Turning the Tide (Event)

ACCESS

Level Access

There are level access routes on both the north side and south side of Blackfriars Bridge.

There is no wheelchair accessible riverside route between the exhibition and Blackfriars Bridge / Blackfriars Station due to an out of service lift on Peter’s Hill.  A wheelchair accessible route is via Queen Victoria Street.

Signs will guide you along a wheelchair accessible route between the riverside exhibition and the film installation on Blackfriars Bridge between the 17th and 20th September only.

Viewing areas

There is construction happening on Blackfriars Bridge. Level viewing areas will be cleared for the duration of the installation. 

Rest Spaces 

We have a designated welcome area on the south side of Blackfriars Bridge where you can access information and support as well as a rest area in Blackfriars Station. The welcome area  will be staffed at all times and there will always be stewards at Blackfriars station at the north side front entrance. You can check the site video for location information before you arrive. 

Noise cancellation headphones, camping chairs and sensory tools will be available at the welcome area.

Support Staff

Friendly stewards, volunteers and access support workers will be wearing blue Thames Festival vests. Access support workers are specifically trained, including sighted guide and a BSL translator.

Captions and Text

The Film installation is captioned.

You can enable captions on all online videos.

Here is a to a PDF copy of poems created by the Graeae Young Company as part of the project.

Audio Descriptions and Recordings

Audio descriptions for film installation are available and via QR codes on the bridge.

An audio recording of poems created by the Graeae Young Company as part of the project can be listened to.

Accessible Toilets 

There is an accessible portaloo on the south side of the Bridge by Rennie Gardens, on the opposite side of the road to the Doggett’s pub.

Parking

There is paid parking, including blue badge parking at Baynard House car park.

{SITE VIDEO LINK}

For visual and written information on the project site including site map, rest and welcome space locations and accessible toilets.

Credits

• Artist: Catherine Yass
• Creative Partners: Graeae - Jenny Sealey, Jodi-Alissa Bickerton & Mette Philipsen
• Graeae Young Company Performers: Ariana, Ayzah, Brody, Enna Thea, Godwin, Georgia, Josiah, Kia, Lewa, Marcus, Rayhad, Sydney
• Producer: Helen Galliano
• Engagement Producer: Zaynab Bunsie
• Production Manager: Jonathan Bartlett
• Film maker: Hugo Glendinning  
• Photographer: Becky Bailey
• Editor & Colourist: Sebastian Buerkner
• Creative Captions: Ben Glover
• Audio Description: Miss Jacqui
• Audio for poems: Simon Holkham
• Stills retoucher: Greg Jones
• Projections: QED Productions and Paul Wigfield
• Thames Festival Trust: Adrian Evans,  Annabel Taylor-Munt, Claudia Vyvyan, Darren Smallman, Kate Forde
• City of London Culture Team: Alice Spalding, Ruby Baker and Laurie Miller-Zutshie

With thanks to: David Shrader and the Taziker Team, Ellie Pinney, Royal Society for Blind Children, Aldgate School, Saint Bartholomew Hospital and Vital Arts, Christopher and Enna Thea Kul-Want, Sandra Valencia, Meej Douglas, Helen Marriage and Stella Ioannou and our stewards, access support workers and volunteers.