Sea Shanties & Lascar Tales
Join students from local school Britannia Village Primary School and the London Sea Shanty Collective on the banks of the Thames at the new Greenhouse Theatre in Thames Barrier Park on Saturday 27 May 3-4pm.
This special Royal Docks Festival performance will feature poems, classic sea shanties and some with new lyrics exploring the hidden stories of Lascars - the Indian sailors who powered the empire's fleet and lived in London's East End. Britannia Village students worked with poet and sea shanty singer Laila Sumpton to craft their own lyrics, and they are looking forward to teaching them to the crowd for a big sing along!
The London Sea Collective will perform their songs of the sea and rivers - they are a non-audition community choir based in Dalston who have performed at the Cutty Sark, Natural History Museum, Maritime Museum, Fire in the Mountain Festival and more!
Inspired by Raqs Media Collective - The Waves are Rising, Britannia Village Primary school collaborated with Laila Sumpton from the London Sea Shanty Collective. Year 5 students rewrote sea shanty lyrics weaving colonial history, rising sea levels and shipping to capture the Lascar experience.
For your visit
New Arrival
Food & Drink
The Snack Shack
Homemade cakes and hot food are on offer at this friendly and laid-back spot on St. John’s Green.
New Arrival
Food & Drink
Husk Brewing
There's a new brewer in town, right where the first IPAs were once shipped from. Watch out for live music nights in the bar.
Outdoors
Britannia Village Green
Every experimental urban village needs a green. This one has a basketball court.
