The Playful Escape Festival
A celebration of all things playful.
Escape the city and get lost in a day festival championing the importance of playfulness as an adult. Why do we stop playing and how can weave a bit more playfulness into our everyday? Co-produced by Antidote, Museum of Happiness, & PlayDays, The Playful Escape is an opportunity to reconnect with your sense of fun, imagination and above all, play A LOT of games. Dip into inspiring talks, active workshops & creative activities throughout the day or come for the whole thing (much advised obvs.)
NB. Kids v welcome, but this one’s really for the adults. So bring your Mrs, your mates or just your playful self.
The LIneUp
| THE PLAYROOM | ||||
| Start | End | Who | What | About |
| 11:00 | 11:45 | Peachyface | PlayGym | The Play Gym will help you stretch and strengthen your play muscles; through a series of exercises you’ll learn how to make life a little more playful. |
| 12:00 | 12:45 | Kevin Davidson | Old School Playground Games | Tag, Rock Paper Scissors, Grandmothers Footsteps, come play a bunch of classic playground games remixed by Kev. |
| 13:00 | 13:45 | Loose Baker | Festive Games | The best games to spice up any dull Xmas with the family, table games, word games and loads more. |
| 14:00 | 14:45 | Paul Matania | A Crash Course in the Ukulele | Roadtest the ukulele in a super fun class with Paul Matania, ukes provided & total beginners v welcome. |
| 15:00 | 15:45 | Caroline Milsom | Playful Drawing masterclass | A masterclass in playful drawing techniques and ideas hosted by artist & performer Caroline. All levels of artistic ability welcome. |
| THE PYRAMID STAGE | ||||
| Start | About | |||
| 11:15 | 11:45 | Paul Matania | Live music | An uplifting opening set from actor musician Paul Matania. |
| 11:45 | 12:15 | Loose Baker | Talk | Professional fool, play facilitator and games expert Lucy Baker will talk about how to facilitate a playful environment for adults and share some top tips on how to make anything in your life more playful. |
| 12:15 | 12:45 | Museum of Happiness | Talk | MoH co-founder Vicky Johnson delivers a reflective speech on The Museum of Happiness, A Personal Journey, about their work connecting & inspiring people to live more fulfilling lives. |
| 13:45
Meet here, then game will be played in area surrounding DL. |
15:oo | Firehazard | City Dash street game | High-energy scavenger hunt crossed with hide-and-seek. Work together to uncover secrets, crack cryptic clues, and outwit or outrun patrols in this high-energy immersive experience! |
| 15:00 | 15:45 | Antidote | Musical chairs | Collect en masse to play a massive game of Musical Chairs in the DL foyer. No party poopers. Get there early to bag a spot. |
| 16:00 | 16:30 | Kevin Davidson | Interactive talk | Led by Goldmsiths lecturer Kevin Davidson, an interactive talk on the relationship between Play & Creativity and the mysterious art of Draggling. |
| GIFFIN SQUARE | ||||
| 15:00 | 15:45 | Antidote | Giant Hungry Hippos World Championships | A giant game of human sized Hungry Hippos where participants will scoop their way to victory armed with ball-pit-balls and skateboards. Yes, you heard right. Collect in the Square at 3pm to be organized into teams. |
| 15:45 | Rabble | Playground games | Rabble host immersive team games that put the fun back into fitness. Join them in Giffin Square for a huge game of Capture the Flag, British Bulldogs or Stuck in the Mud. Bring your mates. | |
| THE MARKETPLACE | ||||
| All Day | Tick the Bucket | Meet the team | Come meet Tick the Bucket, the company that bring people together to achieve their Bucket Lists & tick off some of those lifelong to-dos! | |
| All Day | Museum of Happiness | Meet the team | The Museum of Happiness is a nonprofit organisation that provides an experiential adventure, where people of all ages and backgrounds can learn more about the essence of happiness and well-being. | |
| All Day | Antidote | Robot building | A pop-up DIY station where you can build your own robot out of cardboard & love. | |
| All Day | Antidote | Mindful colouring in | Switch off & zen out while you do some Mindful colouring in from a selection of Playful Escape pictures. Families very welcome. | |
| All Day | Antidote | Board Games station | A range of classic & new board games from Monopoly and Articulate to Jenga and cards to play with your mates. | |
| All Day | Peachyface | PlayGym | Peachyface sets up her Playgym where she’ll help you stretch and strengthen your play muscles. Through a series of exercises you’ll learn how to make life a little more playful. |
Information
Date
Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Time
11-5pm
Physical activity
Move around mildly
Address
The Deptford Lounge 9 Giffin St, SE8 4RJ London
Costs
FREE