Theatre-watch: Totally Thames Festival
Celebrating the life and soul of the river that defines London.
Totally Thames festival is returning to London in September 2024 with a programme of events across the capital - celebrating the life and soul of the river that defines this city.
Events include live art and performances, mudlarking, foreshore walks and talks, and river events including the Great River Race.
One of the highlights of the festival will be One In One Out by Lucy Hayhoe - an installation that invites audiences to experience a mini queer night out in just five minutes! This tiny queer bar in Canary Wharf’s Crossrail Place Roof Garden asks what is the role of the gay bar in London’s future?
The landscape of queer London is always changing, from the queer history of London’s docks to the recent closures of queer nightlife spaces. For two days on 5th and 7th September, One In One Out explores nostalgia for lost LGBTQIA+ scenes, the consumption of queer space, and what it means to be queer and alone.
The Totally Thames festival will run from 1-30 September.
Programme
Mudlarking Exhibition in the Roman Amphitheatre
- Saturday 31st August – Sunday 1st September
- Roman Amphitheatre, Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard, London, EC2V 5AE
Clean Thames Challenge
- Sunday 1st September – Monday 30th September
- Various Locations
Lecture by Andrew Lane with John Dunford
- Sunday 1st September
- Roman Amphitheatre, Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard,
London, EC2V 5AE
Mudlarking Walk with Nicola White
- Wednesday 4th September
- London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Rd, London
EC1R 0HB
One In One Out
- Thursday 5th and Saturday 7th September
- Crossrail Place Roof Garden, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AB
Hulked
- Saturday 7th September
- Edith May Thames Barge, West Quay, St Katherine’s Dock, 50 St
Katherine’s Way, London, E1W 1LA
Mudlarking Masterclass with Steve Brooker
- Saturday 7th September
- Thames Foreshore on Isle of Dogs
Kids Choir & Sing for Water
- Sunday 15th September
- The Scoop at More, London SE1 2AA
St Katharine Docks Classic Boat Festival
- Saturday 7th – Sunday 8th September
- St Katharine Docks, 50 St Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1LA
Tideway Boat Tour
- Thursday 19th September
- London Bridge City Pier, London, SE1 2HD
Great River Race
- Saturday 21st September
- From Millwall in the East to Richmond in the West
Thames Day
- Sunday 22nd September
- By the Church of St Magnus the Martyr, London, EC3R 6DN
River Song
- 28th September
- Theatreship, South Quay Plaza, London, E14 9SH
Mudlarking Weekend in Museum of London Docklands
- Saturday 28th – Sunday 29th September
- Museum of London Docklands, No.1, West India Quay,
Hertsmere Road, London, E14 4AL
Lecture by Kate Sumnall
- Saturday 28th September
- Museum of London Docklands, No.1, West India Quay,
Hertsmere Road, London, E14 4AL
Lecture by Museum of London Archaeology and Jason Sandy
- Sunday 29th September
- Museum of London Docklands, No.1, West India Quay,
Hertsmere Road, London, E14 4AL
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