17-18th May 2025 Programme
Waiting Song by Mish Weaver
Singing and moving on the trapezes, dressed in sumptuous circus costume, they share what they are waiting for, with anticipation and optimism. Waiting for the good things that they know will happen.
Waiting Song invites the public to consider what they are looking forward to, sharing thoughts for inclusion in the performer’s song.
Waiting Song is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Certain Blacks, Birmingham Weekender and Brighton Festival
Hydropunk by Artizani
An interactive installation all about water
But there’s a twist: there’s only 1000 litres of water to play with and once it’s gone, it’s gone! To keep the fun flowing, you must work together to conserve and recycle water, engaging in a constant challenge against waste and leakage.
Hydropunk is an interactive installation created in collaboration with the public, where water takes centre-stage. Taps, valves, pipes, pumps, sprays, and leaks come together to form a chaotic, yet playful water machine full of games and puzzles.
Hydropunk is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Stockton International Riverside Festival, Birmingham Weekender, Brighton Festival, and Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Made in collaboration with Tenderfoot Theatre
RO-TES-រទេះ by Stopgap Dance Company
After the international success of FROCK Stopgap returns with their latest outdoor show RO-TES-រទេះ. Disabled artist Nadenh Poan makes his choreographic debut in collaboration with Stopgap’s diverse and world class dancers.
Nadenh grew up on a boat within the jungle of Cambodia. As a Disabled child he could swim before he could wheel. The first time he saw a RO-TES-រទេះ (Khmer for wagon) was the moment he realised he could move with the land too.
Inspired by his Cambodian heritage Nadenh reimagines his wheelchair as a place that can support more than just his body.
With groundbreaking innovation in wheelchair design, the diverse creatives of Stopgap will invent a new world of bold movement and irresistible rhythms. Audiences are invited to revel and follow this joyful celebration that represents progress, community, and Nadenh’s journey with his RO-TES-រទេះ.
Expect a celebration that will surprise and delight audiences of all ages.
Access: For visually impaired audiences a Touch Tour will begin each performance and Audio Description is embedded in the soundtrack.
Eshu at the Crossroads by Theatre-Rites and Miguel Altunaga
Join our dancers and puppeteer as they find themselves at an enchanted crossroads. They have a decision to make but don’t know which way to turn – what will help them?
A magical rooster guards the crossroads keeping watch over everything, whilst Eshu the Trickster is ever present, unpredictable and wise with the ability to change a person’s fate at will.
Puppetry experts and renowned children’s theatre company Theatre-Rites are collaborating with the celebrated Afro Cuban choreographer and dancer Miguel Altunaga to create their first ever outdoor production.
Eshu At The Crossroads is directed by Sue Buckmaster and choreographed by Miguel Altunaga, bringing the vibrancy of Miguel’s Yoruba culture to life, full of dance, puppetry and music.
Roots to Rise by Nandita Shankardass
A promenade dance-theatre show that embodies ancestry, agriculture, ecological activism and the wisdom of women.
Follow the journey as an invitation to renew and regenerate our relationship with the earth and with one another, celebrating freedom, resilience and community.
Roots to Rise is supported by An Indian Summer Festival, Stockton International Riverside Festival, Brighton Festival.
With additional support from Old Diorama Arts Centre as part of New Narratives.
24th-25th May 2025 Programme
Go Grandad, Go! by company DHW
A Hip-Hop dance/theatre show to inspire the young and empower the… not so young!
A heart warming inter-generational family story embedded in love, presenting new ways of understanding each other, sparking conversations about upbringing, culture and redefining generational relationships. “You are never too old to get involved.”
Lead by the dynamic and multifaceted Dani Harris-Walters, company DHW is a Hip-Hop Theatre company with community, relatability and inclusivity at the forefront of their work.
Go Grandad, Go! is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by FESTIVAL.ORG for Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Brighton Festival.
HUG By Levantes Dance Theatre
A contemporary circus performance exploring relationships between people, objects and the environment
HUG is a new vibrant outdoor contemporary circus theatre performance and living installation that promises to engage audiences in a unique exploration of relationships – between people, objects and the environment that surrounds us.
Through a fusion of aerial dance, physical theatre and striking visuals audiences are invited to rediscover the power of touch, connection and the simple act of a hug.
Performers will fly, bend, flip, contort, suspend, climb and balance on a set resembling of a giant HUG.
HUG; a reminder of our shared humanity and the power of touch to heal, uplift and inspire.
‘We need 4 hugs a day for survival and 12 hugs for growth.’
HUG is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Ensemble Festival, Birmingham Weekender, Brighton Festival, Stockton International Riverside Festival.
The Hide by Tilly Ingram Theatre
See what might not always be visible
The Hide is a live solo performance audio installation where birdwatching meets non-visible disability.
Step into The Hide and see what might not always be visible. The Hide is a live birdwatching experience, led by artist Tilly Ingram. Tilly shares her love of birdwatching, her struggles as a woman with a non-visible disability and the story of a disabled white-tailed eagle. Whilst looking for birds, we can also stop and think about how we look at nature and how we look at people.
The Hide gives us time to sit, appreciate and watch the spaces around us, that we may have never truly looked at. The piece asks us to enter the space, and as you use your binoculars and spotters card remember that there is more than what you cannot see there.
Tilly Ingram is an artist whose practice is centred around our relationship with wildness, nature, and fear. Exploring these from her experiences as a woman with a non-visible disability, her work is often playful, joyous, and provocative.
The Hide is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Brighton Festival
