Seriously Spectacular Theatre 2 1 - 30 June

GDIF2012

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival

An event whose annual contribution to the happiness of the people of London is unrivalled
THE GUARDIAN

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photo: Prometheus Awakes Part of London 2012 Festival

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Seriously Spectacular Theatre

To celebrate this massively important year, were reaching out for something new, whilst recalling the best of GDIF past. For the first time ever, were presenting an indoor production, Crow, which will bring the spirit of the outdoors inside a building. You can also experience Prometheus Awakes, a groundbreaking spectacular which we hope will epitomise something of the 2012 Paralympic spirit. Downriver a contemporary fusion of sound, cars and choreography will take you to the wide open spaces of the Greenwich Peninsula with Motor Show, whilst our new Word on the Street season will bring cutting edge writers, directors and performers into the outdoors for the first time.
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GDIF 2012 also takes stock of past Festival favourites. Well be bringing our most ambitious outdoor dance programme yet to Canary Wharf; parading along Roman Road with Sarrugas larger than life insects; and the Greenwich Fair will also be back with a vengeance! To cap it all off, for those with long memories (as well as first timers), Compagnie Malabar will round off this years festivities with spectacular circus, fireworks and a tidal wave of foam. Bradley Hemmings, Artistic Director Nathan Curry, Associate Director
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Crow
By Ted Hughes Presented by Handspring Puppet Company UK

Mon 18 June - Sat 7 July, 8pm

Previews 18-20 June 21 June: 7pm, Matinees: Sat 30 June & Sat 7 July, 5pm (no perfs Sunday)

Tickets: 18, 15 (conc. 15, 12) All previews 10 BOOK NOW! Greenwich Theatre 020 8858 7755 greenwichtheatre.org.uk and National Theatre 020 7452 3000 nationaltheatre.org.uk

Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51 Commissioning credits page 63

The Borough Hall at Greenwich Dance, SE10 8RE

Runs approx 80 mins (no interval) Suitable for age 14+ For the first time ever, GDIF will bring the spirit of the outdoors inside a building, with this world premiere from Handspring Puppet Company, whose work on the National Theatre production of War Horse has been seen throughout the world. Breathing new theatrical life into Ted Hughes mythic Crow poems, Handspring combine their ingenious puppetry with choreography by Ben Duke in a dance theatre performance which promises to be one of Londons hottest tickets this summer.

So exhilarating it makes you rejoice to be alive.

The Times (on the National Theatres production of War Horse)
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Supported by: Greenwich Theatre and National Theatre

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Prometheus Awakes
Presented by Graeae and La Fura dels Baus

Fri 22 June, 10pm National Maritime Museum, Royal Museums Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 40 mins
You will feel the earth move and the sky explode in this epic re-interpretation of the famous Greek myth. Created by Graeae, the boldly inventive disabled-led theatre company and Catalan masters of visual magnificence La Fura dels Baus, Prometheus Awakes is proudly presented in the year of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Travel/Map/ Access: pages 50-51 Commissioning credits page 63

Spectacular staging, a virtuosic tour-de-force

Sydney Morning Herald (La Fura dels Baus / Le Grand Macabre)

Work of thrilling originality The Independent on Graeae

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Sat 23 - Sun 24 June FREE

Events on pages 10 - 31 Map on pages 50-51 Greenwich Fair Voices: page 60

Hugely successful at last years Festival, the Greenwich Fair is back, with a two day outpouring of street arts taking over Greenwich Town Centre. The original nineteenth century Greenwich Fair was an uproarious feast of sideshows, dancing booths, travelling menageries and gruesome melodramas. Much loved by Dickens, it was eventually banned because it was too unruly, but last year GDIF boldly revived it as a showcase for the best of British and international outdoor arts. So roll up and view a show in a giant pig, glimpse a flying grand piano, get lost in a Catalan labyrinth or have your tea leaves read!

