GREENWICH FAIR GUIDE Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June HERE to HELP HOW CAN I SUPPORT GDIF?

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GREENWICH FAIR GUIDE Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June HERE TO HELP HOW CAN I SUPPORT GDIF?

If you have any questions about Thank you for asking! GDIF is a Greenwich Fair, need help finding registered charity and, in addition a performance, or just want to annual funding grants (which a good lunch recommendation represent 28% of our income), then come and talk to us at the we rely on the generosity of our Info Points in Greenwich Park, audience and supporters. Our Cutty Sark Gardens and the volunteers collect cash donations Old Royal Naval College — at almost every event, so, if you they’re marked on the maps can, please make a contribution on pages 4, 12 and 17. to the collection buckets after a show, and help us continue to Follow us on Twitter deliver high quality, free, outdoor @GDIFestival for updates. arts events year after year.

You can also make a one-off donation of £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 by text. Text GDIF17 and the amount to 70070 e.g. GDIF17 £10. To give a higher value donation visit justgiving.com/gdif.

If you would like information about the benefits of joining our patrons scheme please email [email protected]. Welcome to Greenwich Fair, This Guide is designed to help GDIF’s annual ‘festival within you get the most out of your a festival’, offering three, jam- visit. Read on to see what’s in packed days of family friendly store across our four locations: art, circus, games, installations Cutty Sark Gardens, the Old Royal and street arts. 160 years after Naval College, Greenwich Park being banned for its disruption and, on Sunday, traffic-free of Victorian Greenwich, GDIF’s Greenwich Town Centre. Each contemporary reinvention section details the performances of this nineteenth century in that location, alongside maps, knees-up returns with more and handy schedules so you can than 30 productions. This year’s plan your day. programme has a special focus on artists from South Korea, Share your photos with us using alongside the best of UK and #GDIFestival and we’ll share international outdoor arts. some of our favourites throughout Part of the Royal Greenwich Festivals the day.

ACCESS Welcome to Greenwich Fair! Please note a few shows have limited capacity — please check listings for details. On Sunday there are BSL interpreted shows, an interpreted route and a limited ‘on demand’ service from the Info Points — check schedules for details. For large print or for any queries visit the Info Points. festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 01 GREENWICH FAIR JOURNEYS

Get the most out of your day Kids’ Journey at Greenwich Fair by following Saturday/Sunday our curated routes. Meet at the first location or join 10 1pm/12pm Baba Yaga’s House at any point on route! 10 1.40pm/12.40pm Flit, Flap & Fly 13 2.25pm/1.20pm SEED 17 From 2pm Podium (Sunday only)

Variety Journey BSL Journey Saturday/Sunday Sunday only

7 1pm/12pm Flagrant Delire 13 1.20pm SEED 12 1.45/12.45pm Fillage 7 1.55pm Table Manners 13 2.25pm/1.20pm SEED 6 2.45pm Corazón a Corazón 7 3pm/1.55pm Table Manners 15 3.10pm Bingo Lingo 11 3.45pm/2.50pm Simple Cypher 15 3.50pm Strong Lady 8 15 4.25pm/3.10pm Bingo Lingo 18 4.20pm OSADIA 15 19 5pm Ceremonial gate opening & Ida Barr

SAFETY

We’re working with SFM Security have specialist training and can to ensure Greenwich Fair is as safe contact emergency services and enjoyable as possible. Security if required. If you are here with personnel and Stewards are on site children we recommend you wearing high visibility vests. Please write your phone number on their feel free to approach them to report arm or on a wristband (available anything suspicious. The team at Info Points).

02 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June FOOD & DRINK

Greenwich Market is open late For a cake and caffeine boost for Friday Street Food Fest, with head to Dungarees Coffee and for delicious street food, cocktails a cold, refreshing beer Craft Beer and London Brewers beers — Man’s your man. Plus on Sunday perfect for refuelling before Greenwich Market’s finest food heading up to the late-night trucks park up in King William Walk, Museum of the Moon shows. A host giving you even more foodie options of tasty options will keep you going out in the street. Alternatively throughout the weekend. In Cutty for traditional pub classics Sark Gardens you’ll find vegan with a contemporary touch goodies from Rupert Street’s and we recommend The Old Brewery American-style Engine Hot Dogs. in the Old Royal Naval College.

SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR GDIF

GDIF is a registered charity and we rely on the generosity of our audience and supporters. Show your love for GDIF with a suggested minimum donation of £5 (of which £3.50 will go directly to funding our work) and take a little something different home with you today.

