This year we’ll be helping you get closer than ever to all the action at Stockton’s International Riverside Festival. Each day of the Festival we’ll be running a liveblog bringing you the pick of the day’s events and providing an opportunity for you to have your say and ask questions of our Festival team. Whether [...]

Visitors to the 24th Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) will be treated to a spectacular launch event. Eyes will look skyward for Wired Aerial Theatre’s performance of As The World Tipped on Thursday, 4 August at 9.30pm. This ambitious and extraordinary piece of epic theatre will be staged for just the fifth time ever when [...]

The legendary Brutus Gold Love Train rides into the 24th Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) to bring disco grooves to the town on 5 and 6 August. For four extraordinary days in August (4 – 7), Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England will be transformed into a vast performance space for both homegrown and [...]

Visitors to this year’s Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) from 4 – 7 August will have the chance to see some of the country’s brightest emerging street art talent thanks to a new project with one of the five host Boroughs of the London 2012 Olympics. Called Gone in 20 Minutes, the project will present 10 [...]

The Gone in 20 Minutes Showcase 2011 offers an artists prize which you, the audience, vote for. To vote, just text the code of your favourite show to 81400. One lucky voter will also win £200 and texts cost 50p plus your normal network charges. To vote for Accidental collective – Pause, text  – gi [...]

The excitement is building as the 24th Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) gets ever nearer. From August, 4 – 7, the streets of Stockton will be transformed into a vast performance space for both homegrown and international street theatre artists. Performances take place across the Town Centre and music fans will be packing Stockton’s Riverside [...]

We aim to make the Festival accessible and enjoyable for all visitors – here’s the quick links to all the essential info (SIRF programme, venue maps, accessibility, public transport and road closure information) you could possibly need. If you’re coming from outside the area, our Stockton-on-Tees Visitor Guide is packed with information about what to [...]

The 24th Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) launched in stunning style with a performance which had audiences looking skywards. Stockton High Street was packed with thousands of people who were treated to a visual spectacle as Wired Aerial Theatre’s brought As The World Tipped to town. 11 acrobats suspended high above the ground recreated a [...]