Carrousel des Moutons

Presented by Dirque & Fien

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1.45pm & 4.40pm Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 60 mins
Perhaps you once had a musical nightlight by your bed? Do you remember how it kept you safe with revolving stars, planets and sheep floating above you on the ceiling? In this stunning circus performance you can travel back to that magical childhood place accompanied by a playful gravity defying piano and entrancing acrobatic balance performances. Dirque & Fiens captivating performance has enchanted audiences from Belgium to Brazil, but now its Londons turn to suspend disbelief and experience a magical afternoon of counting sheep!
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51 Travel/Map/Access: pages 4849 Commissioning credits page 59
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The Invasion
Presented by Ljud

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June

1.25pm & 3.40pm

Old Royal Naval College/Cutty Sark Gardens/ Greenwich Market, SE10

FREE (no ticket required) Roaming
A pink invasion is spreading through Greenwich and its inviting everybody to join in! Seven weird and wonderful characters arrive from outer space trying to establish contact with the human race, teaching us their habits and trying to learn our tricks. Follow these outsiders and see our world through their eyes as they try to look for jobs, friends and lovers. This wildly inventive and extraordinarily costumed Slovenian troupe are presented in the year in which Greenwichs twin town Maribor celebrates as European Capital of Culture.

The actors provide top notch experiential theatre that makes the public smile Sjaellandske, Denmark
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Travel/Map/ Access: pages 50-51

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Falling Up
Presented by Mimbre

The Pig
Presented by Whalley Range All Stars

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 2.50pm & 5.45pm Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 40 mins
Athlete, performer or model, there is no such thing as a perfect body, but each one of us is extraordinary. The UKs leading all female street theatre company celebrates the beautiful reality of everybody and what were capable of through acrobatics, theatre and dance.

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1pm - 3pm & 4.30pm - 6.30pm King Charles Lawn, Old Royal Naval College, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 10 mins
Roll up and see the Greenwich Fairs 30 foot long pig! She sleeps in her pen, snuffling and snoring, unaware that theres something a little odd going on inside her belly. Take a peek inside youll be in for a surprise. For piglets of all ages.

Mimbre is starting out on a journey that could, if they are brave, take them - and us to unexpected places The Guardian
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51 Commissioning credits page 63

El Laberint
Presented by Itinernia

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1pm - 7pm King Charles Lawn, Old Royal Naval College, SE10
FREE (no ticket required)
Test your ingenuity and skill in this playful Catalan Labyrinth in which there are many gateways and pathways, through which you can create your own journey by solving puzzles, conundrums and calculations which open the doors.

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Little Wonder
Presented by Molly Orange

The Allotment
Presented by Plunge Boom

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 3.35pm & 6.35pm Monument Gardens, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 30 mins
The Borrowers are at the circus! Acrobalance and physical theatre combine in this delightful tale of when we were small and the simplest objects were fascinating playmates.

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1.10pm, 3pm & 5.45pm King Charles Lawn, Old Royal Naval College, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 45 mins
The Vegetable Nannies invite you to join them in their allotment for a bit of nursery gardening. Come and get stuck into the daily duties of feeding, bathing and caring for the baby fruits and vegetables or sit back and watch the miracles grow.

Thingamabob
Presented by Pangottic

Magic Van
Presented by Marco Neri & Luca Regina

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1pm, 4.10pm & 6.25pm Monument Gardens, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 30 mins
Gadgets come alive in this performance that might have been dreamt up by Heath Robinson! In the tradition of sideshow entertainment, step up and be amazed by this highly original devised, ball slinging, self-exploding contraption!
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Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1.30pm - 3.15pm & 5.15pm - 7pm Monument Gardens, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 12 mins
A vintage van with a retro look hides a secret... a 17th Century Italian cabaret cafe. Step through the curtains and enter a world of magic, mind reading and Italian farce!
Commissioning credits page 63
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The Brooklyn Healer

Presented by Dans La Poche

Spun Productions
Presented by StopGAP

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1pm - 3pm & 4pm - 6pm Monument Gardens, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 10 mins
Step into the world of a Brooklyn mobster and his car packed with remedies and healing techniques for all your aches and pains. Just keep an eye on the wallet!

