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GREENWICH FAIR FRI 20 - SUN 22 JUNE GREENWICH FAIR FRI 20 - SUN 22 JUNE The Beasts Bench Birdwatching 4x4 Bucket Club Mimbre Benjamin Vandewalle Sat 21 June 14:05, 17:10 Sun 22 June 13:05, 16:15* Sat 21 June 14:40, 17:25 Sun 22 June 13:40, 16:00 Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10 FREE Runs approx 20 mins Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, SE10 FREE Runs approx 30 mins 3 The Royal Society of Beastologists is on the hunt for a fearsome, never-before-seen beast. They’ve already photographed the Loch Ness Monster, the Beast of Bodmin and the elusive Essex Lion. But will this final mystery prove too much? Tents have been pitched, the beast band are tuning up and binoculars are being polished. Get ready for a thrilling, comedic and dangerous hunt. Commissioning credits page 27 4 A woman sits on a bench and watches the world pass by. And what a world it is! Bench is an acrobatic performance about the dance of life and the theatre in the everyday action around us. Brides and bag ladies, fitness freaks and fantastic fantasies form a cavalcade of comedy, tragedy and poignancy, reflecting on who we are and how we interconnect. “They climb up, balance on, vault over and plummet alongside one another with ease, marked by a simple but emotionally delicate charm” THE TIMES Fri 20 June 16:15, 17:10, 18:45, 19:45 Sat 21 June 13:15, 14:15, 16:35, 17:35 Sun 22 June 12:40, 13:35, 15:50, 16:55 Cutty Sark Gardens and Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10 FREE but with limited capacity – Book at the Birdwatching 4x4 Registration Point. 5 Runs approx 45 mins Birdwatching 4X4 invites you to sit inside a mobile observation box on an investigative adventure through public space. Flemish choreographer Benjamin Vandewalle invites you to explore the world anew from your peep hole inside this most unusual theatre, offering an intimate view of the city around you. The combination of your roving view point and a mirrored wall (which is moved by the dancers) creates a poetic interplay between reality and optical illusion, whilst performers and members of the public move in and out of an ever-changing picture as the everyday blends with staged performance. Daydream Frantic Full Stop THE ALTERNATIVE WORLD CUP Crew LOD Music Theatre Acrojou Light The Fuse Light up the House Sat 21 June 13:00 - 18:00 Sun 22 June 12:00 - 17:55 Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10 FREE but with limited capacity. Book directly at show location. Runs approx 25 mins 6 Enter through the looking glass and discover worlds you never thought possible with CREW’s state-of-theart immersive technology. Take an unconventional walk through Brussels and meet some of its inhabitants. Or explore a world of devastation as you wander amidst the rubble of a posttsunami stricken area in Japan. Or let a little girl take you by the hand to guide you through her fantasy world. Unlike any other medium, CREW’s ground-breaking device puts you right into the heart of the experience. Fri 20 June 12:00 – 16:00, 17:00 – 21:00 Sat 21 June 13:00 – 16:00, 16:30 – 20:30 Sun 22 June 12:00 – 15:30, 16:00 – 19:00 Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10 8 FREE but with limited capacity. Book directly at show location. Runs approx 15 mins Come in. Settle down. Close your eyes and listen. Are there bees living in your ears? Has the sea stopped crying? Is the house sighing? Let the music caress you. Enter a 40’ shipping container and create your own virtual story or fantasy. Listen and dream: the music is everywhere. You can hear it and feel it, as it transports you to places where anything is possible. Driving the imagination, this installation from Flemish LOD Music Theatre creates a place of calm where the outside world is only a hum in the distance. Fri 20 June 12:00 - 16:00 Sat 21 June 13:00 - 18:30 Sun 22 June 12:00 - 17:30 Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10 FREE – street games 7 Step up to an array of i