UK - The Greenwich + Docklands International Festival returned during the weekend with a spectacular water-themed programme for 2009. The four-day free event featured performances by UK and international artists using water-based interpretations to reflect the identity of Greenwich and East London.
On Saturday evening, the historic Royal Arsenal in Woolwich on the banks of the Thames was transformed by Dutch company Close Act as they performed their Pi-Leau. Pi-Leau was set in a fictional Woolwich submerged by water, following rising sea levels. Part fairytale and part apocalyptic vision, giant structures and stilt performers combined with pyrotechnics to create an experience in which Waterworld collided with The Little Mermaid.
Stage Electrics provided City Colours outdoor architectural floodlights, six towers of 12 PAR cans which lit the main performance area, followspots, Martin MAC 2000 moving lights in waterproof inflatable domes, sound, rigging and an Altair Wireless Intercom system for the company's technical crew on site.
