Woohoo it’s the weekend! Here’s your roundup of some exciting Outdoor Arts going on…
It’s the final weekend of Wandsworth Arts Fringe. Join Jellyfish Theatre this afternoon for a hilarious, dreamy adventure packed with puppetry, fun and original music in The Wagon of Dreams. Tomorrow catch Frolicked’s Seeing Red, then over the weekend join in The Great Pebble Dash in Heathbrook Park.
At Toynbee Studios in London this weekend don’t miss Niqabi Ninja by Sara Shaarawi, part of Shubbak Festival, a graphic-novel style revenge story about one woman’s transformation into a Cairene vigilante, combining street artwork, audio-story performance and a walk through the city.
Imagineer Productions bring Bridge to Old Dagenham Park this weekend! In the daytime there’s also a series of free experiences under the bridge, including the brilliant immersive headphones experience, Changing Sides.
Merchant City Festival takes over George Square, Glasgow this weekend to bring you the best in dynamic performance, dance and circus – if they’re not fully booked, catch All or Nothing Aerial, Upswing, Motionhouse, Mischief La Bas and more. Also on Sat and Sun don’t miss Surge Festival at Barrowland Park where you can build a nest, watch live digital sculpting and fill marbles with inspiration, while bonkers cabaret acts vie for your attention!
East London Shakespeare Festival in association with the London Borough of Waltham Forest presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Katherine Hare, at Lloyd Park this weekend, a riotous and magical outdoor production of Shakespeare’s most famous comedy.
Imagine Watford imaginative Outdoor Arts weekend includes Joli Vyann, Th Poetry Takeaway, The Junk Man (also on Sunday), Kate Flatt’s The Weather Machine and Fool’s Paradise’s Daemon or Doppleganger and Balloonatic.
The Bridgwater Quayside Festival July events start today! Enjoy Bridgwater’s festival of free outdoor theatre, music, dance, children’s eco arts trail, and performing arts.
Starting today and running until 12 Sep is Summer of Sound at Kew Wakehurst, where six striking large-scale installations situated across the landscape will bring Wakehurst alive with a symphony of sounds.
Inside Out visits Royal Victoria Dock this weekend, displaying thousands of portraits of Londoners, capturing the story of London and the people that make up the city.
For the 16th edition of Swansea’s free international dance festival, Taliesin goes ‘local’ as well as digital this year with Dance Days. This weekend in Brynmill Park and Ravenhill Park see Kapow, Kitsch & Sync Collective and Osian Meilir.
Join Smoking Apples in Canbury Gardens this weekend to meet Arbor, part man, part tree, and 18 feet tall! A visually stunning show with lots of lovable puppets, Arbor the Tree is part of the International Youth Arts Festival 2021.
Running from tomorrow to 30 July, IF: Milton Keynes International Festival returns to the city centre’s green spaces, public squares and retail spaces, as well as online, with a programme of new commissions, outdoor, free and family events, site-specific performances and installations, pop-ups and digital work including a series of ‘virtually live’ concerts.
Pack up a picnic and head to Battle Abbey School for lots of Outdoor Arts fun tomorrow in Streets of Battle 11am-3pm.
Lastly, this weekend at Kensington + Chelsea Festival, don’t miss the chance to see Strong Lady’s new show Strong Enough and Alleyne Dance’s POWER presented by 2Faced Dance.
As always, let us know what you’re up to and have a great weekend.
