Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF), London’s festival of outdoor theatre and performing arts, will run from 21st June to 7th July in locations across Royal Greenwich, Royal Docks and Tower Hamlets…
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The truth behind our beautiful game with Mercenary
Mercenary, at Battersea Arts Centre this month, takes a look at the human cost of building our global World Cup dreams and features some unique football-dance moves…
A unique promenade performance of The Tempest in Covent Garden
Iris Theatre’s summer season will present a unique theatrical promenade performance of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, in the middle of Covent Garden…
Mother’s ruin and Victorian scruffs at Broadstairs Dickensian Festival
Broadstairs Dickens Festival takes place in Kent this month, with quirky events including Mother’s Ruin Gin Tastings, Victorian Scruffs,and a Dickensian hat demonstration…
Be a quirky record breaker at Another Fine Fest
Another Fine Fest is back on 16th and 17th June with an eclectic mix of music, comedy, art and street theatre, and three World Record breaking attempts!
Try some new theatre with Breaking Out at The Bunker
This summer, six emerging theatre companies will come together for Breaking Out, a festival premiering new work and championing ambitious and innovative theatre…
Subversive artists challenge audiences at Splayed Festival
Splayed Festival takes place at The Place in London from Wednesday 6th to Saturday 9th June, drawing together a cluster of subversive artists to challenge what we think we know about gender, desire, identity, violence, performance and power…
The state of a divided nation in I am of Ireland
I am of Ireland, a new play by Seamus Finnegan looking at the state of a divided nation, will be on at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London, from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 30th June…
One man play tells the extraordinary unknown story of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Paterson Joseph’s one-man play tells the extraordinary story of Charles Ignatius Sancho, English gentleman, socialite, composer, writer, abolitionist and first Afro-Briton to vote in Britain…
A craft inspired dance performance tours to London and Scotland
Dance maker Roberta Jean is to bring her craft inspired dance work Brocade to Sadler’s Wells’ Lilian Baylis Studio in London premiere, Findhorn on the Moray Coast, to Edinburgh during festival season…
An eclectic evening of dance with Resolution Replay
Resolution Replay will offer a snapshot introduction into the world of dance at The Place in London on Thursday 31st May…
A mix of spoken word, theatre, music and illustration in Goldfish Bowl
Goldfish Bowl is a collaboration between The Paper Birds and former Young People’s Laureate for London, Caleb Femi, with a combination of spoken word, theatre, music and illustration…
Social work is given a human face in Left My Desk
Lost Watch will return to New Diorama Theatre in London with the world premiere of Left My Desk; the story of a social worker struggling to stay afloat in one of the most unforgiving professions in the country…
Floating assault courses and films on ferries at Fal River Festival
Fal River Festival, Friday 25th May to Sunday 3rd June, promises ten days of diverse events including gin cruises, a hidden cinema, films on ferries, floating assault courses and a flotilla of boats, known as the Beer Fleet…
A reimagining of Chekhov’s Three Sisters with electric guitars
Feminist theatre and music makers RashDash are ripping up Anton Chekhov’s revered 1900 play, the Three Sisters, and reimagining it with electric guitars…