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As part of this year’s Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, the grounds at the Old Royal Naval College will come alive with family-friendly street arts, theatre, circus, installations and dance.

All shows are FREE and unticketed. Click here to download the site map and schedule.

Programme: 

The Way Ahead
Venue: Old Royal Naval College & Greenwich Park 
- This celebrated disability arts protest piece features a series of provocative road signs, which take aim at the discrimination and inequality experienced by D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people.

Family Catwalk Extravaganza (Duration: 45 mins)
Time: 1:00pm & 3:35pm 
Venue: King Charles Lawn, Old Royal Naval College
- Using a combination of theatre, movement and acrobatics, two friends play and push the boundaries of what is possible, until together they find the perfect balance of each of their limits.

Roll Model (Duration: 35 mins)
Time: 1:00pm & 4:50pm
Venue: Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College
- Full of heart and a youthful spirit of inclusion, this fun and uplifting show touches on universal themes of fitting in and how we are shaped by the people we spend time with.

The Scribble of Imagination 
Time: 1:30pm to 6:30pm
Venue: Monument Gardens, Old Royal Naval College
- Guixot De 8, a Catalan street theatre company will be arriving in Greenwich to set up an extraordinary playground of sculptural games created from recycled materials.

Fussy Foodies: The Battle of the Pans (Duration: 30 mins)
Time: 1:45pm and 4:15pm
Venue: King Charles Lawn,Old Royal Naval College
- Are you hungry for music, roots, and culture? If so, then meet Messy Mama T who presides over an exciting new game show exploring how food really does define cultural identity.

EXIT (Duration: 35 mins)
Time: 12:35pm and 5:35pm 
Venue: Trinity Laban Courtyard, Old Royal Naval College
- This UK premiere from Flemish choreographer Piet Van Dycke, sees four performers navigate revolving walls and floating doors. A thrilling mash-up of circus and dance.

About GDIF
Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) is London’s leading festival of free outdoor theatre and performing arts.

GDIF is committed to breaking new ground in outdoor performance and raising the ambition, quality and diversity of outdoor work produced in the UK.