Redbridge Outdoor Arts Programme 2025
Experience celebratory play and clowning, human and animal connection through puppetry and dance, weaving poetry and rap with Hip Hop, celebrating cultures, stories and past generations.
Our shows are accessible, relaxed, take place on flat surfaces and performed outdoors, meaning you don’t have to sit still or be quiet throughout! You can come with the family, alone or with friends, and seating is provided.
Save the Dates!
September
Chad Taylor presents Closer To My Dreams
Saturday 13 September
Ken Aston Square, Barkingside
Sunday 14 September
Ilford Town Centre
‘Closer to my Dreams’ weaves poetry and rap with Hip Hop choreography. Living very parallel lives, the story shows the journey of two brothers, their peers, family and friends.
A playful, heartfelt and unique take on family and friendship, exploring universal questions of how we respond to the trials and tribulations that life throws at us, what path to take, when to hustle and when to let go.
October – Black History Month
Jeanefer Jean-Charles & Associates present PATOIS
Saturday 4 October
Ken Aston Square, Barkingside
Sunday 5 October
Ilford Town Centre
PATOIS tells a story of lost languages, longing and belonging through traditional Caribbean folk and contemporary dance, accompanied by an original music score.
Join us on a journey to rediscover hidden voices and identities that are rooted in dialects that are buried within us as we reawaken stories and generations of the past.
Where to find Redbridge Outdoor Arts performances:
Ken Aston Square, outside Fullwell Cross Library and Leisure Centre, Barkingside, IG6 2EA
Ilford Town Centre, outside the Town Hall, Ilford IG1 1LL
Past Shows 2025
June
Tit for Tat Circus presents Now I am Become d/Deaf (Destroyer of Words)
Saturday 21 June
Ken Aston Square, Barkingside 11am and 2pm
Sunday 22 June
Ilford Town Centre 1pm and 3pm
A clown stumbles before it’s audience and dances between the chattering heads and singing hands of strangers.
A visual spectacle of physical comedy that tears down barriers, celebrates silence and laughs into the face of frustration – in an effort for one clown to simply say “hello!”
July – Celebrating South Asia!
Sonia Sabri Company presents Mughal Miniatures: Animal Paradise
Saturday 26 July
Ken Aston Square, Barkingside 11am and 2pm
Sunday 27 July
Ilford Town Centre 1pm and 3pm
Mughal Miniatures: Animal Paradise is a vibrant dance performance for all the family, taking inspiration from the exquisite traditional art of Indian and Persian miniature painting through expressive dance, evocative puppetry and incredible music.
Dancers in sumptuous costumes create a captivating living picture, transporting you back in time to the richness of the Mughal Empire with a surprising contemporary twist.