Sun 24 June 1pm & 4.15pm Monument Gardens, Greenwich, SE10

FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 30 mins
Wanna be a celebrity? Get yourself on Spun TV! Full of surprises and subversive humour, Spun Productions follows the rise and fall of a celebrity wannabe. Performed by one of the UKs leading integrated dance companies.

Identi-Tea
Presented by Dans La Poche

La Boite Noire
Presented by Bootworks

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June

1.35pm, 2.50pm, 3.50pm, 5.15pm & 6.05pm

Monument Gardens, Greenwich, SE10

FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 20 mins
Enjoy a refreshing cup of Oolong in the shadow of the Cutty Sark, whilst being entertained with a heady brew of stories, divination and close up magic.
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Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1.05pm, 2.45pm, 5.40pm Cutty Sark Gardens/Old Royal Naval College, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 60 mins
A film noir pulp thriller of minuscule proportions. Venture inside one of these unique tricycle installations and experience a murder mystery from four different perspectives. Was it the wife, the mistress or the driver who saw him last?
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The Man Who Lost His Buttons

Presented by Circ Panic

Fri 22 June 8.30pm Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1pm, 2.45pm & 6.20pm Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 40 mins
Reaching into the sky to mirror the masts of the newly restored Cutty Sark this gravity defying Catalan performance lands in Greenwich for its UK premiere. Breathtaking physicality, beautiful music and comedy combine as a lone dancer stretches high into the air on a single pole. With staging never previously seen in this country witness wondrous synergy between the human body and a swinging pole.
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51

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The Knowledge Emporium

Presented by Slung Low

Brown Paper Packages

Presented by Kazzum

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 3.30pm & 5.25pm Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 60 mins
Step inside this old-fashioned sweetshop in a converted 1960s airstream caravan and share a fascinating fact, a favourite poem, a family recipe or whatever you want and then enter it in The Big Book of Everything We Know. In return, you can help yourself to some sweets! Performances from fellow sweet-lovers will follow at 3.30pm and 5.25pm on Sunday 24 June Knowledge collection workshops inside the caravan Thurs 21 Sun 24 June, 1pm 7pm
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 2.10pm & 4.35pm Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 30 mins
An extraordinary assortment of packages have landed in Cutty Sark Gardens, all mysteriously addressed to a friend. This wonderfully interactive childrens theatre performance invites young explorers on a playful, exploratory journey, as the packages unfold to create pop-up landscapes. Come and help unwrap these Brown Paper Packages and seek out the stories inside!

A brilliant exposition of imaginative theatre

The Stage

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Word on the Street

In a Festival first, this year GDIF is hosting some of most original, exciting and cutting edge artists working in UK theatre. Word on the Street will inject outdoor theatre with new writing on trains (page 25), explorations of Greenwichs past (page 28), biting political song theatre (page 26), a poetic tale of urban living (page 27), a tea party (page 29) and even a bouncy castle (page 30).
Photo: RashDash
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51 Commissioning credits page 63

Mean Between Times

Presented by 11:18 in collaboration with Bryony Lavery

Fri 22 - Sat 30 June

June 22 - 24 11am, 1.30pm, 4pm June 25 - 30 3pm and 7pm

Charing Cross Station

meet at the Information Desk

FREE (booking required*) Train ticket included Runs approx 25 mins

Meet at Charing Cross station for this thrilling audio theatre experience by 11:18 - featuring award winning playwright Bryony Lavery. Londons first ever railway has carried passengers to Greenwich since 1840. Now, as your train departs, voices and sounds of the city past and present will emerge from the passing urban landscape.

Her talent is lavish

The Observer on Bryony Lavery

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*This is a free event with limited capacity. Book through Greenwich Theatre 020 8858 7755 greenwichtheatre.org.uk Any remaining tickets will be available at the Charing Cross Station information desk before each show.

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White Suit
Presented by Helen Chadwick Song Theatre

KnightWatch: SouthStory
By Inua Ellams Produced by Fuel Runs approx 25 mins
Commissioning Credits page 63

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1pm & 3.55pm St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required)
Combining close harmony singing with larger than life physical performance, White Suit tells the story of a landmine survivor. This surreal piece of theatrical storytelling features singing armaments and dancing arms dealers in a highly stylised song-theatre performance.