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 03 GREENWICH PARK

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FRIDAY 23 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 6pm—6.20pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen 4 6pm—9pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram 6pm—9pm The Insidian Captain Boomer Collective 5

04 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June Time Show Company Location 6pm—9pm VR Playground Thrill Laboratory 2 6.30pm—6.55pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre 3 My Way Into Space 7.15pm—7.35pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen 4 8.30pm—8.50pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen 4 10pm—10.40pm The Border of the Water; Creative Group SUM BI 1 The Song of the Wind 10pm—c.11pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram 11pm-c.12am Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram

SATURDAY 24 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 2pm—2.25pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre 3 My Way Into Space 2pm—5pm The Insidian Captain Boomer Collective 5 2pm—9pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram 2pm—9pm VR Playground Thrill Laboratory 2 2.30pm—3pm Da Native Far From The Norm 1 3pm—4pm Massager CCOT 3 4pm—4.20pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen 4 4.30pm—4.55pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre 3 My Way Into Space 5.15pm-5.35pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen 4 5.40pm—6.10pm Da Native Far From The Norm 1 6.15pm—8pm The Insidian Captain Boomer Collective 5 7pm—7.20pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen 4 8pm—9pm Massager CCOT 3 10pm—10.40pm The Border of the Water; Creative Group SUM BI 1 The Song of the Wind 10pm—c.11pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram 10.40pm—10.55pm Orbis Humanhood 11pm—c.12am Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram 11.40—11.55pm Orbis Humanhood

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 05 SUNDAY 25 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 12pm—6pm The Insidian Captain Boomer Collective 5 12pm—7pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram 12pm—7pm VR Playground Thrill Laboratory 2 12.30pm—12.55pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre 3 My Way Into Space 1pm—2pm Massager CCOT 3 2.05pm—2.20pm Orbis Humanhood 2.05pm—2.25pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen 4 2.30pm—3pm Da Native Far From The Norm 1 3.05pm—3.30pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre 3 My Way Into Space 3.25—3.45pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen 4 4.20pm—4.35pm Orbis Humanhood 4.40pm—5pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen 4 5.10pm—5.40pm Da Native Far From The Norm 1 6pm-7pm Massager CCOT 3

This year Maritime Greenwich is In celebration of the 20th celebrating the 20th anniversary anniversary, GDIF is presenting an of its inscription on the UNESCO incredible programme of outdoor World Heritage List. This is a unique arts at the top of Greenwich Park group of the most important hill, giving you the chance to cultural and natural places on experience the home of time and earth – special places to be cared space in a whole new dimension. for and preserved and which people are encouraged to visit, Performances in Greenwich Park explore and enjoy now and for are supported by Maritime Greenwich generations to come. World Heritage Site.

06 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June MUSEUM OF THE MOON LUKE JERRAM

Come and gaze at this incredible internally lit moon sculpture, featuring detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. A surround sound composition, created by BAFTA and Ivor Novello award winning composer Dan Jones (who wrote the music for last year’s GDIF opening night production The House), features archive audio from moon landings.

*Dance duo Humanhood perform their new piece Orbis by the light of the moon — see page 10.

Friday 6pm—9pm, 10pm, 11pm Saturday 2pm—9pm, 10pm*, 11pm* Sunday 12pm—7pm

All ages

Tickets £10 Friday & Saturday 10pm, 11pm Advance sales have ended but you can buy tickets on the door (cash only) or try your luck in the free stand-by queue. Subject to availability.

Daytime visits are FREE Capacity is limited so you may need to queue.

The entrance into the Garden is step-free but it is quite steep. Please speak to a GDIF volunteer if you have any access queries.

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 07 THE BORDER OF THE WATER; THE SONG OF THE WIND CREATIVE GROUP SUM BI

This entrancing duet is performed within a column of water set against a backdrop of Maritime Greenwich, the Thames and Canary Wharf beyond. Part of the Korea/UK 2017-18 initiative. Runs c. 40 minutes

1 Friday & Saturday 10pm

DA NATIVE FAR FROM THE NORM

Blending the form of the east with sounds of the west, Da Native rejoices, as communities come together in a melting pot of understanding. As travellers depart the homeland they realise the world doesn’t just revolve around them anymore. Runs c. 30 minutes

1 Saturday 2.30pm, 5.40pm Sunday 2.30pm, 5.10pm

08 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June HOW I HACKED MY WAY INTO SPACE UNLIMITED THEATRE

A new storytelling show for families about one man’s mission to hack his way into space from his garden shed. This is the story of how even the smallest person can make a difference and achieve their seemingly impossible dreams. Runs c. 25 minutes

3 Friday 6.30pm Saturday 2pm, 4.30pm Sunday 12.30pm, 3.05pm THE INSIDIAN CAPTAIN BOOMER COLLECTIVE

The rediscovered Insidian line, established in the mid-18th century, will be temporarily open to visitors during Greenwich Fair. This rickety old lift shaft takes you hundreds of feet down towards the centre of the earth and is an experience suited only to the most adventurous and bold amongst us. Not suitable for explorers under seven years old, nor those prone to claustrophobia or vertigo. Runs c. 25 minutes

5 Friday 6pm—9pm Saturday 2pm—5pm and 6.15pm—8pm Accessible shows Sunday 12pm—6pm at the end of each day. 3.45pm—5.45pm (Sunday only) festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 09 MASSAGER CCOT

Part art therapy, part outdoor performance, Massager is a ritualistic and meditative experience where community participants create ‘Paper Humans’ whose susceptibility to wind, water and fire reminds us of the fragility of life. Part of Korea/UK 2017–18. Runs c. 60 minutes

