As part of our inaugural summer festival, we are hosting Woolwich Words & Sounds in the Park: a free, outdoor day festival. Taking place a short walk from Woolwich Works at Gallions Park, this participatory afternoon event will give audiences a taste of what the full Woolwich Words & Sounds festival has to offer. Kicking off the day is a hula-hoop workshop led by the Guinness World Record-holding hoop troupe The Majorettes, getting the whole family up and moving with circus skills, followed by a children's mindfulness workshop hosted by theatre ensemble Tangled Feet.

In the first of a series of talks between poets with shared passions, Anthony Anaxagorou (After the Formalities, How To...Write It) will be in conversation with Jack Underwood, author of Happiness (2015) and Not Even This (2021). This will be followed by performances from emerging jazz group Kalpadruma Collective, the cinematic sound of Dollars Trio and world-renowned drummer, composer, producer and beatmaker Myele Manzanza.

Stage times:

12pm – 1pm Hula Hoop Workshop with The Majorettes

1.30pm – 2pm Children's Mindfulness Workshop with Tangled Feet

2.30pm – 3pm Anthony Anaxagorou in Conversation with Jack Underwood

3.20pm – 4.10pm Kalpadruma Collective

4.30pm – 5.30pm: Dollars Trio

5.50pm – 6.50pm: Myele Manzanza