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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:

Saturday 20th July: book here
Sunday 21st July: book here

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the show start, to allow time for you to receive your tea and headset, and get seated.

Access

^TEABREAK shows on Saturday 20th July at 1pm and 3pm will be BSL interpreted.

TEABREAK offers a pre-recorded Audio Description introduction, available for streaming. Written by Tony McBride

Easy Reads will be available.

The Friends of Valentines Mansion are hosting special open day to explore the house, gardens and park. Bring a picnic, come and along with family and friends, individuals also welcome too!

  • Poetry Workshops during the afternoon for anyone wanting to write a poem
  • Explore the photography exhibition in the gallery
  • Enjoy free live music from Redbridge Music Lounge in the walled garden 11.30am to 5pm
  • Garden Trails to help you discover the historic gardens at Valentines

Follow the QR code tours in the house to delve into the history!  


The children’s poems will be displayed in the Holcombe Room from the Redbridge Schools Poetry competition. Winners of the poetry competition announced at 3pm. If you took part in the competition, please ask an adult to email to let us know if you are coming along! FREE ENTRY with optional donation to the Friends of Valentines Mansion. Please help us know numbers attending by booking.

About

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.

Discover all available accessibility offers here

Touch tour sign, two capital T's in a circle

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.

Funding, commissioning and partner credits

Autin Dance Theatre presents OUT OF THE DEEP BLUE with the support of Arts Council England, Midlands Arts Centre – MAC, 101 Outdoor Arts, Déda Derby (Offsite affiliate partners Appetite, Birmingham Hippodrome, Derby Festé & Wild Rumpus) Birmingham City Council, DanceXchange and Without Walls Blueprint R&D support. 

Like reading and chatting about books?

You might like our new Rapid Reads Book Club!

We’ll be reading books of less than 200 pages and then getting together to chat about them over a cuppa.

The group meets on the fourth Tuesday monthly at Redbridge Central Library.

You can also join online via Teams.

If you are interested in joining this event online you will need to contact library.information@visionrcl.org.uk for the Teams joining details.

Suitable for ages 16+

Join us for a fun filled family friendly event as Redbridge Music School are joined by championship section brass band Redbridge Brass in a large scale film screening of the classic Wallace & Gromit film ‘The Wrong Trousers’. The concert will also feature music from other young brass players from the Redbridge Music Service.

The Friends of Redbridge Music Service invite you to Music on a Summer’s Day at John Savage Centre.
Featuring bands and ensembles from Redbridge Music Service. Plus wood fired pizza, licensed bar, soft drinks, cakes, & other refreshments.

Tickets via Eventbrite or office at music school.

Reviving the art of Block Printing! Come and join in for free and try out block printing and henna. See how our AWAAZ group has created and made use of this traditional art in so many household items.

Light refreshments will be served.

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

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