3 Saturday 3pm, 8pm Sunday 1pm, 6pm PAKMAN POST UIT HESSDALEN

In an age of Amazon Prime and Deliveroo spare a thought for PAKMAN, who delivers 159,750 packages a year. On board his small delivery truck, PAKMAN explores the hastiness of modern life in this highly charged duet of juggling and drumming that may leave you at once thrilled and exhausted. Limited capacity show. Runs c. 20 minutes Accessible shows Saturday 7pm 4 Friday 6pm, 7.15pm, 8.30pm & Sunday 6.05pm. Saturday 4pm, 5.15pm, 7pm Sunday 2.05pm, 3.25pm, 4.40pm ORBIS HUMANHOOD

This new duet explores the relationship between us and the Moon. Performed as a contemporary ritual, revisiting the mystical place the Moon holds in the history of human culture, Orbis is accompanied by a 360° surround-sound score. Runs c. 15 minutes Saturday 10.40pm, 11.40pm (as part of Museum of the Moon) Sunday 2.05pm, 4.20pm

10 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June VR PLAYGROUND THRILL LABORATORY

Don a VR headset, jump on a playground swing, and be transported inside an experimental virtual reality ride created by the world’s only Thrill Engineer, Professor Brendan Walker. Runs c. 5 minutes

2 Friday 6pm—9pm Saturday 2pm—9pm Sunday 12pm—7pm There is a wheelchair accessible swing

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 11 CUTTY SARK GARDENS

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SATURDAY 24 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 1pm—1.25pm Flagrant Delire Yann Lheureux 7 1.30pm—1.50pm Corazón a Corazón Deaf Men Dancing 6 1.30pm—2.10pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets 8 1.50pm—2.10pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Roaming

12 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June Time Show Company Location 2.15pm—2.55pm Three of a Kind The Primitives 6 2.20pm—2.40pm Metamorphosis People In Backpack Roaming 3pm—3.40pm Table Manners Avant Garde Dance 7 3.15pm-3.45pm Willy and Wally Cocoloco Roaming 3.40pm—4pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Roaming 4pm—4.20pm Corazón a Corazón Deaf Men Dancing 6 4.25pm—5.05pm Three of a Kind The Primitives 6 4.25pm—5.05pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets 8 5.10pm—5.30pm Metamorphosis People In Backpack Roaming 5.35pm—6.05pm Willy and Wally Cocoloco Roaming 6.20pm—7pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets 8 7.15pm—7.35pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Roaming 7.45pm—8.25pm Table Manners Avant Garde Dance 7 8.35pm—9pm Flagrant Delire Yann Lheureux 7

SUNDAY 25 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 12pm—12.20pm Metamorphosis People in Backpack Roaming 12pm—12.25pm Flagrant Delire Yann Lheureux 7 12.25pm—12.45pm Corazón a Corazón Deaf Men Dancing 6 12.45pm—1.05pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Roaming 12.45pm—1.15pm Willy and Wally Cocoloco Roaming 1.10pm—1.50pm Three of a Kind The Primitives 6 1.55pm—2.35pm Table Manners Avant Garde Dance 7 2.30pm—2.50pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Roaming 2.45pm—3.05pm Corazón a Corazón Deaf Men Dancing 6 3.20pm—4pm Three of a Kind The Primitives 6 4.05pm—4.10pm Hairy Poppins Tom Ball (See p.27) 6 4.15pm—4.35pm Metamorphosis People in Backpack Roaming 4.35pm—5.05pm Willy and Wally Cocoloco Roaming 5.50pm—6.30pm Table Manners Avant Garde Dance 7 6pm—6.20pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Roaming 6.35pm—7pm Flagrant Delire Yann Lheureux 7

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 13 BINGO LINGO WILD N BEETS

This is a game of Bingo for everyone, where disability politics meets cheeky end-of-the- pier humour. A reinvention of a great British tradition. So it’s eyes down for a game like you’ve never played before! Runs c. 40 minutes

8 Saturday 1.30pm, 4.25pm, 6.20pm CORAZÓN A CORAZÓN DEAF MEN DANCING

Inspired by Manuel Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman, and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, Corazón a Corazón explores themes of sex, love, passion, betrayal, politics, oppression and power in this eclectic aerial duet. Runs c. 20 minutes

6 Saturday 1.30pm, 4pm Sunday 12.25pm, 2.45pm FLAGRANT DELIRE YANN LHEUREUX

In this evocation of the myth of Icarus, urban free-runner Tony Thich leaps and turns through a multi-level stage to a soundtrack of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Runs c. 25 minutes

7 Saturday 1pm, 8.35pm Sunday 12pm, 6.35pm

14 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June HUMAN BODY PARTS SNUFF PUPPETS

A giant Hand embraces bystanders, a Foot blocks the path and enormous tears fall silently from an Eye. Snot the size of a small child oozes from a giant nostril. Careful what you say: an Ear, tall as a door, might be listening. This absurd exploration of the human body celebrates the shared flesh of all humankind. Roaming. Runs c. 20 minutes Saturday 1.50pm, 3.40pm, 7.15pm Sunday 12.45pm, 2.30pm, 6pm METAMORPHOSIS PEOPLE IN BACKPACK

