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We are an arts development organisation formed to support the growth of diverse artists. Performance, live art, music & more

13/10/2026

🎉 Here’s to more moments like these!

Sharing the space with a great crowd ready to experience new work, whether in a venue or out in the streets.

Here’s to more opportunities for incredible performances to travel, connect and find you! We’re doing our part to make that happen 😉

We’re so grateful for each one of you 🙌🏽 🙌🏽 🙌🏽

📷 Photos by Alick Cotterill / The Royal Docks (1-4) & Sarah Hickson (5-10)
Teatro en Movimiento Callejerx (1-2) & Captain C-Man (3-4), The Brownie Club (5-7) & The Modern Jazz & Folk Ensemble (8-10)

Arts Council England

06/10/2026

Artist support is at the heart of what we do🖤 Big love to all the artists who have been part of the Certain Blacks family– it’s thrilling to see the connections that have been forged over the years 🌱

📷 Photos by Sarah Hickson

Miss High Leg Kick (1), Hilanderas (2), Bold Mellon Collective (3), Sadiq Ali Co (4), Mish Weaver (5), Crying in the Wilderness Prods (6), Vidya Thirunarayan w/ David Glass (7), Dam Van Huynh w/ Elaine Mitchener (8)

Arts Council England

29/09/2026

Wrapping up the summer with gratitude🎁 We’re proud to be part of Without Walls UK , a network of festivals that light up the streets across the UK with talented artists who encourage us to look up and embrace outdoor spaces as more than just a route home.
The Royal Docks

📷 Photos by Sarah Hickson (1-2) and Alick Cotterill (3-7)

Arts Council England

24/09/2026

We’re looking for a Capital Project Manager to help deliver a two-year capital development programme, and we’d love to hear from you 📪

This is an excellent opportunity for a freelance arts professional with strong project management skills and experience of Arts Council England-funded programmes.

Following the award of Capital Funding from ACE’s Future Foundation Fund, we're seeking an experienced and highly organised Project Manager to oversee the delivery, administration and reporting requirements of our Creative Foundations Fund project supported by Arts Council England

Location: Hybrid/ London E16
Contract: fixed-term freelance
Duration: 24 Months
Fee: £8,000
Application deadline: 26 October ⏰
First round of interviews: w/c 2 Nov 2026
Second round of interviews: w/c 9 Nov 2026
Start date: 16 Nov 2026 🗓️

HOW TO APPLY:

1. Please send your application via email to [email protected] with:
🔹A detailed CV (no more than two A4 pages) with relevant experience in relation to the job description.
🔹 A letter of intention (no more than two A4 pages) detailing your relevant experience and skills, responding to the criteria listed in the person specification and job description duties.
🔶OR a video application responding to the criteria listed in the person specification and job description duties (no longer than 3 minutes).
🔹 Names and contact details of two referees. They will not be contacted without permission from the candidate.
🔹Please add “Capital Project Manager application” and your name to the subject line of your email.

2. Please fill out our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

🔗🔗Link to job description and equal opportunities form in bio

22/09/2026

Ensemble Festival 2026 | Autumn is settling in, the trees are losing their leaves and their clowns 🤡🍂 Luckily we have these photos to keep the memory of summer and Ensemble Festival alive ✨

Cris Clown’s wit and charm invited even the most stubborn Londoners to look up, wave 👋🏽 and offer a snack to that nonchalant clown smiling from the heights.

Whether suspended on a tree or a crane, U.F.A. (Unidentified Flying Object - In Female) interrupted the everyday with absurdity and surprise. From Catalonia to The Royal Docks London 🤡 🛸

Thank you Cris Clown for reminding us of the joy we can find simply by looking up.

Photos by (1) M.K. Ho and (2-7)

16/09/2026

Memories from Ensemble Festival 2026 | Water Silhouettes was a performance that we heard coming from a distance 🔊 The siren following the water seekers transformed The Royal Docks into a dystopian landscape that was at once intriguing and thrilling to watch 👀⚠️

Teatro En Movientx Callejero took audiences on a promenade along the waterside through movement and physical storytelling.

Every time a performance started, heads turned. Water Silhouettes is truly a call to action to reflect on a future shaped by water scarcity 💧💧💧

Thank you Teatro en Movimientx Callejero for bringing your message from Catalonia to London 💙

🔹with support from Institut Ramon Llull

Arts Council England

Photos by Alick Cotterill (1-5) and Sarah Hickson (6)

10/09/2026

Ensemble Festival 2026: DOMTE by the incredible Nacho Flores as a modern-day Don Quixote all the way from Cataluña

A truly hypnotic piece. We either gasped, laughed or held our breath.
With live music and welcoming audiences into the space, this piece took us through a dreamlike journey like no other 🐎🎶

Gracias Nacho por una presentación tan cautivadora✨

Photos by Sarah Hickson

The Royal Docks
Arts Council England

08/09/2026

Memories from Ensemble Festival 2026: GARBH 🌿 🌿 A hands-down beautiful visual feast. Powerful, evocative. The energy at The Royal Docks shifted completely once the dancers entered the circle. What a pleasure to journey through this dance piece✨

GARBH reimagines the ancient Gujarati Folk Dance ‘Garba’. Honouring divine feminine energy ‘Shakti’, the ensemble transforms the space into a vibrant site of shared celebration and embodied ritual, transporting audiences through life’s cycles in a soulful experience that speaks to human connection and ecological renewal

Thank you Mira Salat & for such a transformative performance🙌🏽

Photos by Sarah Hickson

Without Walls UK
Arts Council England

02/09/2026

Ensemble Festival 2026 | Let’s start the month by remembering the wonderfully uplifting Captain C-Man by Cormac Mohally!

Rockstar juggler Cormac Mohally had the whole audience in awe, from little ones to the grown-ups, cheering and rooting for him + his sidekicks from start to finish.

Thank you UpDown Circus for bringing the circus joy and juggling danger to the ! The Royal Docks

Photos by Alick Cotterill

31/08/2026

Ensemble Festival 2026 | Throwback to Talawa Presents ‘s powerful Fragments of Us

This was storytelling at its purest. Stripping everything back to spoken word, movement and human connection, the performance created something truly hypnotising.

Thank you Talawa Theatre for reminding us of the beauty of creating space for people to share their stories. It’s truly inspiring to keep on bringing work like this to our neighbourhood and beyond

Photos by Sarah Hickson
The Royal Docks

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