounded by a sitting and standing audience.
5 performers wearing blue suits tumble on a floating V shape staircase structure in the middle of a lake.
A staircase ascending from a lake. One man in a suit is lying flat at the top of the staircase, holding onto another suited man who is dripping wet and dangling toward the water.
6 performers, dressed in suits and office wear stand facing forward on a floating structure. Some of them are dripping wet and they have serious looks on their faces. Beside them there is a trumpet player dressed in a suit, also stood on a floating structure.
An acrobat in a khaki boilersuit hangs upside down on a pole parallel to the floor, attached to a robotic ,machine beneath.
4 women Performers dressed in white balance on 4 poles in a row rising up from below . They smile and glance at each other playfully
2 people brightly dressed – one holding a large dhol drum and the other wearing a large elephant mask
3 performers grip to the edges of a metal spiral structure, as if pulling it in opposite directions
2 performers balancing up high on a tightrope. They both hold long sticks, lunging towards each other with heads touching. Behind there is the backdrop of the outside of an old cathedral building with a bright blue sky and fluffy white clouds.
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