Watch where you step in this puppetry performance inspired by Kafka’s great work. Part of Korea/UK 2017-18. Roaming. Runs c. 20 minutes Saturday 2.20pm, 5.10pm Sunday 12pm, 4.15pm TABLE MANNERS AVANT GARDE DANCE

This new outdoor show is loaded with choreography more inventive and raw than the latest foodie craze. Hip-hop and contemporary dance are on the menu in Table Manners, which explores the complexities of human relationships to food and our different cultural connections with sitting down to eat. Runs c. 40 minutes

7 Saturday 3pm, 7.45pm Sunday 1.55pm , 5.50pm

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 15 THREE OF A KIND THE PRIMITIVES

Lost and confused, three smartly dressed middle-aged men stumble, dance, run and fall in chorus, desperately trying to remember what they were supposed to deliver. To whom and to where. Three of a Kind is an absurdly comic piece of physical theatre – playful, emotional and completely spontaneous. Runs c. 40 minutes

6 Saturday 2.15pm, 4.25pm Sunday 1.10pm, 3.20pm WILLY AND WALLY COCOLOCO

Willy and Wally are drowning in mountains of plastic, resigned to the fact that they will soon be swallowed entirely. As well as talking a load of rubbish, they perform amusing, poignant monologues and cutting, edgy dialogue exploring the human condition. Runs c. 30—45 minutes Saturday 3.15pm, 5.35pm Sunday 12.45pm , 4.35pm

OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE PAINTED HALL CEILING TOURS ‘A ceiling that rivals Michelangelo’s’ Evening Standard A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience this vast masterpiece up close. Find out more ornc.org. Tickets available at the venue subject to availability.

16 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE

River Thames

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SATURDAY 24 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 1pm—1.25pm Culinary Duel Etta Ermini Dance Theatre 14 1pm—1.30pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare Roaming 1pm—1.35pm Espera Companie Circo eia 11 1pm—3pm Stroller Coaster™ 10 1pm—7.30pm The Actual Reality Arcade Matthew Harrison 9 1.40pm—2.15pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel 10 1.45pm—2.15pm Fillage Sur Mesure 12 2.25pm—2.55pm SEED Pif-Paf Theatre 13 2.25pm—2.55pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare Roaming

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 17 Time Show Company Location 3.05pm—3.40pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel 10 3.15pm—3.40pm Culinary Duel Etta Ermini Dance Theatre 14 3.45pm—4.05pm Roll up, roll up Simple Cypher 11 4pm—6pm Stroller Coaster™ 10 4.10pm—4.40pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare Roaming 4.45pm—5.15pm SEED Pif-Paf Theatre 13 5pm—5.35pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel 10 5.45pm—6.20pm Espera Companie Circo eia 11 6.30pm—6.50pm Roll up, roll up Simple Cypher 11 7pm—7.30pm Fillage Sur Mesure 12

SUNDAY 25 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 12pm—12.30pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare Roaming 12pm—12.25pm Culinary Duel Etta Ermini Dance Theatre 14 12pm—12.35pm Espera Companie circo eia 11 12pm—2pm Stroller Coaster™ 10 12pm—6.30pm The Actual Reality Arcade Matthew Harrison 9 12.40pm—1.15pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel 10 12.45pm—1.15pm Fillage Sur Mesure 12 1.20pm—1.50pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare Roaming 1.20pm—1.50pm SEED Pif-Paf Theatre 13 2.05pm—2.40pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel 10 2.50pm—3.10pm Roll up, roll up Simple Cypher 11 3pm—5pm Stroller Coaster™ 10 3.15pm—3.45pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare Roaming 3.45pm—4.15pm SEED Pif-Paf Theatre 13 3.55pm—4.30pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel 10 4.15pm—4.40pm Culinary Duel Etta Ermini Dance Theatre 14 4.45pm—5.20pm Espera Companie circo eia 11 5.30pm—5.50pm Roll up, roll up Simple Cypher 11 6pm—6.30pm Fillage Sur Mesure 12

18 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June THE ACTUAL REALITY ARCADE MATTHEW HARRISON

Welcome to the Actual Reality Arcade, a life- sized interactive game zone for all ages, inspired by classic arcade games. Pilot a spaceship across the galaxy in Defender Run or shoot down aliens in the Space Invaders gallery. Enter the Reality Arcade for interactive play and fun where you bring the games to life. 9 Saturday 1pm—7.30pm Sunday 12pm—6.30pm BABA YAGA’S HOUSE DIZZY O’DARE

A ramshackle old cottage roams the landscape on chicken legs. What is it? What is it doing? Who lives in it? Should I be scared? If you are brave enough to get closer, Baba Yaga will surely be close by too. Roaming. Runs c. 30 minutes Saturday 1pm, 2.25pm, 4.10pm Sunday 12pm, 1.20pm, 3.15pm CULINARY DUEL ETTA ERMINI DANCE THEATRE

This high energy performance, inspired by TV cookery shows, features contemporary dance, acrobatics, humour, a disobedient cooker and plenty of audience interaction. Runs c. 25 minutes

