GDIF 2024 | London’s free, annual outdoor performing arts festival 23 August-8 September 2024
Roll Model
26 August | 13:00 & 16:50 | Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College
Duration: 35 mins
What to Expect: Dance
Free
A feel-good, family-friendly, fusion of hip hop moves and contemporary circus.
With a thrilling mix of breakin’, popping, litefeet, tricking, cyr wheeling, juggling and acrobatics, this high-energy show, has been co-devised with international hip hop champion, Brooke Miliner.
Full of heart and a youthful spirit of inclusion, this fun and uplifting show touches on universal themes of fitting in and how we are shaped by the people we spend time with.
More information on Roll Model
Site Access
All shows at Greenwich Fair are free to attend. Just show up.
Assistance Dogs Welcome
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
A priority area for disabled audiences will be marked with a sign or flag. Space for wheelchair users and various seating options will be available at each performance site.
Distances between sites
The festival site includes Greenwich Park, Old Royal Naval College and Cutty Sark Gardens.
Most performance sites are 5-15 minutes away from each other. Each site has multiple performances throughout the day.
The show ‘The Air Between Us’ is at the top of Greenwich Park next to the General Wolfe Statue and near The Royal Observatory. 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. More details will be available at the GDIF accessible social point near St Mary’s Gate.
Check the map and brochure to plan your route or ask a volunteer who can direct you to an information point.
Quiet Space and Access Areas
A covered Quiet Space and Access Area will be provided onsite at the Old Royal Naval College. The Access Area will have volunteers and staff available for access information throughout the day. This will be located on King Charles Lawns.
Greenwich Park will have an accessible relaxed social area near St Mary’s Gate.
Many nearby peaceful areas have bench seating across Royal Greenwich Park and the Old Royal Naval College.
Assisted Access Routes
GDIF volunteers will guide audiences on the following access routes:
1) BSL/Captioned/Speech Free performances
2)Audio Described performances
3)Performances with Easy Read available
Details of routes and meeting points coming soon.
Accessible Toilets
Revolootion (formerly Mobiloo) 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 has accessible toilets behind the Royal Observatory.
Blue badge parking
Cutty Sark Gardens, Park Row (25 Park Row, London SE10 9NL), College Way Car Park
Greenwich Park, car parking via Blackheath Gate only ( Greenwich Park Car Park South, London SE10 8QY)
Drop-off points
College Way, SE10 9LS
Greenwich Park top- Observatory, Blackheath Ave, London SE10 8XJ
Greenwich Park bottom- St Mary’s Gate, London SE10 9JL
Contact
For Access questions, contact [email protected] // 07899 893 935
For other audience questions, contact our Box Office: [email protected]
Show Access
Speech Free
Live Audio Described performance at 4.50pm
Easy Read Visual Guide
You will be invited to cheer and clap. There will be no pressure to join in.
Part of assisted route
Roll Model Trailer
About Simple Cypher
We are a company built through the foundations of hip hop and circus, founded in 2016 by Kieran Warner and Chris Thomas. Style, originality and unity are key fundamentals of hip hop culture and have had a profound influence on our development as artists and the work we create.
Since forming, we’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with a host of hip hop and circus artists and presenting our work to audiences at festivals and venues across the UK and Europe.
Supported by
Roll Model at GDIF 2023 is co-commissioned by GDIF (FESTIVAL.ORG) and supported by the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Royal Greenwich Festivals and Arts Council England.