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LEMN SISSAY
Fri 21- Sun 23 June Greenwich Town Centre, SE10 and Island Gardens, E14 This year GDIF will have a writer in residence for the first time. Author, poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay will take up residency at the Old Royal Naval College as part of this year’ s Greenwich Fair. Lemn will be soaking up the atmosphere of the Fair’ s 21st century reinvention, capturing all the atmosphere, wonder and surprise of London’ s largest annual outpouring of free, outdoor arts.
DANCING CITY
24 – 28 June, 12pm & 1.30pm, Sat 29 June, 1 – 5pm Canary Wharf, E14 Exhilarating, thought-provoking and fun, GDIF’ s annual outdoor dance extravaganza is back – bigger, better and for longer. Artists include: Studio Eclipse, Cie Massala, English National Ballet, Candoco Dance Company, Joli Vyann, Motionhouse, Acrojou, i19, Ziya Azazi, Grounded. Plus The Big Dance featuring hundreds of talented young dancers and youth dance companies.
A HIGH STREET ODYSSEY
Presented by Inspector Sands Fri 28 & Sat 29 June, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 3pm & 4pm FREE, booking required * Powis Street, Woolwich, SE18 This witty and surprising audio tour along Woolwich’ s pedestrianised Powis Street reveals the secret lives that lie just beneath the surface.‘ Inspector Sands are brilliant and reckless, precise and inventive, intelligent and frank. Don’ t miss them!’ New York Theatre Guide * To book please go to our Info Point( point 32 on the map, page 9) or email admin @ festival. org
ONE MILLION
Presented by Tangled Feet Fri 28 & Sat 29 June, 10pm Royal Arsenal, outside Firepower, Woolwich, SE18 With live music, ingenious staging and pyrotechnics this mass cast show is powered by the hopes and aspirations of young people in 21st century Britain.‘ Tangled Feet are probably the most accessible and original physical theatre company working in the UK today.... A must see’ The Stage
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