14 Saturday 1pm, 3.15pm Sunday 12pm, 4.15pm

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 19 ESPERA COMPANIA DE CIRCO EIA

A beautiful circus performance that reflects on the human experiences of waiting, hoping and expecting; contemplating the inevitable passing of time. Runs c. 35 minutes

11 Saturday 1pm, 5.45pm Sunday 12pm, 4.45pm FILLAGE SUR MESURE

Full of energy, bounce and rhythm, Fillage is a bold fusion of trampoline, acrobatics and juggling, all performed to original music in a show that’ll leave you with a skip and a swing in your step. Runs c. 30 minutes

12 Saturday 1.45pm, 7pm Sunday 12.45pm, 6pm FLIT, FLAP & FLY FINE CHISEL

Step inside the nest and join the daily life of a unique bird family, as a frantic and funny young chick shares songs with his fine-singing father and grows towards independence. Aimed at 4-7 year olds but suitable for all. Runs c. 35 minutes

10 Saturday 1.40pm, 3.05pm, 5pm Sunday 12.40pm, 2.05pm, 3.55pm

20 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June ROLL UP, ROLL UP SIMPLE CYPHER

Hip-hop and circus combine for this up-tempo and graceful performance, where cyr wheel and juggling meet musicality, originality and play. Runs c. 20 minutes

11 Saturday 3.45pm, 6.30pm Sunday 2.50pm, 5.30pm SEED PIF-PAF THEATRE

Small acorns become great oaks in this surprising and inspiring hitch-hike of a journey with Wilford, a rockabilly tree-planting anarchic-nomad who plants trees where he shouldn’t. Wilford lives in his shed, on the run from arch-enemies out to get him for his contraband seeds. Runs c. 30 minutes

13 Saturday 2.25pm, 4.45pm Sunday 1.20pm , 3.45pm STROLLER COASTER™

Stroller Coaster™ is an entertaining, educational and immersive sensory experience that is scientifically proven to aid the cognitive development of 0-18 month year olds. Check in on your baby via live feed whilst you enjoy a relaxing pampering package. Stay as long as you like

10 Saturday 1pm—3pm, 4pm—6pm Sunday 12pm—2pm, 3pm—5pm

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 21 OUT IN THE STREETS

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22 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June SUNDAY 25 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 12pm—12.40pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets 15 12pm—1.05pm Puppet Paramour Boogaloo Stu 18 12pm—4pm Podium Scottee 17 12pm—7pm The Summer of Love METRO Charity & Margate OUT Crew 12.40pm—1.05pm Steli Stalker Teatro 16 12.40pm—1.10pm London Gay Big Band London Gay Big Band 19 1.10pm—1.40pm Strong Lady Strong Lady Productions 15 1.10pm—2.40pm OSADIA OSADIA 18 1.20pm—3.25pm Puppet Paramour Boogaloo Stu 18 1.40pm—1.45pm Don’t Stop Me Now! Tom Ball 19 1.50pm—2.15pm Steli Stalker Teatro 16 1.50pm—2.15pm Ida Barr’s Lost Pubs Christopher Green 19 2.30pm—3.10pm Lorraine Bowen’s Sequin Skirt Productions 19 Polyester Fiesta! 3.10pm—3.50pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets 15 3.25pm—4.55pm OSADIA OSADIA 18 3.50pm—4.20pm Strong Lady Strong Lady Productions 15 4.20pm—4.50pm London Gay Big Band London Gay Big Band 19 4.30pm—5.30pm Puppet Paramour Boogaloo Stu 18 4.55pm—5pm Don’t Stop Me Now! Tom Ball 19 5pm Ceremonial gate opening A GDIF mystery guest! 15 5.15pm—5.30pm Beautiful Thing Robby Graham & GDIF 19 5.35pm—7pm Ida Barr Christopher Green 19 5.45pm—7pm Puppet Paramour Boogaloo Stu 18

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 23 We’re taking to the traffic-free roads of Greenwich Town Centre for the absolutely fabulous Out In The Streets – GDIF’s very own Pride programme marking the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. Share your memories of London’s lost pubs with Ida Barr, submit to the planet’s most outlandish hair stylists in the happiness-inducing OSADIA, and create your ideal partner in sock-puppet form with Puppet Paramour. The London Gay Big Band raise the tempo, getting you dancing in the streets and, if that doesn’t lift your spirits, we guarantee the Strong Lady will. Literally.

Out In The Streets and traffic-free Sunday supported by Royal Borough of Greenwich and Arts Council England.