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 7pm Basketball Court, Meridian Estate, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (booking required*)
Age Advisory: 12+ Live drumming, flute and poetry combine to tell the story of a city where tower blocks are stone mountains and walls are urban tapestries. Inua Ellams, Writer in Residence at the Tate Modern Project, and fresh from a sell out run at the National Theatre (Black T-Shirt Collection) conjures incredible images of a city not unlike London and imagines a world beyond it.

Runs approx 40 mins

Skyrf
Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1pm - 3pm & 4pm - 6pm St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required)
Gijs van Bons ingenious art installation moves through St Alfege Park, leaving famous lines from Ted Hughes, Charles Dickens and GDIF2012 artists, launching Word on the Street and celebrating Greenwichs rich history of literature.
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Londons hottest new spoken word talent

The Times on Inua Ellams
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51 Commissioning Credits page 63

*This is a free event with limited capacity. Book through Greenwich Theatre 020 8858 7755 greenwichtheatre.org.uk Any remaining tickets will be available at the venue before the show.

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This Place Means

Presented by High Hearted

Symphony
Presented by nabokov

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 2.25pm & 4.55pm St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 40 mins
Stumble through time, between headstones and decades unearthing the secrets only this forgotten corner of Greenwich can know. Discover whos spoken, whos listened, and whos buried on an intimate journey through St Alfege Park.
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51 Commissioning Credits page 63

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1.30pm, 3.30pm & 5.20pm St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 20 mins
Theatre collides with the energy of a live gig as three of the most exciting writers in Britain today combine to fuse the rhythm of words with the rhythm of music.
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51 Commissioning Credits page 63

Rantbox
Presented by tangled feet and Biding Time

Anyone for Tea?

Presented by Les Enfants Terribles Runs approx 15 mins

Sun 24 June 2.55pm, 4.50pm & 5.45pm St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required)
An interactive performance exploring and exposing public opinion about climate change - and more! A compelling performance mixing local voices with those of world leaders.
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Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 1.55pm & 6.15pm St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 20 mins
Bring all the family to join us for a Mad Hatters Tea Party with a twist - featuring live music, puppetry and room at the table for all!

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Olfactory
Presented by curious directive

Set Fire to Everything!!!

Presented by RashDash

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June

2.10pm, 3.10pm, 4.40pm & 5.35pm

Monument Gardens, Greenwich, SE10

FREE (no ticket required) Runs 5 mins per person
A one-on-one experience exploring our intimate relationship with perfume. Step inside the Olfactory to explore your personal aspirations for the future.

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June 4.25pm & 6.45pm St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 20 mins
Buy wrapping paper. Phone Barclays. Get Batteries. Change bulb in bathroom. MUST do tax return TODAY. Put GREEN bin out. Transfer money into other account. Find little bank calculator thingy. Get petrol. Find keys. MUST find lead for printer. Buy external hard drive. RECEIPTS!!!! Passport photo. Overdraft. Reference number. Tracking code. Socks. Sew button onto coat. Book train tickets. Handwashing. USB stick. Parking ticket. User name. Password. SET FIRE TO EVERYTHING!!!. Live music, frantic physicality and an enormous mess RashDash take on the To Do list.
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51 Commissioning credits page 63

Ination
Presented by tangled feet

Sat 23 June 3.05pm & 5.45pm St Alfege Park, Greenwich, SE10

FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 20 mins
A cheeky and humorous attempt to solve the recession on a bouncy castle in a slapstick exploration of the uncertain ground were standing on.
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Commissioning credits page 63

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Motor Show
Presented by Requardt and Rosenberg

Sat 23 - Wed 27 June, 9.45pm West Parkside, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10

FREE (ticket required*) Runs approx 60 mins
Unsuitable for children. Age advisory: 16+ Take your seats as a forgotten urban landscape comes to life. Uncovering stories seeded on the edges of the city, this poetic dance theatre performance brings together choreographed cars and glimpses of stolen moments up close and on the horizon. Look on, as electrifying contemporary dance reveals the inner lives of young lovers and others drawn to the edge, whilst you listen to a soundscape on personal headsets.

