All aboard for a delightful train journey through India. Experience the sights, sounds and smells evoked through South Asian dance, music and theatre; and meet some amazing characters along the way.

choogh choogh is a performance work inspired by the joy for travelling through India on a train. Beeja combine classical Indian dance with contemporary movement, theatre and play, sharing with audiences a world full of colour, invention and flow. The journey starts with the audience getting a special choogh choogh ticket. Three artists weave a traveling tapestry with three scarves, morphing from one scene to the next as the sights, sounds and smells whiz by. The sound scape is rich with the sounds of the train, hawkers, festivals, musicians, ambient sounds of river, jungles and cities. The artists sing songs which are specially written for children – Chai Chai, Coffee Coffee and Kites Kites everywhere. They interact with the audience, engaging their imagination. Scarves become steam, railway tracks, turbans, train windows, camel, elephant and so much more. It is a journey where audience experience world inside the train, through the train and outside it. Along the way the ticket gets checked, imaginary food is sold and shared, among other interactions. This show is an exploration of just how much we can see and imagine, together, as the train chooghs chooghs on.

Main programme event. Suitable for all ages. This is a free show so no tickets are required. There will be other performances taking place in the same location, with shows in this location running from 1pm onwards.

Weekend Schedule
Saturday 29 July

De Machienerie with their Carousels - Between 1pm to 5pm
L’Imaginarium Du Capitein Gustav II
Les Fabuleux Aventures de Marquis De Quevilly

Mimbre & Upswing with Circus Workshops - Between 1pm to 6pm (times tbc)

Upswing with Circus Flavours – Shows at 1.45pm & 4pm

Beeja with Choogh Choogh – Shows at 1pm & 3.30pm

Joli Vyann with Lance Moi – Shows at 3pm & 5.15pm

Grensgeval with PLOCK! – Shows at 2.05pm & 4.20pm

Sunday 30 July

De Machienerie with their Carousels - Between 1pm to 5pm
L’Imaginarium Du Capitein Gustav II
Les Fabuleux Aventures de Marquis De Quevilly

Upswing with Circus Workshops – 12 noon to 1.30pm & 3pm to 3.45pm & 4.30pm to 6pm

Upswing with Circus Flavours – Shows at 1.45pm & 4pm

Beeja with Choogh Choogh – Shows at 1pm & 3.30pm

Joli Vyann with Lance Moi – Shows at 3pm & 5.15pm

Grensgeval with PLOCK! – Shows at 2.05pm & 4.20pm

Do check the website and social media on the day of performance for updated times as the weather may mean the schedule has to change. This location has public toilets. Bring sun cream and/or a coat. Please use public transport if possible rather than driving, take picnic plastic home to recycle and bring refillable drinking flasks.