The Phoenix Road Performing Gardens

Designed by NOOMA Studio, the Phoenix Road Performing Gardens envisions a street garden for the people of Somers Town, which facilitates performance, showcases the spirit of the local community, and explores alternative scenarios for the road to be pedestrianised during its weekend-long closure at the end of June. During the weekend you can experience a programme of performative events, establishing spontaneous spaces on Phoenix Road and providing a platform for the local community to perform, meet, and exchange.

PROGRAMME

Friday 24th
7pm - Talks and drinks to open the pavilions

Saturday 25th
9am - Children’s flag painting workshop
11am - Mural painting / Somers Town Museum
11am - 4.30pm - Musical acts / From Regents High School, Queens College, Portland Place and William Ellis School and DJ Queenie
3pm - Tour of gardens / Global Generations
5pm - Choreographed dance performances / The Place
7pm - Improvised dance performances / The Place

Sunday 26th
11am - Improv workshop / Dance Cooperative
12pm - Improv dance / The Place
1pm - STM Auction: Art in Everyday Life
2pm - Museum Walk ‘The Model Estate’ / Somers Town Museum

NOOMA Studio, are the winners of Somers Town Acts, a design competition organised by the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) and the London Borough of Camden.