*This is a free event with limited capacity. Book through Greenwich Theatre Box Office, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, SE10 020 8858 7755 greenwichtheatre.org.uk Any remaining tickets will be available at West Parkside 30 mins before each show.
Travel/Map/Access: pages 50-51 Commissioning credits page 63

Thrillingly Intense... rich and rewarding

The Guardian (Requardt and Roseberg / Electric Hotel)

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Insectes
Presented by Sarruga

Sat 23 June, 9.45pm Roman Road Market, Bow, Tower Hamlets, E3

FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 50 mins
In a street performance which might have been dreamt up by the visionary architect Gaudi, a parade of giant insects will take over Roman Road. Beautifully designed and operated by cycle power, watch out for a fantastical spider dwarfing cars, an energetic ant feasting on trees and a praying mantis staring into top floor windows! With wonderful music and special effects, these insects will advance with the Olympic Park in their sights!

An explosive mix of puppetry, street theatre and music.

Evening Gazette, Teeside

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Travel/Map/Access: pages 54-55

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Red Shoes
Presented by Upswing

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DANCING CITY 2009

Thur 28 June Sat 30 June, Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14 (map - page 52)
Thur 1pm & 5pm, Fri 1pm & 6.30pm, Sat 2.10pm & 4.35pm FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 25 mins Gather round for the grim and glorious world of Hans Christian Anderson in this acrobatic re-telling of his twisted tale. Two characters find themselves at the edge of a mysterious forest; an unknown place that represents their inner temptations. This forbidden land can yield rewards for the intrepid trespasser, but beware, its a place where theyll also be tested; lost and found. A rich reimagining of the dark and disturbing fairytale in a forest of chinese poles.
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Travel/Map/Access: pages 52-53 Commissioning credits: page 63
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Dancing City
Sat 30 June, 1pm - 5pm Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14 (map - page 52)
FREE (no ticket required) Exhilarating, surprising, thought-provoking and fun: outdoor dance is all of these things and more. Theres no better introduction to the joys of dancing on the street than GDIFs ever popular Dancing City event, which this year welcomes leading UK and international companies and choreographers to E14. On your journey through the parks, piazzas and waterfronts, you might encounter runaway trolleys, a seaside picnic, eccentric beds or a fairytale forest. Theres also an opportunity to see large scale choreography with Tomorrows Men, an inspirational performance by local young men.
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Photo: Trolleys Travel/Map/Access: pages 52-53

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Dancing City
Trolleys

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Presented by C-12 Dance Theatre Sat 1.30pm & 3.05pm, Canary Riverside (map - page 52) Runs approx 25 mins
A street ballet for supermarket trolleys: five shopping trolleys randomly appear at Canary Riverside. Two meet and fall in love. One grapples to find a friend. Part street dance, part ballet, part acrobatic spectacle, Trolleys is a high-octane, intensely physical and humorous outdoor performance on wheels! Trolleys is choreographed by award-winning Australian choreographer Shaun Parker (Happy As Larry).

Push

Presented by Company Chameleon Sat 2.40pm & 4.05pm, Wren Landing (map - page 52) Runs approx 20 mins
Physically challenging yet sensitive, Push continues a conversation that began in childhood between dance artists Anthony Missen and Kevin Edward Turner. This powerful and engaging duet looks at the stances we take as we relate to one another, how at times we push and at others we yield.
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Photo: Push Travel/Map/Access: pages 52-53 Commissioning credits: page 63

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Dancing City
Expedition Paddock

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Presented by Tango Sumo Sat 1.30pm & 3.25pm, Montgomery Square (map - page 52) Runs approx 45 mins
Expect dancing beds, scrap metal music and mattress acrobatics in this humorous performance of bedtime antics. Five men with five beds arrive, exhausted from lack of sleep. We are launched into their epic adventures - beds become boats, cliffs and places of sanctuary as the five characters try to catch 40 winks.