24 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June THE LOVE LOCKS BEN OAKLEY GALLERY

In a bold, visual expression of people’s freedom to love who they love, everyone is invited to write a note on the back of a colourful translucent Love Lock which will be tied onto the main gates of the Old Royal Naval College, creating a beautiful, stained-glass effect rainbow. Sunday 12pm—4.30pm Join us at 5pm for the ceremonial opening of the ‘Love Locks’ gates by a very special guest. BEAUTIFUL THING ROBBY GRAHAM & GDIF

Jamie and Ste, the central characters in Beautiful Thing, dance a romantic duet in tribute to the closing scene of Jonathan Harvey’s iconic play, choreographed by Robby Graham (Angels In America – National Theatre). This is an exclusive preview of GDIF’s major new production for the 2018 Festival. 19 Sunday 5.15pm

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 25 BINGO LINGO WILD N BEETS

15 Sunday 12pm, 3.10pm IDA BARR’S LOST PUBS CHRISTOPHER GREEN

Join Ida for a celebration of the lost pubs of England. The quirky ones, the queer ones, the ones everyone pretended not to know where they were but they did really. In a riot of singsongs and unabashed nostalgia Ida Barr invites you to pull up to a slightly sticky table, have a pickled egg and enjoy the company of others over a warmish pint. Runs c. 25 minutes

19 Sunday 1.50pm, 5.35pm LONDON GAY BIG BAND

Get your boogie on with the London Gay Big Band Limited Edition. This fabulous swing & jazz band will be performing a collection of all-time favourites for you to enjoy, dance and jive the afternoon away. Runs c. 40 minutes

19 Sunday 12.40pm, 4.20pm

METRO Charity presents The Summer of Love accompanied by the Margate OUT Crew. Near flag 18 Sunday 12pm—7pm.

26 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June DON’T STOP ME NOW! TOM BALL

Following his barnstorming performance in last year’s Edinburgh Festival hit circus show Throwback, Tom Ball brings his inimitable combination of music theatre and hula hoop skills to Out In The Streets in a performance guaranteed to have you singing along and begging for more. Runs c. 5 minutes

19 Sunday 1.40pm, 4.55pm Plus see Tom’s light-hearted static trapeze act Hairy Poppins. Filled with creative choreography, tremendous dynamic tricks, and, of course, a spoonful of sugar. Runs c. 5 minutes

6 4.05pm

LORRAINE BOWEN’S POLYESTER FIESTA! SEQUIN SKIRT PRODUCTIONS

Take your seat along the runway for this unique event celebrating polyester’s impact on the Swinging Sixties. Expect Kays Catalogue type models, thick crimplene and more! Lorraine Bowen (Britain’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer) hosts this funny fashion catwalk sensation. Runs c. 40 minutes

19 Sunday 2.30pm

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Hairdressing becomes theatre and styling becomes show-piece in the barber’s chairs of OSADIA. Bold members of the public become performers in this highly original and fabulously provocative exhibition of sophisticated make-up and hair art, set to fantastic music mixes. Tag us in your OSADIA selfies #GDIFestival. 18 Sunday 1.10pm—2.40pm, 3.25pm—4.55pm

PODIUM SCOTTEE

This is for kids with something to say. Climb the podium, grab a megaphone and shout about anything you want! Bored of tall people making decisions for you? Want to be the next Prime Minister? Perhaps you just want to tell everyone what you ate for dinner?! A performance experience for kids (but we won’t stop adults with a sense of adventure from joining in). 17 Sunday 12pm—4pm

28 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June PUPPET PARAMOUR BOOGALOO STU

Take a seat in Stu’s cosy Victorian style bathing hut for a one-to-one session of craft activity and psychic surgery to create your ideal partner in sock-puppet form. Stu will get you revealing your hopes and dreams for happiness and the end result is yours to keep and treasure after the show. No step-free access. Runs c. 15 minutes

18 Sunday 12pm—1.05pm, 1.20—3.25pm, 4.30pm—5.30pm, 5.45pm—7pm STELI STALKER TEATRO

Help to build an incredible rainbow structure from colourful wooden sticks in this interactive combination of visual arts and street theatre from Italy’s Stalker Teatro. When it’s finished everyone’s invited to weave their way through the web and come out at the other end. Runs c. 30 minutes

16 Sunday 12.40pm, 1.50pm STRONG LADY STRONG LADY PRODUCTIONS

The world of the Strong Lady is filled with dazzling contrasts: muscle and grace, beauty and brute strength, lifting the hearts of the audience and… well… lifting the audience! Your smiling muscles are about to get a workout in this wholehearted celebration of femininity and strength. Runs c. 35 minutes

15 Sunday 1.10pm, 3.50pm

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FRIDAY 23 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 6pm—6.20pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen Greenwich Park 6pm—9pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram The Old Royal Observatory Garden 6pm—9pm The Insidian Captain Boomer Collective Greenwich Park 6pm—9pm VR Playground Thrill Laboratory Greenwich Park 6.30pm—6.55pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre Greenwich Park My Way Into Space 7.15pm—7.35pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen Greenwich Park 8.30pm—8.50pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen Greenwich Park 10pm—10.40pm The Border of the Water; Creative Group SUM BI Greenwich Park The Song of the Wind 10pm—c.11pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram The Old Royal Observatory Garden 11pm—c.12am Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram The Old Royal Observatory Garden

SATURDAY 24 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 1pm—1.25pm Flagrant Delire Yann Lheureux Cutty Sark Gardens 1pm—1.25pm Culinary Duel Etta Ermini Dance ORNC 1pm—1.30pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare ORNC 1pm—1.35pm Espera Companie Circo eia ORNC 1pm—1.35pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel ORNC 1pm—3pm Stroller Coaster™ ORNC 1pm—7.30pm The Actual Reality Arcade Matthew Harrison ORNC 1.30pm—1.50pm Corazón a Corazón Deaf Men Dancing Cutty Sark Gardens 1.30pm—2.10pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets Cutty Sark Gardens

