London, United Kingdom
Common
Ravers! Ramblers! Rebels! For 400 years Sydenham Common has been fought over. Now they need you.
Ravers! Ramblers! Rebels! For 400 years Sydenham Common has been fought over. Meet the poets, vicars, wise-women, travellers, and farmers who struggled to keep this vast green space for the people. Join them as they celebrate with month long festivals, songs, strange drinks and poetry. See their marches, battles, sabotage and petitions. Hear what the animals of the common have to say and follow the ghost trees to join the battle for Albion. Your common needs you! Lewisham-based site-specific theatre experts Teatro Vivo take you on a wild adventure across the Common – visiting the treasures of the local area and celebrating the protests and passion of its protectors. Today there are green areas in Sydenham and Forest Hill that only exist because of those who battled - and continue to battle - to keep them. This immersive show takes place outside, taking you on a gentle walk (wheelchair and buggy-friendly) of 1.2k starting at Sydenham Wells Park.
Audience Role
The audience join on the protest and become characters in the show.
Ages: 13 +
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About Teatro Vivo
THEATRE WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT Teatro Vivo is a critically acclaimed theatre company making playful and exciting immersive shows in unusual spaces. We tell stories in surprising ways – bringing Shakespeare to supermarkets, exploring The Odyssey on the streets of Deptford, or exposing the truth behind the British arms trade in public squares.