Tribal Assembly
Presented by Bad Taste Cru Sat 3.40pm, Columbus Courtyard (map - page 52) Runs approx 45 mins
Physical theatre and dynamic hip-hop dance fuse as this champion B-boy cru play out a story of four very different stereotypes. A business man, chav, emo and tramp rise from the pavements to battle for the streets. But who will come out on top? A story of our city in 2012 and the fault lines that pepper the landscape.
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Photo: Expedition Paddock Travel/Map/Access: pages 52-53

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Dancing City
Seasaw

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Presented by Tilted Productions Sat 1pm & 3.40pm, Cabot Square to Canary Riverside Promenade - approx 80 mins
Starting with a seaside picnic and floating out with the tide, join us on this seafront promenade with a difference. Memories of beside the seaside conjures images of a bygone era - but what is the contemporary story of the British shoreline?

Four Seasons of Buenos Aries

Presented by Arensky Chamber Orchestra and TM Voss Sat 1.30pm, 2.20pm, 3.20pm, 4.10pm, East Wintergarden Runs approx 12 mins
Like Vivaldi before him, Argentinian composer Piazzolla was inspired by the four seasons. However, his southern hemisphere version is soaked with the sensuous atmosphere of the Buenos Aires Tango. Londons newest chamber orchestra collaborate with leading German choreographer TM Voss to bring Piazzola up close and personal in the sumptuous setting of the East Wintergarden.

Photo: Seasaw Travel/Map/Access: pages 52-53 Commissioning credits: page 63

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Dancing City
Tomorrows Men

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Photo: Tomorrows Men Travel/Map/Access: pages 52-53 Commissioning credits: page 63

Presented by Jeanefer Jean-Charles and East London Dance Sat 1pm & 3pm, Jubilee Plaza (map - page 52) Runs approx 25 mins
Tomorrows Men are born on 30th June 2012: an all male, high energy, athletic new performance that fuses street dance, hip-hop, contemporary dance and acrobatics. A groundbreaking new organisation, established by Jeanefer Jean-Charles that works with the men of tomorrow and asks the question how can we encourage and celebrate high achievement among our young men? With youthful intensity and political bite this is a performance that will wake up the city.

Jean-Charles uses a juicily physical vocabulary to chart the emotional course of a revolution.
The Guardian (on Jean-Charles Rosa Moments)

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Le Voyage des Aquarves

Presented by La Compagnie Malabar

Sat 30 June, 9.30pm Woolwich Town Centre, SE18 (Starts Powis St)
FREE (no ticket required) Runs approx 60 mins
Following hard on the heels of last years Les Girafes, one of GDIFs most captivating productions returns to provide the finale to this years Festival. Setting sail through the streets of Woolwich a giant ship of dreams with its crew of stiltwalkers, musicians and aerialists will embark on an aquatic adventure. Get swept up in a truly spectacular experience as the ship finally docks in Beresford Square, unleashing an ocean of foam and special effects.

..an uncanny, psychedelic performance, with plenty of strange fun for the entire family!
The Prague Post

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Travel/Map/Access: pages 56-57

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Royal Museums National Maritime Museum (enter via Romney Rd Gate) Prometheus Awakes 22 June Meridian Estate Basketball Court KnightWatch:SouthStory 23 - 24 June West Parkside, Greenwich Peninsula Motor Show 23 - 27 June Greenwich Market Greenwich Fair Voices 23 - 24 June (page 60) Charing Cross Station Mean Between Times 22 - 30 June Meet at Information Desk

Borough Hall at Greenwich Dance Crow 18 June - 7 July St Alfege Park Word on the Street 23 - 24 June St Alfege Park Bardsley Lane entrance for This Place Means Cutty Sark Gardens Greenwich Fair 23 - 24 June Monument Gardens Old Royal Naval College Greenwich Fair 23 - 24 June King Charles Lawn Old Royal Naval College Greenwich Fair 23 - 24 June