30 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June Time Show Company Location 1.40pm—2.15pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel ORNC 1.45pm—2.15pm Fillage Sur Mesure ORNC 1.50pm—2.10pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Cutty Sark Gardens 2pm—2.25pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre Greenwich Park My Way Into Space 2pm—5pm The Insidian Captain Boomer Collective Greenwich Park 2pm—9pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram The Old Royal Observatory Garden 2pm—9pm VR Playground Thrill Laboratory Greenwich Park 2.15pm—2.55pm Three of a Kind The Primitives Cutty Sark Gardens 2.20pm—2.40pm Metamorphosis People In Backpack Cutty Sark Gardens 2.25pm—2.55pm SEED Pif-Paf Theatre ORNC 2.25pm—2.55pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare ORNC 2.30pm—3pm Da Native Far From The Norm Greenwich Park 3pm—3.40pm Table Manners Avant Garde Dance Cutty Sark Gardens 3pm—4pm Massager CCOT Greenwich Park 3.05pm—3.40pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel ORNC 3.15pm—3.40pm Culinary Duel Etta Ermini Dance ORNC 3.15pm—3.45pm Willy and Wally Cocoloco Cutty Sark Gardens 3.40pm—4pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Cutty Sark Gardens 3.45pm—4.05pm Roll up, roll up Simple Cypher ORNC 4pm—4.20pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen Greenwich Park 4pm—4.20pm Corazón a Corazón Deaf Men Dancing Cutty Sark Gardens 4pm—6pm Stroller Coaster™ ORNC 4.10pm—4.40pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare ORNC 4.25pm—5.05pm Three of a Kind The Primitives Cutty Sark Gardens 4.25pm—5.05pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets Cutty Sark Gardens 4.30pm—4.55pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre Greenwich Park My Way Into Space 4.45pm—5.15pm SEED Pif-Paf Theatre ORNC 5pm—5.35pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel ORNC 5.10pm—5.30pm Metamorphosis People In Backpack Cutty Sark Gardens 5.15pm—5.35pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen Greenwich Park 5.35pm—6.05pm Willy and Wally Cocoloco Cutty Sark Gardens 5.40pm—6.10pm Da Native Far From The Norm Greenwich Park 5.45pm—6.20pm Espera Companie Circo eia ORNC 6.15pm—8pm The Insidian Captain Boomer Collective Greenwich Park

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 31 Time Show Company Location 6.20pm—7pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets Cutty Sark Gardens 6.30pm—6.50pm Roll up, roll up Simple Cypher ORNC 7pm—7.20pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen Greenwich Park 7pm—7.30pm Fillage Sur Mesure ORNC 7.15pm—7.35pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Cutty Sark Gardens 7.45pm—8.25pm Table Manners Avant Garde Dance Cutty Sark Gardens 8pm—9pm Massager CCOT Greenwich Park 8.35pm—9pm Flagrant Delire Yann Lheureux Cutty Sark Gardens 10pm—10.40pm The Border of the Water; Creative Group SUM BI Greenwich Park The Song of the Wind 10pm—c.11pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram The Old Royal Observatory Garden 10.40pm—10.55pm Orbis Humanhood The Old Royal Observatory Garden 11pm—c.12am Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram The Old Royal Observatory Garden 11.40—11.55pm Orbis Humanhood The Old Royal Observatory Garden

SUNDAY 25 JUNE

Time Show Company Location 12pm—12.20pm Metamorphosis People in Backpack Cutty Sark Gardens 12pm—12.25pm Flagrant Delire Yann Lheureux Cutty Sark Gardens 12pm—12.25pm Culinary Duel Etta Ermini ORNC 12pm—12.30pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare ORNC 12pm—12.35pm Espera Companie Circo eia ORNC 12pm—12.40pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets College Approach 12pm—1.05pm Puppet Paramour Boogaloo Stu College Approach 12pm—2pm Stroller Coaster™ ORNC 12pm—4pm Podium Scottee College Approach 12pm—6pm The Insidian Captain Boomer Collective Greenwich Park 12pm—6.30pm The Actual Reality Arcade Matthew Harrison ORNC 12pm—7pm Museum of the Moon Luke Jerram The Old Royal Observatory Garden 12pm—7pm The Summer of Love METRO Charity & College Approach Margate OUT Crew

