Without Walls

@withoutwalls.uk

England's largest network of outdoor arts organisations, working together to create, develop and tour innovative new work.
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🎉Without Walls is pleased to announce the 2026 programme! 🎉⁠ ⁠ 10 new commissions for 2026, bringing extraordinary outdoor arts for all.⁠ ⁠ From all-female wire walking to Afrobeat gig-theatre and reimagined folk dance, these shows promise unforgettable moments for audiences everywhere.⁠ To find out more about the artists premiering work this year, head to the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ ⁠Images: @kneadnaan @davidncaines @bothhemispheres @robertgoldenpictures @emergencyexitarts Anne Tetzlaff, Jason Pegg, Ellie Kurtzz
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3 months ago
We’re pleased to see @ArtsProfessional.co.uk spotlighting the Outdoor Arts Sector Strategy, “Wherever You Are, Whoever You Are, The Arts Are Yours: A Strategy for Joy and Belonging.” Commissioned by OutdoorArtsUK, @WithoutWalls.UK and @101OutdoorArts , this important framework champions the vital role outdoor arts play in creating inclusive, accessible cultural experiences for everyone. The article outlines the framework used in the strategy as well as its objectives for the future, highlighting issues faced by all art forms, including funding and increased regional inequalities, alongside more specific challenges, like dwindling access to public space. 🔗Read more: https://ow.ly/YiHQ50YZuSn (link in highlights & bio) 📷 WILD by @Motionhouse at Greenwich Fair, part of @GDIFestival , photo: Dan Tucker #OutdoorArts #ArtsForAll #CulturalStrategy #CreativeCommunities #Belonging
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#outdoorperformance #physicaltheatre #Thirunarayan Productions #vidyathirunarayan #holydirt Directed & Designed by David Glass Composed by Foz Foster Performed by Dale Wylde & Vidya Thirunarayan 📸 WithoutWalls Grateful for the support by @aceagrams @withoutwalls.uk . Commissioning partner @inkocentre20
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We were so happy to see some of our 2026 shows at @nnfest yesterday. The sun shone too! More today :) @gpilgrimcompany @mira_salat @shyamdattanii @talawatc @thirunarayan_productions @radical_ritual @daughters_of_the_wire
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@nnfest see you soon! 🙌🏽 After months of preparation, we’re so excited to premiere a new four-dancer version of GARBH at Norfolk & Norwich Festival this Saturday ✨ We can’t wait to bring our love for Gujarati folk movement for audiences in Norwich to experience on the first stop of this special tour - thank you @withoutwalls.uk for making this possible ♥️💫 📍 Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich Performance times: 12pm & 3:45pm Touch tour: 3:20pm Audio description available on request for both performances. Dancers: @mira_salat @martabeccatini3 @sks.dance @shyamdattanii 📸: @creationhub.media #GujaratiFolk #Garba #OutdoorArts #OnTour
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11 days ago
We’re on T O U R ✨ It’s been 8 months since we last performed Garbh, and we’re back on the road from this week after a beautiful two-week residency @101outdoorarts reviving the work with 6 dancers and creating the 4-dancer version. Garbh (womb) is an innovative, in-the-round, outdoor dance work that reimagines our ancient Gujarati Folk Dance ‘Garba’, giving voice to this underrepresented ancestral form through contemporary choreography and immersive design. Come see us at one of our 28 performances across the UK this summer - we’re so excited to be bringing this special work to audiences at: • 9 May: @nnfest , Norwich & Norfolk • 17 May: @brightonfestival • 4 & 5 July: @aisfestival , Leicester • 25 & 26 July: Ensemble Festival @certainblacks , The Royal Docks (London) • 31st July & 1st August: @sirf_stockton • 29, 30, 31 August: @bhamweekender • 5 September: @gdifestival , Greenwich & Docklands (London) • 6 September: @freedomfesthull Save the dates for the location closest to you!📍 Thank you @bhamweekender , @freedomfesthull , @aisfestival , @activate_parts /Inside-Out Dorset, @sirf_stockton and @brightonfestival for commissioning us and with support from @withoutwalls.uk and @101outdoorarts 🙏🏽 Also @richmondartsandideas Festival 2025 and Co-Produced by @pagravdanceco (@lprenouk & @urja76 ) with funding from @aceagrams Co-Choreographers: @mira_salat & @shyamdattanii Dramaturgy: @pjchaudhury Choreographic Mentor: @urja76 Dancers: @anayavasudha @_meera @ishirashah @sks.dance @martabeccatini3 @jainamodasia1 (@anjali_inmotion R&D) #Garba #Gujarati #SouthAsianDance #OutdoorArts #Rehearsal