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Greenwich, SE10 By Train: Greenwich By DLR: Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich By Bus: 129, 177, 180, 188, 199, 286, 386 By Car: Public car parking off Park Row, Burney Street & Cutty Sark Gardens (See map) By Thames Clippers: Greenwich Pier West Parkside, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 By Tube: North Greenwich By Bus: 161, 108, 129, 132, 472, 486, 188, 422 By Car: Paid parking at O2 By Thames Clippers: North Greenwich Pier Access: Disabled parking available. Adapted toilets marked AT on map. Full Access details at festival.org/travel or phone 020 8305 5023 or email access@festival.org

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Canary Wharf
Dancing City Sat 30 June

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Columbus Courtyard Tribal Assembly 3.40pm Cabot Square to Canary Riverside Seasaw 1pm, 3.40pm
Approx 80 mins promenade

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Jubilee Plaza Tomorrows Men 1pm & 3pm East Wintergarden Four Seasons 1.30pm, 2.20pm, 3.20pm & 4.10pm
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Canary Riverside Trolleys 1.30pm, 3.05pm

Wren Landing Push 2.40pm & 4.05pm

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Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14 By Tube: Canary Wharf By DLR: Canary Wharf By Bus: D3, D7, D8, 135, 277 By Car: Underground car parks leading to Cabot, Canada and Jubilee Place shopping malls. By Thames Clippers: Canary Wharf Pier Full disabled Access: access throughout Canary Wharf, including car parks and toilet facilities. Full Access details at www.festival.org/travel or phone 020 8305 5023 or email access@festival.org canarywharf.com

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Cabot Square Red Shoes Thur: 1pm, 5pm Fri: 1pm, 6.30pm Sat: 2.10pm & 4.35pm
Runs approx 25 mins

Montgomery Square Expedition Paddock 1.30pm & 3.25pm

Runs approx 45 mins

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La Compagnie Malabar Le Voyage des Aquarves Sat 30 June, 9.30pm

The parade starts on Powis Street (Junction with Calderwood Street) at 9.30pm and then proceeds to General Gordon Square and then finally to Beresford Square. See red dotted line on map.

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The Greenwich Festivals

GDIF is delighted to be working with the Royal Borough of Greenwich as part of The Greenwich Festivals, promoting a range of high quality festivals and cultural events across the borough celebrating the cultural vibrancy of Greenwich. In addition to GDIF, forthcoming events include: Greenwich Dance, Greenwich World Cultural Festival, Parksfest and the Peninsula Festival - a series of fantastic music concerts and big screens showing live coverage of the 2012 Olympic and Paralymic Games. It will also be bringing London its first city beach, due to open in June.
Further information can be found at: www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/festivals
Protein Dance Picnic (Part of Greenwich World Cultural Festival)

Catalan Culture
GDIF 2012 is delighted to present work by leading Catalan companies, including the world premiere of Prometheus Awakes by La Fura dels Baus (with Graeae); Sarruga, whose unique style grows out of the natural world; Circ Panics breathtaking theatre; and Itinerarias maze. You dont have to go to Barcelona to see the best of Catalan outdoor arts - thanks to the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes Catalan Language and Culture abroad and supports the mobility of the artists and Catalan! Arts who are supporting professional networking meetings showcasing outstanding Catalan performers.

Without Walls
GDIF is a founder member of Without Walls, a consortium of eight of the countrys leading outdoor arts festivals. Thanks to investment by Arts Council England, GDIF is proud to present a platform of exciting new outdoor work by British artists under the Without Walls banner.
White Suit page 26 Falling Up page 14 Motor Show pages 32-33 Red Shoes pages 36-37 Trolleys page 40 Push page 40 Seasaw page 44 www.withoutwalls.uk.com

Prometheus Awakes pages 6-7

Insectes pages 34-35

Trolleys page 40

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Greenwich Fair Voices

Sat 23 - Sun 24 June, 1pm - 6pm
Information Point:

Support your Festival !!

