Events & Exhibitions Listing - GDIF2012 - Greenwich+Docklands International Festival

Festival programme

Crow

18 June - 7 July 2012

By Ted Hughes Presented by Handspring Puppet Company UK

For the first time ever, GDIF will bring the spirit of the outdoors inside a building, with this world premiere from Handspring Puppet Company

Programme: Crow

Mean Between Times

22 - 30 June 2012

Presented by 11:18 in collaboration with Bryony Lavery

Take the train from Charing Cross to Greenwich and let the stories unfold enroute.

Programme: Word on the Street

Prometheus Awakes

22 June 2012

Presented by Graeae and La Fura dels Baus

Feel the earth move and the sky explode in this epic re-interpretation of the famous Greek myth.

Programme: Prometheus Awakes

Anyone for Tea?

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Les Enfants Terribles

Join Alice in Wonderland's tea party with live music!

Programme: Word on the Street

Brown Paper Packages

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Kazzum

Wonderfully interactive children‘s theatre performance invites young explorers on a playful and exploratory journey.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Carrousel des Moutons

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by D’irque & Fien

A floating piano reaches into the Greenwich sky in these fabulous acrobatic performance.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

El Laberint

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Itinerània

Get lost in this Catalan maze and then solve the puzzles to escape.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Falling Up

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Mimbre

UK’s leading all female street theatre company celebrates the beautiful reality of everybody and what we’re capable of through acrobatics, theatre and dance.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Greenwich Fair Voices

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by MSL Projects

Find out hidden stories from 19th century Greenwich and why Dickens was a frequenter at Greenwich Fair.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Identi-Tea

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Dans La Poche

Tea leaf reading fuses with magic to see into the future and the past!

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Inflation

23 June 2012

Presented by tangled feet

Politics, Economics and Bouncy Castles!

Programme: Word on the Street

Insectes

23 June 2012

Presented by Sarruga

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.

Programme: Insectes

KnightWatch: SouthS‘tory

23 - 24 June 2012

By Inua Ellams Produced by Fuel

Awarding winning poetry and live music combine for a story of our city

Programme: Word on the Street

La Boite Noire

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Bootworks

Watch out for this cycling theatre show you can watch from 5 perspectives!

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Little Wonder - cancelled!

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Molly Orange

A charming circus show with matchboxes and marbles that dwarf the tiny performers.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Magic Van

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Marco Neri & Luca Regina

This Italian camper van arrives into Greenwich with a magic show spilling out of its doors!

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Motor Show

23 - 27 June 2012

Presented by Requardt and Rosenberg

Take your seats as a forgotten urban landscape comes to life and electrifying dance takes hold.

Programme: Motor Show

Olfactory

23 June 2012

Presented by curious directive

A one on one experience to discover our relationships with scent.

Programme: Word on the Street

Set Fire to Everything!!!

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by RashDash

Music and physical theatre from award winning female ensemble.

Programme: Word on the Street

Skryf

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by HH Producties

Come and watch the incredible sandwriter scrawl its text on the streets of Greenwich.

Programme: Word on the Street

Symphony

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by nabokov

Contemporary scripts from London's premiere new writing company

Programme: Word on the Street

The Allotment

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Plunge Bloom

Come and look after the vegtable patch but watch out for thos veggies - they have eyes...

Programme: Greenwich Fair

The Brooklyn Healer

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Dans La Poche

Step inside a mobster's car for a tale of Brooklyns underworld.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

The Invasion

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Ljud

A pink invasion is spreading through Greenwich and it’s inviting everybody to join in!

Programme: Greenwich Fair

The Knowledge Emporium

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Slung Low

Step inside this old-fashioned sweetshop in a converted 1960’s airstream caravan and swap knowledge for sweets!

Programme: Greenwich Fair

The Man Who Lost His Buttons

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Circ Pànic

Breathtaking physicality, beautiful music and comedy combine as a lone dancer stretches high into the air on a single pole.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

The Pig

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Whalley Range All Stars

Roll up and see the Greenwich Fair’s 30 foot long pig!

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Thingamabob

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Pangottic

A unique sideshow featuring gadgets with a mind of their own.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

This Place Means

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by High Hearted

An intimate promenade through Greenwich's secret history

Programme: Word on the Street

White Suit

23 - 24 June 2012

Presented by Helen Chadwick Song Theatre

Combining close harmony singing with larger than life physical performance, White Suit tells the story of a landmine survivor.

Programme: Word on the Street

Rantbox

24 June 2012

Presented by tangled feet and Biding Time

Climate change: the British public speaks (and Barack Obama)

Programme: Word on the Street

Spun Productions

24 June 2012

Presented by StopGAP

A comedic look at the clamour for the celebrity lifestyle.

Programme: Greenwich Fair

Red Shoes

28 - 30 June 2012

Presented by Upswing

Gather round for the grim and glorious world of Hans Christian Anderson in this acrobatic re-telling of his twisted tale.

Programme: Dancing City

Expedition Paddock

30 June 2012

Presented by Tango Sumo

Expect dancing beds, scrap metal music and mattress acrobatics in this humorous performance of bedtime antics.

Programme: Dancing City

Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

30 June 2012

Presented by Arensky Chamber Orchestra and TM Voss

London’s newest chamber orchestra collaborate with leading German choreographer TM Voss to bring Piazzola up close and personal.

Programme: Dancing City

Le Voyage des Aquarêves

30 June 2012

Presented by La Compagnie Malabar

Following hard on the heels of last year’s Les Girafes, one of GDIF’s most captivating productions returns to provide the finale to this year’s Festival.

Programme: Le Voyage des Aquarêves

Push

30 June 2012

Presented by Company Chameleon

Physically challenging yet sensitive, this duet dissects the way in which we relate to each other.

Programme: Dancing City

Seasaw

30 June 2012

Presented by Tilted Productions

Starting with a seaside picnic and floating out with the tide, join us on this seafront promenade with a difference.

Programme: Dancing City

Tomorrow’s Men

30 June 2012

Presented by Jeanefer Jean-Charles and East London Dance

An all male, high energy, athletic new performance that fuses street dance, hip-hop, contemporary dance and acrobatics.

Programme: Dancing City

Tribal Assembly

30 June 2012

Presented by Bad Taste Cru

Physical theatre and dynamic hip-hop dance fuse as this champion B-boy cru play out a story of four very different stereotypes.

Programme: Dancing City

Trolleys

30 June 2012

Presented by C-12 Dance Theatre

Award winning at Brigton Festival this is a beautiful and surprising street ballet for supermarket trolleys.

Programme: Dancing City