Shows @ Canary Wharf

Below, you’ll find our exciting programme for The Greenhouse’s residency at Canary Wharf, from the 19th June to the 14th July this summer. From music and musicals to dance and comedy, there’s a wide range of shows on offer, so come down and check it out!

Tickets £10 concessions, £15 full price

VENUE CLOSED ON TUESDAYS

A modern selkie story

HEADLINE SHOW – TO THE OCEAN

19th June to 14th July | 7pm
 
Grace has lived in Dunwick with her father all her life. But on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, she’s whipped up in the journey of a lifetime, travelling across land and sea, through rainstorms and abandoned barns, meeting people – and creatures – she was certain did not exist. All in the hope of finding out just who she is, and what her father had been too scared to tell her all these years.
 

To the Ocean is a modern re-telling of the Selkie myth. Performed with a cast of four actor musicians, the show intertwines myth, magic and song, to create a beautifully joyous story about connection, belonging, and the places we call home.

This show runs throughout our appearance at Canary Wharf, at 7pm every day except Tuesdays.

WEEK 1

19th – 25th June
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Harvest
Gift Horse Theatre
19th, 21st, 23rd, and 24th June

17:00

a love story between laura and jeanie.

and laura and lizzie.

and jeanie and some goblins.

an ecological fairytale with music.

after rossetti’s ‘goblin market.’

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There’s a Monkion in Your Attic (Work in Progress Show)
Hooky Productions
19th and 21st June

21:00

We’ve got news. There’s a Monkion in every attic. The secret’s out and the portal between worlds is opening. Monkion is ready, their fate is in your hands…
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Plant Gays
White Noise Theatre
24th June – 14:00
25th June – 14:00 and 17:00
 
Three queer people cross paths. Their connections blossom like the plants they nurture. Their history as deep as the roots beneath their feet.

WEEK 2

26th June – 2nd July
Fifty Sixty
A Murmuration of Starlings
Fifty/Sixty
26th, 28th and 29th June

17:00

A contemplative play that explores the unignorable awkwardness, absurdity and difficulty of human attraction in the midst of the modern world’s chaos.
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Hello, Box Office
5 Pigeons Pecking a Bin Bag
26th, 28th and 29th June

21:00

Watch three competing theatre box offices fight for ticket sales, pens and the rights to the next hit show. The Arts are dying – send help!
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Languageist
Bodies for Rent
30th June and 1st July
17:00
 

Rehearsal room. Three people are in rehearsal of ‘The Chorus Girl’ written by Chekhov. 

Reconstructing the words, the meaning of language becomes more and more obscure.

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The Green Bird
Nightshade Collective
30th June, 1st and 2nd July

21:00

The Green Bird fuses the 18th-century Commedia dell’Arte about two siblings finding themselves in a magical world with the magic of Chinese shadow theatre.
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Pleading Stupidity
Maybe You Like It
2nd July

14:00

Pleading Stupidity is the hilarious and unbelievable true story of two bumbling Aussie boys’ calamitous bank robbery, and the stories left behind in their wake.
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Needle in a Haystack
In Stitches Theatre
2nd July
17:00
 
7 improvisers bringing you a ton of whacky short form games that are completely improvised by taking prompts from the audience!
 
 

WEEK 3

3rd – 9th July
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The Sewage
Theatre Patchwork
3rd and 5th July

17:00

Two Brothers, a lost goldfish, and a world of grotesque creatures in the toilet…
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The Mariner’s Song
KinkyFish
5th, 6th, and 7th July

21:00

Award-winning spoken word from writer-performer Rajan Sharma navigating ancient myth, family history and life at
sea…will you answer the Mariner’s call?
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Anansi and the Lost Sun
Swallows Wings
6th, 7th, 8th July
17:00
 

A funny, inspiring & entertaining West African tale mixing Puppetry, Spoken Word & traditional live West African Music for families & children aged 4 to 11.

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Fault Line
8th July

14:00

Trapped in an alternate reality, Marie reckons with a terrible loss. Unable to face her grief, she

searches for an escape, no matter the cost.

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The Wanderer
8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th July

21:00

A tale of loss in a forgotten time, inspired by the songs, poetry and mythology of yesterday. A play 1,500 years in the making.
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The Borderless
9th July
14:00 and 17:00
 

The Borderless is the combination of Dave Hart (Flutes and Wind Synth) and Becki Luff (Harp, Vocals and Electronics). Together they write new compositions, pioneering alternative concert experiences that focus on improvisation and storytelling

WEEK 4

10th – 14th July
Birdies
Birdie’s Adventures in the Animal Kingdom
Patch Plays
10th, 12th and 13th July
17:00
 
The Animal Kingdom is in chaos! Join Birdie and Robin on their adventure to protect their animal friends, and help save the world.
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The Morphea
Further than the Edge
13th and 14th July

21:00


“Water, water everywhere and not a place to sleep?” 
Morphea’s home on the canal is being disturbed, so off she sets on a journey…