 What The RIVER SINGSShowing in the Chainstore, What The RIVER SINGS, devised by Grand Union’s composer / director Tony Haynes, brings together some of East London’s finest performers across an astonishing range of musical cultures. Together, they create a portrait of East London’s ‘Water City’ and the 500 years of trade and migration that have made it to the gateway to Britain and engine our prosperity. Framed by the sumptuous orchestral textures of Rimsky–Korsakov’s Scheherazade, the music ranges from Turkish and Bengali songs, through West African and Caribbean rhthyms, Portugese fado, Inuit folk poetry and Yoruba chants to Bhangra and big band jazz – with a flourish from Sir Henry Wood’s much–loved Sea Songs!
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Eat out in a 1940’s styled authentic all American Diner or in a converted shipping container cafe.
We have a number of free attractions that visitors can enjoy all year round. Recent EventsBalthazar’s Bazaar of the BizarreGreenwich Theatre & Ragged Edge presents this unique opportunity for children from ages 5+ to head across the Thames by boat and meet Balthazar the apothecary, and his strange, cat–like assistant. Search through his shop for the answer to his magical riddles. ’Gum Art’Confirming that ‘beauty is really in the eye of the beholder’, accalimed artist Ben Wilson has recently completed an unusual art trail from East India DLR to Trinity Buoy Wharf, inspired by discarded chewing gum! LeviathanWe are excited to announce the arrival of the critically acclaimed theatre company, Living Structures, who are embarking on a period of research, development and performances for their new show, Leviathan! Inspired by Herman Melville’s novel, Moby Dick,Leviathan tells the classic story of a power–crazed captain and his crew, incited to abandon their simple duties on board, manipulated to join an obsessive hunt in pursuit of an enemy whose very existence is uncertain… |
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