The Dragons and Suffragettes of Portobello Road

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's InTRANSIT Festival of Arts will feature Dragons and Suffragettes taking over Portobello Road on Saturday 14 July.

Children will love the chance to get up close and personal with Epico the dragon, as the gallant Knight Sir Aurelious Jones bids to tame the beast. 

Epico is the biggest, brightest and most beautiful dragon west London has ever seen and a child will be selected by the finger of fate to take part in a quest for the brave.

Organised by Creature Encounter, an established street arts company, this event promises to captivate the young and a few adults too.

The event takes place in Powis Square on Portobello Road at 1pm, 2.15pm and 3.30pm, and each performance lasts approximately 30 minutes.

There is also an opportunity to step back in time to 1913 when Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst was recruiting supporters for the right for women to vote. Come along and witness what a Suffragette rally might have been like as Spectrum Drama, a leader in historic theatre events, brings the struggle for votes for women to the streets of west London.

Cllr Nick Paget-Brown, Deputy Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, said: "It's not every day that you can take in one of London's finest street markets and bump into dragons and Suffragettes, but then again InTRANSIT doesn't happen every day.

"I hope that as many people as possible can come along, enjoy the market and have some real fun as this fine street theatre comes to the borough."

The Suffragettes will be making their case on Portobello Road on Saturday 14 July between 1pm and 4pm.

For more information about InTRANSIT and how to get involved visit www.rbkc.gov.uk/intransit

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