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Chair! by Geraldine Pilgrim Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2026!!! 🎉⁠ Sat May 9th Times: 1pm, 2.30pm, & 4pm Duration: (30 mins) The Garth (West) St Andrew’s Hall St Andrew's Plain Norwich, Norfolk NR3 1AU Set in a dreamlike world, CHAIR! imagines how we can once again have public spaces that care. CHAIR! asks the question: “When did our public seating disappear and what would happen if we brought it back?”⁠ Renowned for her evocative transformations of buildings, places and landscapes, artist Geraldine Pilgrim's latest participatory outdoor performance comes to Norfolk & Norwich Festival. ⁠ CHAIR! is supported by @WithoutWalls and commissioned by @BrightonFestival and Activate/Inside Out Dorset.⁠ Supported by Old Diorama Arts Centre The initial R&D for CHAIR! was supported by FESTIVAL.ORG (Greenwich+Docklands International Festival). @nnfest @activate_parts @marthaoakespr @olddiorama @gdifestival Photos in this reel by @sheilaburnettphoto
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Bold. Playful. Unpredictable. HOLY DIRT turns public spaces into theatrical magic. 9 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival Directed and Designed by David Glass Performers: Sasha Krohn & Vidya Thirunarayan Photo: Certain Blacks at Ensemble Festival We are grateful for the support from @withoutwalls.uk @certainblacks @aceagrams @101outdoorarts and our commissioning partner @inkocentre20 #physicaltheatre #outdoorperformance #performingclay
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18 days ago
🫀TENDER EXCHANGE IS COMING ✨ The new ritual from @radical_ritual will be hitting the streets, parks and green spaces around the country this summer. Heading to: @nnfest on 9th May @brightonfestival on 16th & 17th May @sirf_stockton on 31st July & 1st August @freedomfesthull on 5th Sept & 6th Sept Commissioned by @withoutwalls.uk @brightonfestival @sirf_stockton @freedomfesthull #whatsinyourheart #community #trust #radicalritual
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21 days ago
@shyamdattanii and @mira_salat are in residency at 101 rehearsing Garbh, a @withoutwalls.uk Blueprint R&D project which is now part of the Without Walls 2026 programme. Garbh (womb) is an innovative, in-the-round, outdoor dance work that reimagines ancient Gujarati Folk Dance ‘Garba’, giving voice to this underrepresented ancestral form through contemporary choreography and immersive design. #101Residency #OutdoorArts #SouthAsianDance
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25 days ago
Take part in a site-specific performance at Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2026 🎉⁠ Geraldine Pilgrim's CHAIR! This is an exciting opportunity for anybody over 16 that would like to take part in CHAIR! The site-specific, outdoor pop-up performance is part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival, taking place on 2026 on Saturday 9 May. ⁠ ⁠ - No previous performing experience required - just bring your enthusiasm for taking part in a performance that demonstrates joyfully how everyone has the right to sit down and dream ⁠ ⁠ To indicate interest: [email protected] ⁠ Open to anyone over 16yrs. Performance Days: Multiple times and places (TBA) Sat 9th of May - Part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2026 CHAIR! is supported by @WithoutWalls , and commissioned by @BrightonFestival and Activate/Inside Out Dorset. @nnfest Credit: Video material by Anastasia Shuraeva, via Pexels video website.
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Take part in a site-specific performance at Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2026 🎉⁠ Repost from our friends @nnfest Geraldine Pilgrim's CHAIR! This is an exciting opportunity for anybody over 16 that would like to take part in CHAIR! The site-specific, outdoor pop-up performance is part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival, taking place on 2026 on Saturday 9 May. ⁠ ⁠ - No previous performing experience required - just bring your enthusiasm for taking part in a performance that demonstrates joyfully how everyone has the right to sit down and dream ⁠ ⁠ To indicate interest: [email protected] ⁠ Open to anyone over 16yrs. Performance Days: Multiple times and places (TBA) Sat 9th of May - Part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2026 CHAIR! is supported by @WithoutWalls , and commissioned by @BrightonFestival and Activate/Inside Out Dorset. @nnfest @activate_parts Credit: Video material by Anastasia Shuraeva, via Pexels: /@anastasia -shuraeva
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