Edible Bus Stop has joined forces with Zac Monro Architects, to create Flotilla, a project that creates and uses 'paper boats' as a medium for story telling The first boat has dropped anchor at the Brixton Design Trail 2018, as a headline event for the London Design Festival, in Brixton Village's forecourt on Coldharbour Lane. The 'boat'...

Brixton theatre company announces Wind in the Willows cast

Sixteenfeet productions, a Brixton-based theatre group has announced the line-up for this year’s open air park productions of Wind in the Willows. The all-star cast will perform in Brockwell Park Walled Garden from Wednesday 25 July till Tuesday 31 July. You can book here. If you can’t make Brockwell Park, you...

Brixton theatre company makes an anniversary trip to Brockwell Park

Grace Waters on an old favourite – Sixteenfeet's Wind in the Willows – making an anniversary return to Brockwell Park At a pilot arts season in Brockwell Park back in 2008, Brixton based professional theatre company, Sixteenfeet Productions was formed. A company dedicated to exploring and supporting new writing throughout...

Help double Brixton theatre group’s money for summer activity

Brixton’s Sixteenfeet Productions are taking part in the Summer Give an annual fundraising campaign run by the Big Give and The Childhood Trust. Money donated is matched and will enable the theatre company to put on the outdoor production of Wind in the Willows in Brockwell Park from 25...

Pop up Panto is back in Brixton with a funky Aladdin

Brixton’s Sixteenfeet Productions is bringing back the pop up Panto. A fab and funky Aladdin is touring Lambeth schools and community centres this Christmas with two public performances at Brixton East 1871 on Saturday 23rd December at 2.30pm and 4.30pm. Suitable for ages 6+ tickets costs £9 for adults and £5 for children. If you haven’t booked...

Pop up Panto Aladdin is open for bookings

Sixteenfeet Productions are taking bookings from Primary schools and Community Groups for their fab and funky Aladdin. A spokesperson says: "This offers a fantastic opportunity for children to experience live performance in the comfort of their school at a fraction of the cost of a theatre visit." It is written by...

Artists get active on the Brixton Design Trail

Alan Slingsby visited a few of the dozens of Brixton Design Trail events There’s a lot more to design than sitting around and having a good idea. You can catch Brixton Design Trail participants all across town turning ideas on the trail’s theme of Love is Power into reality. Julie and Ash of...

The Jungle Book comes to Brockwell Park

Sixteenfeet Productions presents a new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's timeless classic The Jungle Book with a contemporary twist. Meet Mowgli and join her on a journey through the jungle as she finds friends, overcomes her enemies and learns to speak to the animals. Some are fierce, some are friendly but all...

Young writers to perform at Brixton library

Sixteenfeet Productions in partnership with Lambeth Libraries presents Lambeth Young Voices Created by Lambeth Young People, Brixton Library, Friday 27 May at 7.30 Aspiring and emerging young writers will showcase their work as part of the Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival and see their work staged by a professional cast and director. Hosted by...

Call for Lambeth’s young voices

As part of this year’s Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival, Sixteenfeet Productions in partnership with Lambeth Libraries will present an evening of new work created by under-18s living in Lambeth. Winning writers will see their work staged by a professional cast of up to four people. Submissions close Monday...

Wind in the Willows at Brockwell Park

Theatre company, Sixteenfeet Productions are returning to Brockwell Park with their unique brand of open-air theatre. The Walled Garden is to become the stage for - Wind in the Willows, an evergreen classic by Kenneth Grahame adapted by Andrew Walsh with original music by Guy Holde. The production is promenade theatre so the...

Celebrate Lambeth playwrights at Brixton Library this weekend

This weekend local theatre company Sixteenfeet Productions and Lambeth Libraries present First Draft, a new writing festival on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th June taking place at Brixton Library. First Draft is a showcase of new short plays by Lambeth writers. In April Sixteenfeet launched the search for emerging writers in the borough and...

Free workshops and competition for budding Brixton playwrights

Local theatre company Sixteenfeet Productions are teaming up with Brixton Library to present three free play writing workshops as part of the twelfth Lambeth Readers and Writers festival, which runs throughout May. Sixteenfeet Productions - known locally for their al fresco summer plays in Brockwell Park - have joined forces with Lambeth...

REVIEW: Goldilocks and the Three Endings

Fancy an evening of family-friendly al fresco fun in Brockwell Park? Then head along to the latest show from Sixteenfeet Productions, Goldilocks and the Three Endings. Arts contributor Sarah Solomon attended and found it perfect summer evening entertainment. Sitting on a hill top on picnic blankets in Brockwell Park with the...

PREVIEW: Goldilocks and the Three Endings

The MADD for Brockwell Park 2014 series of music, arts, drama and dance events continues to fill the Brixton social calendar with a diverse range of performances and activities. Arts contributor Sarah Solomon previews the next exciting performance. The latest offering from the MADD programme comes in the form of...

‘Catch me a Song’ cabaret thrills Brockwell Park audience

By Sarah Solomon Seated amongst the outdoor performance space in the beautiful surrounds of Brockwell Hall on a hot Saturday evening, the scene was set for an entertaining night ahead. Atop the slopes of Brockwell Park, Brixton based theatre collective, Sixteenfeet Production’s musical cabaret show Catch me a Song, was...

Singin’ in the Park

Now in its fifth year, Brixton’s annual arts festival MADD for Brockwell Park has begun, with events as diverse as a history walk beginning at the park’s historic clocktower, swing dance performances and community scratch opera. Arts contributor Sarah Solomon looks ahead at what next weekend holds. Fans of musical...

New playwriting festival for Lambeth

A playwriting festival for new writers in Lambeth has been launched by a local theatre company. Sixteen Feet Theatre, who do performances every summer in the Brockwell Park walled gardens, are inviting aspiring writers in the borough to submit a short play of 10-20 minutes duration with a cast of two to five...

Outdoor performances of Twelfth Night open tonight

ATTIC Theatre Company and Sixteenfeet Productions are set to bring a rip roaring production of Shakespearean shenanigans to Brixton this summer, as they join forces to present Twelfth Night or What You Will in Brockwell Park from 3rd to 14th July as part of MAD for Brockwell Park. Transporting the audience to a Mediterranean island in the...

Theatre: Toady and Ratty come to the Walled Garden

The Walled Garden in Brockwell Park is hosting open-air theatre performances this summer for the fifth year running. Sixteen Feet, a Brixton-based theatre company, started its run of Wind in the Willows in the garden last week and shows will go on until August 27. A cast of seven actors and...

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