The National Theatre has announced its summer pop-up theatre festival will return once again for another alfresco season.
Returning for its seventh season, the River Stage is one of London's biggest free outdoor arts festivals and is conveniently located in central London.
Setting up stage on the South Bank between June 9 and July 2, the festival pulls together a broad church of performance for summer-time weekend fun.
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Weekend takeovers include live music, theatre, workshops and audience participation for those who fancy joining in.
East London queer venue The Glory kick the festival off (June 9-11), led by Jonny Woo and John Sizzle.
The weekend will feature highlights of The Glory's drag queen contest Lipsync100 and drag king contest Man Up!. There's also a Saturday night party, drag life drawing, sing-a-longs and dance-a-longs.
James Cousins Company takes over the following weekend (June 16-18) for a weekend of dance that draws on the company's immersive production We Are As Gods.
Performances and workshops by some of the UK's top dancers and singers will takeover the stage, from contemporary, to salsa and tap to line-dancing - all flavoured with your most love pop routines.
Contemporary Arab festival of culture Shubbak hosts the third weekend (June 23-25). IT will host a multi-artform programme with music, DJ sets performance, workshops and installations.
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Rounding the festival off, Hackney Empire's Young Producers return for three days (June30-July2) that showcase the next generation of young creatives. Watch out for dance crews, rap battles, steel pans, grime and ideas found on TikTok.
There will be plenty of food and drink available through KERB, which brings its open-air food market to South Bank for the event, featuring a host of food from bao buns, ramen, fried chicken and Sicilian-style pizzas.
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