Meanwhile Wildlife Garden, backdrop for local theatre production ...
Meanwhile Wildlife Garden, one of our Mind Skills Development Service sites, is to feature as a backdrop for a ‘promenade performance’ theatre production as part of Kensington & Chelsea Council’s InTRANSIT festival. The festival is an exciting, fresh and contemporary series of newly commissioned arts events, which will transform the streets, parks and public places of Kensington & Chelsea into a riotous feast of culture. A series of events, linked by the theme of ‘movement’, will re-imagine and animate city life for two weeks in July and August. The festival is programmed by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Arts Service in partnership with arts organisations including the Gate Theatre, Serpentine Gallery, and Victoria and Albert Museum.
The particular performance that will cross through Mind’s garden site is called The Bicycle Thieves and is inspired by De Sica’s 1948 classic film. It is a unique promenade performance that combines theatre and bicycle choreography and will take place as a thrilling chase along the streets and canals of North Kensington. Audience members will need to have their own bicycle to watch the moving play and should meet at Meanwhile Gardens Skate Bowl for the start – the performance will then progress with certain scenes taking place in the wildlife garden and beside the Mind Project Hut. There will be four performances of The Bicycle Thieves on Saturday 31 July and Sunday 1 August at 2.30pm and 5.00pm, ticket price is £4.00 for the 50minute show.
Please see website www.rbkc.gov.uk/intransit for details on the InTRANSIT festival and more info on The Bicycle Thieves production.