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Greenwich and Docklands International Festival 2017

23 Jun 17 – 08 Jul 17, Start times vary for each event

Greenwich and Docklands Festival, London's biggest free outdoor festival of the arts, returns in 2017 with dance, theatre and a massive moon this summer

By Lucy Brooks on 20/6/2017

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What's on at the Greenwich and Docklands Festival this year? Here's our guide to GDIF 2017.


The Greenwich and Docklands International Festival returns once more to the greater Greenwich area. Public spaces will be transformed into innovative, site-specific performances as part of London's biggest celebration of outdoor theatre. With a focus on developing outdoor performance work from deaf and disabled artists, the festival aims to provide a platform for experimental artworks across all disciplines.


Most of the annual festival's events are free. Check out some of the options we're most excited about below, or click here for a full lineup of events.


FierS à Cheval
Friday 23 June 2017
10PM - 11PM, Cutty Sark Gardens

French street theatre Compagnie des Quidams will be performing their production, FierS à Cheval, a spectacular equestrian display of illumination accompanied by a symphonic soundtrack.

Museum of the Moon
Friday 23 June - Sunday 25 June 2017
Times vary, Greenwich Park

Luke Jerram's stunning artwork lands in Greenwich Park. The seven-metre inflatable moon sculpture features detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface, with a surround sound composition by BAFTA winning composer Dan Jones featuring archive audio from moon landings. The Museum of the Moon is free during the day: on Friday 23 June (6PM - 9PM), Saturday 24 June (2PM - 9PM), and Sunday 25 June (12PM - 7PM). Tickets for nighttime viewings at 10PM and 11PM are
£10.

Greenwich Fair
Friday 23 June - Sunday 25 June 2017
All day, across Greenwich

There will be a selection of incredible family events available as part of the Greenwich Fair, such as the Virtual Reality Playground, a Strong Lady, and How I Hacked My Way into Space, an interactive storytelling session brought to you by the storytelling troupe, Unlimited.

Out In The Streets
Sunday 25 June 2017
All day, across Greenwich

GDIF's Pride programme celebrating the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. Make sock puppet partners with Puppet Paramour, or get involved in the outlandish hair of OSADIA, a theatrical beauty parlour that turns audience members into stylish showpieces as the outlandish hairdressers use them create original hair art.

The Colour of Light
Saturday 8 July 2017
8PM - 9:30PM, begins at the Assembly Statues


Enormous colour-wheels will roll through the streets of Woolwich, welcoming everyone along the way. The promenade performance celebrates inclusion and open-heartedness to a soundtrack by composer Shri Sriram, this finale promises to be a night to remember.



What Greenwich and Docklands International Festival 2017
Where Various Locations | MAP
Nearest tube Greenwich (underground)
When 23 Jun 17 – 08 Jul 17, Start times vary for each event
Price £0 - £15
Website Click here for more information and to book via GDIF



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  • WHAT IS THE GREENWICH AND DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL?

    Culture bursts out of doors and takes to the streets in this annual festival of arts and culture. Summer's here and you'll need your sunglasses because this year's celebration of outdoor culture is themed around colour. There's ten days of performance and creativity -- from all-consuming immersive processions to intimate individual shows. The 2015 Greenwich festival events reflect our growing appetite for more adventurous and immersive theatrical experiences. The festival welcomes leading innovators from around the world, it's packed with premieres, promising plenty of fresh talent, and, best of all, most events are free. So even if South East isn't your corner of London, it's worth the journey for this smorgasbord of outdoor culture.

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