32 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June Time Show Company Location 12pm—7pm VR Playground Thrill Laboratory Greenwich Park 12.25pm—12.45pm Corazón a Corazón Deaf Men Dancing Cutty Sark Gardens 12.30pm—12.55pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre Greenwich Park My Way Into Space 12.40pm—1.05pm Steli Stalker Teatro College Approach 12.40pm—1.10pm London Gay Big Band London Gay Big Band King William Walk 12.40pm—1.15pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel ORNC 12.45pm—1.05pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Cutty Sark Gardens 12.45pm—1.15pm Fillage Sur Mesure ORNC 12.45pm—1.15pm Willy and Wally Cocoloco Cutty Sark Gardens 1pm—2pm Massager CCOT Greenwich Park 1.10pm—1.40pm Strong Lady Strong Lady Productions King William Walk 1.10pm—1.50pm Three of a Kind The Primitives Cutty Sark Gardens 1.10pm—2.30pm OSADIA OSADIA College Approach 1.20pm—1.50pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare ORNC 1.20pm—1.50pm SEED Pif-Paf Theatre ORNC 1.20pm—3.25pm Puppet Paramour Boogaloo Stu College Approach 1.40pm—1.45pm Don’t Stop Me Now! Tom Ball King William Walk 1.50pm—2.15pm Steli Stalker Teatro College Approach 1.50pm—2.15pm Ida Barr’s Lost Pubs Christopher Green King William Walk 1.55pm—2.35pm Table Manners Avant Garde Dance Cutty Sark Gardens 2.05pm—2.20pm Orbis Humanhood The Old Royal Observatory Garden 2.05pm—2.25pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen Greenwich Park 2.05pm—2.40pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel ORNC 2.30pm—2.50pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Cutty Sark Gardens 2.30pm—3pm Da Native Far From The Norm Greenwich Park 2.30pm—3.10pm Lorraine Bowen’s Sequin Skirt Productions King William Walk Polyester Fiesta! 2.45pm—3.05pm Corazón a Corazón Deaf Men Dancing Cutty Sark Gardens 2.50pm—3.10pm Roll up, roll up Simple Cypher ORNC 3pm—5pm Stroller Coaster™ ORNC 3.05pm—3.30pm How I Hacked Unlimited Theatre Greenwich Park My Way Into Space 3.10pm—3.50pm Bingo Lingo Wild N Beets King William Walk 3.15pm—3.45pm Baba Yaga’s House Dizzy O’Dare ORNC 3.20pm—4pm Three of a Kind The Primitives Cutty Sark Gardens

festival.org @GDIFestival Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 33 Time Show Company Location 3.25pm—3.45pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen Greenwich Park 3.25pm—4.55pm OSADIA OSADIA College Approach 3.45pm—4.15pm SEED Pif-Paf Theatre ORNC 3.50pm—4.20pm Strong Lady Strong Lady Productions King William Walk 3.55pm—4.30pm Flit, Flap & Fly Fine Chisel ORNC 4.05pm—4.10pm Hairy Poppins Tom Ball Cutty Sark Gardens 4.15pm—4.35pm Metamorphosis People in Backpack Cutty Sark Gardens 4.15pm—4.40pm Culinary Duel Etta Ermini ORNC 4.20pm—4.35pm Orbis Humanhood The Old Royal Observatory Garden 4.20pm—4.50pm London Gay Big Band London Gay Big Band King William Walk 4.30pm—5.30pm Puppet Paramour Boogaloo Stu College Approach 4.35pm—5.05pm Willy and Wally Cocoloco Cutty Sark Gardens 4.40pm—5pm PAKMAN Post Uit Hessdalen Greenwich Park 4.45pm—5.20pm Espera Companie Circo eia ORNC 4.55pm—5pm Don’t Stop Me Now! Tom Ball King William Walk 5.00pm Ceremonial A GDIF mystery guest! West Gate, gate opening King William Walk 5.10pm—5.40pm Da Native Far From The Norm Greenwich Park 5.15pm—5.30pm Beautiful Thing Robby Graham & GDIF King William Walk 5.30pm—5.50pm Roll up, roll up Simple Cypher ORNC 5.35pm—7pm Ida Barr Christopher Green King William Walk 5.45pm—7pm Puppet Paramour Boogaloo Stu College Approach 5.50pm—6.30pm Table Manners Avant Garde Dance Cutty Sark Gardens 6pm—6.20pm Human Body Parts Snuff Puppets Cutty Sark Gardens 6pm—6.30pm Fillage Sur Mesure ORNC 6pm—7pm Massager CCOT Greenwich Park 6.35pm—7pm Flagrant Delire Yann Lheureux Cutty Sark Gardens

34 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June THANK YOU

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36 Greenwich Fair Guide Friday 23 — Sunday 25 June COMING UP AT GDIF

REAR VIEW IOU THEATRE

The streets of Eltham become the stage as you take a tour aboard a custom-made open top bus. 29 June—2 July Tickets £10 Book in advance at gdif.eventbrite.co.uk BELONGING(s) MARESA VON STOCKERT, TILTED PRODUCTIONS

A beautiful promenade dance theatre performance across Thamesmead. 6—8 July Tickets £10 Book in advance at gdif.eventbrite.co.uk THE COLOUR OF LIGHT COMPAGNIE OFF

This spectacular finale, featuring enormous colour wheels, brings to a close ‘All Roads Lead to Woolwich’ – three incredible days of performance from 6—8 July. 8 July FREE Find out more at festival.org festival.org @GDIFestival #GDIFestival

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Saturday 1 July 2017 1pm—5pm Canary Wharf FREE

Showcasing incredible performances from around the world in the parks, piazzas and waterfronts of Canary Wharf.