Come along to the National Theatre on the South Bank to book places in individual games. Booking opens half an hour before we begin playing for the day – but if you can’t make it then, don’t panic, as more tickets for each game will become available half an hour before that game starts.
International Playtime
The Fun Fed
The Fun Fed does playful stuff for adults in London. Big run-around-and-fall-about games, and some quiet, creative activities, peppered with a smattering of confuse-me-and-look-daft stuff. Saturday: 12:00, 2:00, 3:00 (duration 45 minutes)
Explorers
By Peter Law and Katy Beale
Become an intrepid explorer or royalty for a day. Transform the South Bank into a treasure trove, as blindfolded Kings and Queens pay to see the splendours that the Explorers describe.
Saturday: 12:00-4:30 (duration 30 minutes, new game starts every 15 minutes)
Mary Mack 5000
By Kaho Abe and Lina Fenequito
Mary Mack 5000 is a fast-paced, competitive, technologically enhanced twist on the classic schoolyard hand clappin’ game. No, it is not just your little sister’s game anymore!
Saturday 12:00-2:30 (drop in any time, takes three minutes to play)
Space Camp
By Unlimited Theatre
Sign up as a family to find out if you’ve got what it takes to be the best of the best. Work as a team to deal with a simulation of a space emergency based on real training for astronauts flying to the International Space Station. Bonus points for anyone dressed ready for space travel… recommended for families of 2-6 people with children aged 7+
Saturday: 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30 (duration 30 minutes)
Taunt
By Hide&Seek for the BBC Hands On History season
Anglo-Saxons and Normans battle it out in this fast-paced game of insults and etymology. I’m going to poison your squirrel!Saturday: 12:00, 2:00, 4:00 (duration 30 minutes)
Serb.I.Am
APSART / YENDVA3
Move around the South Bank and discover the story of Belgrade’s recent history, performing tasks along the way.
Saturday: 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45, 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45 (duration 45 minutes)
Shabbat-put!
By PlayRites Collective
You’ve schlepped from ancient Judea to the Greek Olympics – but it’s the sabbath! Just how do you throw a javelin when you’re not allowed to pick up any objects until sundown? Quick problem-solving will win your team the olive crown.
Saturday: 2:00, 3:00 (duration 50 minutes)
Silent Relay
By Berlin Invisible Playground
Guided by carefully designed and synchronized MP3 soundtracks, agents move through the Southbank area to exchange keycards and codephrases – but they’ll need to connect with players at Alexanderplatz in Berlin to complete a complex international operation…
Saturday: 3:00, 3:20, 3:40, 4:00, 4:20, 4:40, 5:00, 5:20, 5:40 (duration 20 minutes)
The Zemblan Ambassador Will Make a Brief Statement
By Ben Henley
The tiny, metal-rich country of Zembla has always been our treasured ally, especially since the global zinc shortage. Their ambassador wants something. If only we spoke the language.
Saturday, 3:00 (duration 45 minutes)
Segue
EnterPlay
Teams compete to lead their dancers on an international journey, armed only with fragments of a score and a willing musician. Can you get through all the checkpoints and back home first?Saturday: 4:00, 4:40, 5:20 (duration 25 minutes)
The Agency
By Invisible Flock
You control the Agency, a shadowy organization that has been asked to intervene and help a small country with its affairs. Will you succeed, will you prosper, or will the fates intervene? Play as a member of the Agency, or drop in and watch to help control their fates.
Saturday: 4:30 (duration 90 minutes)
The Bloop
By Nikki Pugh
Use your sonar to navigate the murky depths of the South Pacific; avoiding bothersome krill and, hopefully, the source of that strange and worrying noise…
Saturday: 5:00, 5:30 (duration 30 minutes)
Flag it up!
By Dusty Button
Flag It Up is a competitive flag design game. We tell you about the country, you design the flag, and the public tries to match the two together.
Saturday and Sunday: drop-in any time (duration 30 minutes)
The Hide&Seek (not quite) After Party
Head over the the ICA for the Hide&Seek Party, brought to you by Stoke Newington International Airport and Lost and Found.
Saturday: 8:30 till late. Tickets £6, or £8 on the door.
Time*Trails
By Michael Dales and Sophie Sampson
Explore the South Bank’s past by picking up the stories people have left behind. Drop in and play any time.
Requires one iPhone per individual or group.
All weekend, drop-in (duration 10 minutes to an hour)
Walking Smiles
By Present Attempt
A walking game in the city. Build a map of London as you wander through the city, collecting smiles from strangers as you go.
All weekend, drop-in
The London Poetry Game
By Alex Fleetwood
A new poem has been written in the languages of London
Turn the page, play the game
So that it can be heard…
All weekend, or watch the performance of the finished piece at 3:00-3:30 on Sunday