Ensemble Festival 2023

Ensemble Festival, presented by Certain Blacks in partnership with the Royal Docks Team, is a free festival featuring an eclectic mix of theatre, circus, dance, music, and digital art. This year's outdoor festival at Royal Victoria Docks is part of Without Walls 2023, a consortium of over 30 festivals and arts organisations that brings fantastic outdoor arts to people in towns and cities across England.

This year's festival explores themes of ecology, modern living, and reconnection in busy times and is part of Without Walls 2023 – a consortium of over 30 festivals and arts organisations that brings fantastic outdoor arts to people in towns and cities across England.

The programme includes two days of pop-up performances around City Hall before a two-day live performance programme across the weekend at Western Gateway and a spectacular aerial performance from Gorilla Circus to end both evenings at Dockside Lawns.

Check out the full programme below:

Wednesday 19 July
Western Gateway (Royal Victoria DLR)

12:00 - 16:00

Day one of pop-up performances around City Hall before the festival weekend. Click on each performance for more information.

- Compagnie Krak - THE BENCH INVASION

- dotComedy – NEWS DESK

- Bureau Of Silly Ideas – CARBON FOOTPRINT

Thursday 20 July
Western Gateway (Royal Victoria DLR)

13:00 - 16:00

Day two of pop-up performances around City Hall before the festival weekend. Click on each performance for more information.

- Compagnie Krak - THE BENCH INVASION

- Autin Dance Theatre - Out of the Deep Blue

- Avant Guard Dance – S.C.R.U.M

Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 July
Western Gateway (Royal Victoria DLR)

12:00- 19:00

Two days of quirky shows and thought-provoking performances for all the family. Highlights include a high-energy dance piece, a multi-sensory sound installation, a theatre performance you can smell and a whole lot more!

Click on each performance for more information.

- Amina Khayyam Dance Company – You & Me

- Ghetto Fabulous - Family Catwalk Extravaganza

- Just More Productions – Fussy Foodies – Battle of the Pans

- Sonia Sabri Company - MUGHAL MINIATURES: The Awakening

- Merge

- Give or Take

- Trance-fixed in Wonderland: Stranger than Psy-Fi

- Brighter Days

- Trigger – TEA BREAK

- Working Boys Club - SERVING SOUNDS

- Office Eléctrico 28 - [THE FRAME]

- Miss High Leg Kick - EAU DE MEMOIRE

Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 July

Dockside Lawns (Royal Albert DLR)

20:30 - 21:30

Gorilla Circus - UNITY

A large-scale aerial spectacular that merges immersive theatre, circus and community stories in a powerful but intimate way, allowing audiences to be close to and in amongst the action.

Part of At the Docks 2023 – a brand-new summer season of arts, culture, and events at the Royal Docks.