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GDIF – Week 1
GREENWICH + DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2025
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SURPRISE AND SPECTACLE
Presented By Cie Lézards Bleus & Citizens of the World Choir
Above And Beyond
22 August | 6.45pm | Beresford Square, Woolwich, SE18 6AR
Free and unticketed – Just show up
Gaze up in awe as eight parkour performers embark on a breathtaking journey across landmark buildings in Woolwich.
Following the success of Life Lines at GDIF 2024, the French company Lézards Bleus return with their virtuosic combination of movement and climbing skills, to interpret this year’s theme of “Above and Beyond”.
With new music composed by Roma Yagnik (“Resurgam” GDIF 2023) and a finale set from the Greenwich-based Citizens of the World Choir, this specially commissioned event opens GDIF’s 30th festival in celebration of mutual support and limitless possibility.
Presented By Cie des Chaussons Rouges
Epiphytes
23 August – 24 August | 6.15pm | Lawn Lookout, Observatory Hill, Greenwich Park, SE10 8XJ
Duration: 45 Minutes
Free and unticketed – Just show up
With breathtaking high-wire skills, four aerial performers create entrancing images of arboreal growth in the glorious setting of Greenwich Park, home to more than 3,000 trees.
This all-female circus company takes inspiration from the life of trees to put nature centre-stage. With breathtaking high-wire skills, four aerial performers create entrancing images of arboreal growth in the glorious setting of Greenwich Park, home to more than 3,000 trees. Framing the panoramic view of London spread out below, this evocative performance expresses the transformative, cyclical power of nature, revealing new ways of seeing our world.
Greenwich Fair 2025
GDIF’s cherished festival within the festival is back! Family-friendly street theatre, circus, dance and games installations take over Greenwich Park, overlooking the best view of London from the top of Observatory Hill. All shows are FREE and unticketed.
23 August – 24 August
Free & Unticketed – Just show up!
