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GDIF – Week 2
GREENWICH + DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2025
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SURPRISE AND SPECTACLE
Turning Worlds
Sat 30 & Sun 31 | Greenwich Peninsula
Discover a weekend of trailblazing collaborations between engineering and performance including a fusion of circus and robotics, a production enabling a performer to perform vertically on a wall and a captivating dance and physical theatre performance on a giant, rotating metal spiral.
Staged in the iconic public spaces around Greenwich Peninsula, including the rooftop basketball court, this weekend of extraordinary circus is an unmissable GDIF 2025 highlight. Every performance is free and unticketed – just show up.
Presented By TeaTime Company
Ripple
30 August – 31 August | 1.00pm & 3.40pm | Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0DX
Duration: 35 Minutes
Free and unticketed – Just show up
This UK premiere fuses contemporary circus and engineering to mesmerising effect in a show centred around a giant metal spiral.
A giant metal spiral becomes an acrobatic playground as circus, dance and physics come together in a performance exploring the consequences of our actions. Enacting a “ripple effect”, three virtuosic performers are confronted with a series of increasingly challenging and unexpected hurdles, forcing them to push their limits, jump higher and even suspend time itself. This UK premiere fuses contemporary circus and engineering to mesmerising effect.
Presented By Compagnie Barks
Walking On The Wall
30 August & 31 August | 1.10pm, 2.25pm, 3.25pm | 2 Appleby Yard, Building A2, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0BJ
Duration: 10 Minutes
Free and unticketed – Just show up
Rub your eyes as ingenious staging enables a performer to walk on walls.
This second performance from Compagnie Barks uses inventive staging to enable a performer to defy gravity and walk on walls. Conceived by artistic director Bastien Dausse as an escape from the commonplace, this performance will showcase the playful architecture of the Design District encouraging us to celebratecreativity in everyday life.
Presented By Bastien Dausse with Compagnie Barks
The Scale
30 August – 31 August | 1.50pm, 2.50pm, 4.30pm | Design District Basketball Court, Building C1, Cripps Yard, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0BQ
Duration: 10 minutes
Free and unticketed – Just show up
Evoking the weightless movement of astronauts in space, this poetic performance takes place at London’s only rooftop basketball court.
This contemporary circus performance is one of two productions from Compagnie Barks, exploring themes of gravity and our relationship with the physical world, by combining acrobatics with ingenious staging. Presented at London’s only rooftop basketball court, this captivating show will be framed by stunning views across Greenwich and Canary Wharf to evoke the weightless, effortless movement of astronauts in space.
Presented By UliK Robotic
Robopole
30 August – 31 August | 2.10pm, 3.10pm, 4.50pm | Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0ES
Duration: 8 Minutes
Free and unticketed – Just show up
A stunning fusion of robotic engineering and virtuosic circus skills.
This stunning fusion of precision engineering and virtuosic circus skills, delivers extraordinary images through a seamless integration of human and robot choreography. Beginning with an apparently everyday encounter between an engineer and a robot, an experiment begins in which the robot and the engineer become equal protagonists in a spectacular pas de deux. Don’t miss this awesome reflection on humanity’s relationship with technology and AI.
