IF: Milton Keynes International Festival has announced the full line up for their 2023 programme!
Here are the Outdoor Arts shows you shouldn’t miss…
Pasture with Cows | Belgian company Captain Boomer invite you to enter a world of pastoral bliss in the heart of Milton Keynes city centre. | 21-23 Jul | Read More >>> Pasture with Cows
- Free Talk | Discover more with Bart Van Peel (Pasture with Cows), Chris Bridgman (Bridgman & Bridgman Living Green Roof Services) and Lewis Dickinson (The Parks Trust) discussing agriculture, intensive farming and carbon impact. | 23 Jul | Read More >>> Free Talk
Ear Tumpet | A playful installation by Gobbledegook Theatre that allows audiences to delight in the secret sounds under their feet.| 21-23 Jul | Read More >>> Ear Trumpet
Teabreak | Enjoy a well–deserved Teabreak with Trigger Productions! Gently glide through the history and ritual of tea accompanied by a live dance performance. | 21 Jul | Read More >>> Teabreak
Carnivale | The fairground is coming to town! Belgian theatre company De Machienerie bring an ingenious, interactive ‘fairground village’ full of extraordinary installations, curiosities, mechanical animals and attractions | 21-23 Jul | Read More >>> Carnivale
Blom | This mechnical sandwriter by Gijs van Bon draws on the streets, decorating the ground as it moves along, creating a variety of picture outlines such as a large flowery carpet, an ivy garland or a flock of little hearts. | 21-23 Jul | Read More >>> Blom
Silence! | Before the storm, there is silence! French company Les Commandos Percu fuse innovative percussion, extraordinary special effects and pyrotechnics to create an astounding wave of energy on the opening night of this year’s Festival.| 21 Jul | Read More >>> Silence!
Follow Me | Join Belgian acrobats Be Flat for a walk full of playful street acrobatics and explore central Milton Keynes in a totally unique and inventive way! | 22-23 Jul | Read More >>> Follow Me
Alter | A departure from central Milton Keynes to a secret rural location, where the real journey begins…join Kamchà tka on this journey into the heart of the night in search of a shared humanity.| 25-27 Jul | Read More >>> Alter
Kamchà tka | In city centre locations, the Kamchà tka characters appear, lost. Naïve and curious, their emotions are barely contained. | 26-27 Jul | Read More >>> Kamchà tka
- Free Talk | Discover more about Kamchàtka’s work and themes of migration with Angus MacKechnie (Director of OAUK), Agnes Czajka (The Open University) and a member of the Milton Keynes Community Foundation team. | 27 Jul | Read More >>> Free Talk
Barrière | Life is great while you wait! With humour, mischief and live music, Sur Mesure invite you to enter a surreal world without doors | 28-30 Jul | Read More >>> Sur Mesure
Music on Cycles | In this show on the move, LaDinamo turn the streets into an improvised stage allowing all who cross their path to enjoy a high-voltage travelling concert and energetic street party played to the rhythm of Funk.| 28-30 Jul | Read More >>> Music on Cycles
The Trip | Tombs Creatius invite you to take a profound and unforgettable journey. A trip which takes the participant to the limit, to the real border or… who knows? | 28-30 Jul | Read More >>> The Trip
Place des Anges | A beautiful, astonishing and breathtaking spectacle by Gratte Ciel to enchant audiences of all ages. Don’t miss one of the highlights of this year’s Festival! | 28-29 Jul | Read More >>> Place des Anges
Deva | Milton Keynes–based company Pagrav Dance present the complexities of British Asian identity through a playful approach to classicism, connecting dance and the everyday.| 29-30 Jul | Read More >>> Deva
Look Mum, No Hands! | An inclusive coming–of–age story about two friends testing their own boundaries by Daryl & Co and Mimbre.| 29-30 Jul | Read More >>> Look Mum, No Hands!
Falconry Dismay | Enter the madcap world of Dizzy O’Dare where nothing is quite as it seems…This time he ruffles feathers with Falconry Dismay, an anarchic and wild flight into the world of falconry shows. | 29 Jul | Read More >>> Falconry Dismay
Kevin Tickle’s Dogs! | Kevin walkies you through the bombastic breeds and classy canines he has been working with over the years with theatrics, hijinks, acrobatic feats and impressive skills from daring dogs (Dizzy O’Dare). | 30 Jul | Read More >>> Kevin Tickle’s Dogs!
Accessibility Tours
Vocal Eyes Audio Described Guided Touch Tour | For blind and visually impaired children and young people, the tour includes visits to Gobbledegook: Ear Trumpet, Captain Boomer: Pasture with Cows and De Machienerie: Carnivale. | 22 Jul | Read More >>> Audio Described Guided Touch Tour
BSL Guided Tour | John Wilson leads the tour to Captain Boomer: Pasture with Cows, Gijs Van Blon: Blom and Rebecca Louise Law: The Place Between.| 22 Jul | Read More >>> BSL Guided Tour
Place des Anges Touch Tour | A pre-show Vocal Eyes touch tour and audio description for Gratte Ciel’s Place des Anges. | 29 Jul | Read More >>>Place des Anges Touch Tour
Festival Focus at IF: MK
OAUK is taking Festival Focus to Milton Keynes International Festival as part of its 2023 programme! This is an professional development opportunity made up of curated visits to outdoor arts festivals. There will be two cohorts at IF:MK with different focuses:
Cohort 1 will focus on national & international work and outdoor shows of different scales & sizes. Aimed at producers and programmers.
Cohort 2 will meet the Catalan company Kamchatka and see the UK premiere of their new work, ‘Alter’, as well as Gratte Ciel’s famous ‘Place des Anges’. Aimed at artists and creatives.