GDIF prides itself on delivering the best of outdoor arts. Over 80,000 people came last year but keeping the Festival free is a major fundraising challenge and so were asking you to help. We are asking you to support us by giving 1 a month to help keep GDIF events free and accessible. Just a small donation of 12 from a tiny fraction of our audience would enable us to present three companies at next years Greenwich Fair! Please support GDIF now

Greenwich Market, SE10ket

Greenwich Fair Voices takes its inspiration from the rambunctious Greenwich Fair of the 1830s. Map toting volunteers will supply you with free noses and much more - they have researched this uproarious event, home to travelling menageries, dancing booths, puppet shows and melodramatic theatrical performances and are primed to tell stories about the people of Greenwich Fair and the entertainments they enjoyed when it was a Londoners most outrageous holiday destination. Find out more at festival.org, asking a volunteer or visiting our stall in Greenwich Market.
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Text GDIF1212 to 70070

or you can donate at

www.justgiving.com/GDIF

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Supporters
Greenwich+Docklands International Festival is supported by

New Commissions for 2012

CROW
Co-commissioned by Royal Borough of Greenwich, London 2012 Fesitval and GDIF.

MOTOR SHOW
Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival, London International Festival of Theatre, Norfolk+Norwich Festival. (Supported by Without Walls)

PROMETHEUS AWAKES
Co-commissioned by GDIF and Stockton International Riverside Festival. Co-produced by GDIF, Graeae and La Fura dels Baus. Part of the London 2012 Festival

ANYONE FOR TEA?, SYMPHONY, SET FIRE TO EVERYTHING!!!, OLFACTORY, INFLATION

Co-commissioned by Lyric Hammersmith, GDIF, Watford Palace Theatre and Latitude Festival.

MEAN BETWEEN TIMES

Commissioned by GDIF.

Greenwich+Docklands Festivals The Borough Hall, Royal Hill London, SE10 8RE Tel: (020) 8305 1818 Email: admin@festival.org A company limited by guarantee Regd No: 2876062. Regd Charity: 1037878 Brochure design: keanlanyon.com Print: axisonline.co.uk using environment friendly paper Photos / illustrations: Cover image Tai Lomas. Page 4 Image designed by Feast Creative. Page 6 Andreu Adrover. Page 8 Richardsons Theatre. From the George Speaight Collection. Page 10 J-M Coubart. Page 12 Katarina Zalar. Page 14 Eric Richmond and Jamie Currey. Page 15 Paul Herrmann. Page 16 Molly Orange. Page 17 Alan Hook. Page 18 Rosa Parkin & Adrian Harris. Page 19 Chris Parks & Ludovic des Cognets. Page 20 GDIF & Circ Panic page 21 KE Marketing. Page 22 Soe Layton. Page 24 Ludovic des Cognets. Page 26 Miriam Nabarro. Page 27 Inua Ellams. Page 28 Kamal Prashar. Page 29 Chris Hudson. Page 30 Andreas Brooks. Page 32 Susanne Dietz. Page 34 & 54 (Sarruga). Page 36 Tiago Oliveira. Page 38, 59 Irven Lewis. Page 40 Brian Slater. Page 42 Thas Le Saux. Page 44 Pari Naderi. Page 46 Irven Lewis. Page 58 Chris Nash. Page 61 Doug Southall

MIMBRE: FALLING UP

WHITE SUIT
Commissioned by Without Walls.

With thanks to

Co-commissioned by Winchester Hat Factory, Le Cirque Jules Verne dAmiens / Ple National cirque et arts de la rue, Detmold European Street Theatre Festival

THIS PLACE MEANS

Commissioned by GDIF.

THINGAMABOB
Co-commissioned by GDIF, Hat Fair, Seachange Arts, Chelmsford Borough Council, UK Le Fourneau, France.

FOUR SEASONS OF BUENOS AIRES

Co-commissioned by GDIF and Arensky Chamber Orchestra.

KNIGHTWATCH: SOUTHSTORY
Commissioned by The Albany.

PUSH
Co-commissioned by Without Walls and Dance Initiative Greater Manchester.

BROWN PAPER PACKAGES

Originally commissioned by Liberty Festival 2010.

TROLLEYS
Commissioned by Without Walls.

RED SHOES
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Co-commissioned by Without Walls and Watch This Space Festival, National Theatre

TOMORROWS MEN
Commissioned by East London Dance.

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