London’s leading festival of free outdoor theatre and performing arts is back and this year’s Greenwich+Docklands International Festival is set to be more adventurous than ever. The borough will come alive with lights, audio shows, and even a sea of multicoloured foam this summer.
An installation of rainbow coloured foam soaking Greenwich Peninsula is one of the highlights to have already been announced. German artist Stephanie Lüning will create art from the foam as it grows and changes, blending the colours as it gathers into mountainous forms.
Stephanie specialises in short-lived and interactive works of art in public spaces, exploring the limits of “painting.” Exact dates for the free installation Island of Foam: Version XVIII are to be announced in June but the Greenwich+Docklands festival will take place 26 August-11 September 2022.
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As part of the festival, House of Suarez will also take over Old Royal Naval College on 27 August to present a street theatre and vogue performance called House of Oak and Iron. The production aims to reframe the history of Greenwich’s colonial past, changing perceptions and spotlighting struggles for equality.
Dance will play a big part in the festival. CROWD_CTRL will see Dragonsquad explore their history with the Afrobeat’s movement in a performance enhanced by tech and LED visuals by Wumzum , coreographed by AndroidX in collaboration with MHz scenography, on 3 September.
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The Royal Ballet will put on a duet performance at Canary Wharf on 10-11 September. It will feature disabled dancer Joe Powell-Main in a retelling of The Sleepwalker. Migrare will also be at Canary Wharf on 10-11 September: the stilts production will tell the story of four migrant women fighting for a place to call home.
Canning Town will become the temporary home of Charon for the first ten days of September. The 32ft structure featuring dancing skeletons will come to life when operated by teams of volunteers every night. The Peter Hudson installation takes inspiration from Greek mythology.
Another highlight of the festival will be The Sky Is Filled With Thunder by Fevered Sleep: a sound installation in a playground in Thamesmead taking place 27-28 August. Voices of local children will feature and the installation will focus on themes of home, migration, family histories, hope, anger, fear and joy will be explored.
The full line up will be announced in June. Greenwich+Docklands festival will take place 26 August-11 September 2022 in various spaces across Greenwich, Thamesmead and East London.
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