Ensemble Festival 2025

Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 July

12pm till 8pm

Ensemble Festival 25

Zone A – Hydropunk – All day 1/2hr break at 14:15, 16:30 & 18:45

Artizani and Tenderfoot Theatre - Hydropunk

Outdoor arts veterans Artizani and sustainability-focused Tenderfoot Theatre come together in Hydropunk, an interactive water installation created with the public. A chaotic yet playful water machine cranks into motion in a striking environmental metaphor where everyone must work together to recycle water and keep the fun flowing. Supported by Without Walls, Stockton International Riverside Festival, Birmingham Weekender, and Brighton Festival.

Hydropunk

Artizani is a dedicated, internationally recognised outdoor arts company with 35 years’ experience. They are experts in the field, having made over 30 shows, and their director holds the only UK PhD in Contemporary Outdoor Arts. They make shows that are flexible, respond to the space they are in, and engage with the audiences they find there.

Tenderfoot Theatre is an eco-theatre company and sustainable arts organisation that seeks to make work at the intersection of sustainability and creativity. As a collaborative group of researchers, theatre-makers, designers, and writers, they create work that explores climate change and sustainability in a way that is optimistic, full of energy, and sustainably made at every stage of the process.

Facebook: @Artizani , @TenderfootTheatre
Instagram: @artizaniuk , @tenderfoot.theatre

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Site maps at the Royal Docks will help you find the stage.

For any questions, visit the Certain Blacks information tent located next to the Good Hotel. 

SHOW ACCESS

Highly visual – where explanation might be helpful, performers are experienced in non-verbal techniques.

Live Audio Description –available on demand. Please email our access lead, María Cuervo, at maria@certainblacks.com.

You may also arrange it on the day at the Information Tent. 

Touch tours – available upon demand throughout the day. Please contact our access lead, María Cuervo, at maria@certainblacks.com.

You may also arrange it on the day at the Information Tent. 

Physical accessibility is deeply considered in the design of the installation – a range of activities occur at different heights,

allowing all wheelchair users to access some of them. 

Seating – available upon request.

This is a chilled performance – you can move around as you wish or make noise. 

There will be access staff on site to support audiences who need assistance throughout the performance. 

For accessibility information on the festival site, see our access commitment or contact maria@certainblacks.com

Ensemble Festival 2025 takes place at the Royal Docks in East London: 

Travel

DLR Royal Victoria – The site is a 10-minute walk from Royal Victoria DLR station. This is an accessible station. 

Elizabeth Line Custom House 

Buses 325, 474, 241 and 129 (from Lewisham and Greenwich through the new Silvertown Tunnel) 

IFS Cable Car from the O2 Centre

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