Spectacular outdoor performances taking place throughout august, celebrating culture and innovation
This month of August boasts an incredible line up of performing arts events, comedy, theatre and young people’s takeover stages across the borough of Kensington and Chelsea as part of the amazing summer long Kensington + Chelsea Festival. Highlights include comedy nights at Chelsea Theatre on a ‘pay what you can’ basis, thought provoking theatre, educative performances for children, and the spotlight being shone on the wonderful talents of local youth.
With focus on recovery from the pandemic and on providing opportunities for performers to come back to work as we all emerge out of lockdown – the festival presents a perfect moment to get back into our theatres, parks, cities, streets, see outdoor performances and reconnect with our communities through surprising and spectacular experiences together.
All programming is free or affordable, and the festival organisers want to encourage anyone to get involved, enjoy and find inspiration.
Family-friendly highlights include:
Teddy Bear’s Picnic | Wed 28 July | 11am + 2.30pm | Chelsea Theatre, World’s End Plaza, SW10 0DR | £10
Bring along your favourite bear and join us on a fun, exciting adventure to get to the picnic on time!   The show incorporates props, puppets, well-known songs and dancing together with important educational areas such as numbers, colours and shapes. Aimed at children aged 2-6.   All children, including those under 2, are required to book a ticket to reserve a seat in the theatre.
A Square World by Daryl Beeton | 3pm | Sunday 22 Aug I Chelsea Theatre |Â Tickets are offered on a Pay What You Want basis. Pre-booking required.
A Square World is a story of friends who enjoy the same routine day after day, each day is the same until an unexpected change is forced upon just one of them. This accidental happening throws everyone into disarray, the friends are suddenly divided into those who can and the one who can’t. The friends realise their daily routine is no longer as enjoyable as it was and together decide they need to redefine the rules of the square world in which they live. By injecting a little fun and chaos they soon discover their lives won’t be square ever again! This endearing and funny performance looks at the unfairness of being left out in a world designed for everyone else but yourself. From the mind of Daryl Beeton comes A Square World, an honest, touching and bizarrely quirky piece of theatre for young audiences. This non verbal story, set to an original commissioned soundtrack uses clean-cut simple design, object manipulation and elements of surprise to create an ever evolving and imaginative world. A place where we discover anything can happen once we think differently and rip up the rule book. The performance is suitable for 3 – 6 Year Olds.
