GDIF 2024 | London’s free, annual outdoor performing arts festival 23 August-8 September 2024
The Scribble of Imagination
26 August | 13:30 - 18:30 | Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College
What to Expect: Family friendly | Great for Kids | Make some noise | Participate | Speech free
Free
This Catalan, street theatre company will be arriving in Greenwich to set up an extraordinary playground of sculptural games created from recycled materials.
Inviting the whole family to join in the fun, each games celebrates the endless potential of the imagination, with playful references to famous figures from the worlds of art, literature, cinema and science.
More information on The Scribble of Imagination
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]
Access
Speech and text-free interactive games.
People will be available if you have any questions about using the games.
Gallery
About Guixot De 8
Guixot de 8 is the first Catalan company and in Spanish that turns the game into a street performance. He does so by collecting the witness of the popular games and of cucana so ingrained in our country and, also, one of the first companies of Europe that takes games by streets and squares.
But it is the first that does it with original games, of own manufacture and constructed with materials recovered, first, coming from the ragpicker and, later, of the clean points of the Mancomunidad la Plana.
Supported by
The Scribble of Imagination at GDIF 2023 is supported by the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Royal Greenwich Festivals and Arts Council England.