As part of South Asian Heritage Month, join author Niall Moorjani for some storytelling and craft based on their beautiful debut picture book Rajiv’s Starry Feelings – and learn more about the complex emotions we all feel but can’t always name.
Niall Moorjani is a mixed Scots-Indian award-winning writer and storyteller. They draw inspiration from fairy tales, folk tales and history and love giving them a modern twist. Rajiv’s Starry Feelings is their debut picture book.
For more information and to book a space, click here
Choogh Choogh by Beeja is inspired by the joy of travelling through India on a train. The journey starts with audience getting a special choogh choogh ticket. Sound scape is rich with sounds of train, hawkers, festivals and musicians.
Artists sing songs specially written for children – Chai Chai, Coffee Coffee. Scarves become steam, railway tracks, train windows, camels, and so much more. A journey where the audience experience the world from inside the train, through the train and outside it. Along the way the tickets get checked, imaginary food is sold and shared, among other interactions.
This show is an exploration of just how much we can see and imagine, together, as the train chooghs chooghs on.
Catch your breath and enjoy a free, freshly made brew in this heart-warming new show by Trigger.
Tea leaves have journeyed across continents and centuries to take their place as the great comforter of our time. With tea served from Trigger’s beautifully hand painted Tuk Tuk, this gentle performance brings an uplifting moment of pause. Uniting people across the world and throughout our lives, inviting us to rest awhile, appreciate all that we have, honour moments that have passed and ready ourselves for what is to come.
Have a well-deserved TEABREAK and as you stir your cup, gently glide through an audio journey of tea and how it’s found itself into our tea pots. A mesmerising audio journey takes you from leaf to cup, travelling across continents from the sounds of tea-pickers in Sri Lanka to the hum of a British cafe. Featuring sound bites from gardeners, historians, tea-makers, mothers, children speaking about what tea means to them – this audio journey is about honouring one of our most loved rituals, tea drinking.
The audio is accompanied by a beautiful piece of choreography, performed by two dancers in beautiful costumes.
Recommended for ages 8+
Booking
Headphones for the performances are limited. Some headsets will be available to book on the day. You can book your free seat in advance to guarantee a headset. Follow links to book:
The TEABREAK Tuk Tuk was created by Trigger and originally presented as part of PoliNations, commissioned by UNBOXED. TEABREAK is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Timber Festival.
Join Redbridge Outdoor Arts as we celebrate our local communities through dance, music, costume and performance as part of Vision’s South Asian Heritage Month. Relax with a cup of chai and a mindful moment at our hand painted tuktuk with TEABREAK, then jump aboard for a delightful train journey through India with Choogh Choogh.
Schedule
Saturday 20 July Ken Aston Square 11am TEABREAK* 12pm Choogh Choogh 1pm TEABREAK*^ 2pm Choogh Choogh 3pm TEABREAK*^
Sunday 21 July Ilford Town Centre 11.30am TEABREAK* 12.30pm Choogh Choogh 1.30pm TEABREAK* 2pm Performance by Sakthi Fine Arts Youth Dance Group 2.30pm Choogh Choogh 3.30pm TEABREAK*
Booking for TEABREAK
*Headphones for the performances are limited. Some headsets will be available to book on the day. You can book your free seat in advance to guarantee a headset. Follow links to book:
A large-scale outdoor performance featuring a sea giant puppet and a contemporary dancer, inspired by the themes of the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis.
Out of the Deep Blue is an outdoor physical theatre performance featuring a 13-foot tall Puppet operated by 5 puppeteers and a female dancer. This spectacle is designed specifically for family and festival audiences and tells the magical story of Eko, a sea giant who rises from the deep ocean and who encounters, on the shore, a courageous little girl called Violet.
The performance is in two-parts: a 25-minute promenade of the giant puppet interacting with the location, environment, architecture and the audience, and a 25-minute dance theatre duet.
Access
Pre-recorded audio notes prior to the event and synchronised Full Audio Description for the performance are available for streaming and download (on SoundCloud) before the event and to listen to during the live shows.
To help with understanding what to expect from the performance of Out of the Deep Blue, an Easy Read Guide is available.
A 15-minute touch tour for blind and partially sighted audience members will take place at 2:30 pm on Sunday 23 June when Eko the sea giant is sleeping before his afternoon performance.
Slots can be reserved by emailing culture@visionrcl.org.uk, but you can also just turn up!
The location is in the space in front of the Redbridge Town Hall, Ilford Town Centre, IG1 1LL
Find out what Eko is made of, ask questions to the production team of Autin Dance Theatre about the show, as they describe the performance space and other details.
What is a Touch Tour? A touch tour is usually held before an Audio-Described performance of a theatre production to provide context about the show and to allow blind and partially sighted members of the audience to familiarise themselves with the design of the space, costumes and props ahead of the show itself.
Join the Forest Musical Theatre Company (FMTC) ‘Cabaret Club’ for a relaxed evening of Musical Theatre themed entertainment.
They will perform songs from the shows and yes you will be invited to sing along!
The night will take place in the cosy environment of the RDC foyer and the bar will be open throughout.
The event has been organised to help raise funds towards the set for the FMTC up and coming production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’.
Tickets – £11.50 (inc Theatre Restoration Levy)
Do you have a green thumb?
Our planters on the Central library patio need some care and rejuvenation ready for the summer. Help us tend to them and fill them with new plants and seeds. Don’t forget to visit the library regularly to see how much they have grown!
All ages welcome, young children must be accompanied by an adult
FREE, Drop-in
Please note: This activity is dependent on the weather and may be postponed or delayed in bad weather conditions
Come and have your face painted, and celebrate Fabula Festival in style. Choose from one of 3 designs. Or have a small design on your hand instead.
Face painting charges: Face Painting – £3 per child / £5 for two
There’s always fun to be had around the duck pond, come rain or shine. Let’s see what we can find!
An intimate, interactive storytelling for our smaller visitors and their caregivers — featuring sensory objects, rhymes and stay-and-play. Take a trip to feed the ducks. What will you see? What will you feel?
Please note: during your visit to The Duck Pond, there will be some sensory water play. It is advisable to bring a change of clothes, just in case.
Co-Created by Discover Story Builders: Charlie-Anne Bruce and Diana Redgrave
