Magpie's Nest
MAGPIE’S NEST
from the Nest Collective
Join us for a glorious afternoon & evening as you wander from stage to stage with music all around you. Take in the incredible views across the river as you seek out familiar sounds and discover new favourites.
With stages in both gardens as well as a special unplugged stage indoors, there’s plenty of opportunities to revel in beautiful live music.
What treasures will you find at the Magpie’s Nest?
Line Up
Ryan Young • Idrisi Ensemble • Faith i Branko • Tommy Khosla & Jawari • Saije • Marlais • Saint Boy • Max Barton • ghostgirl
The Pied Piper
by Eleanor Colville & Joseph Winters
music and lyrics by Samuel Winters, Eleanor Colville & Joseph Winters
directed by Joseph Winters
The Waterfront Journals
by David Wojnarowicz
adaptation created by Ellie Kendrick, Alex Lawther, Joseph Winters & Hugh Wyld
Music: Rory Butler & Christy
Rory Butler and Christy welcome the Morello Quartet, benjaluwi (DJ) and Rosie Lowe (DJ) for an evening of folk-inspired joyful music
Theatre: The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
An epic unabridged reading of Maggie Nelson’s gender-bending memoir by a revolving cast of female trans* and non-binary actors
Cabaret: Baby Lame's RIOT!
The legendary Punk-Horror-Drag superstar Baby Lame is back with a BANG as she brings her brand new cabaret spectacular to Shipwright!
Music: Lucy Crowe & friends (Special Queille)
Internationally acclaimed Soprano, Lucy Crowe leads an amazing line up all night long. Curated by The Queille Festival
Music: Quartet for the End of Time
Intimate indoor performances of Messiaen's masterpiece, written from inside a prisoner-of-war camp, alongside a new film by Joseph Winters
Cabaret: Diane Chorley Down the Flick: Al Fresco!
Join Diane, former owner of Eighties’ Essex nightclub The Flick, for a glitzy, fun-filled musical spectacular, amongst comic tales of her troubled and infamous past.
Families: Drag Queen Story Time
Join our resident drag queen The Nightbus for a fun-packed story time at Shipwrights, reading stories from around the world from the comfort of this riverside utopia.
Music: Maxwell Quartet
Maxwell Quartet perform Haydn, Dvorak and folk music. Curated by The Queille Festival
Music: Shunaji & Friends
Shuanji brings jazz-influenced hip-hop with a touch of soulful synthesizer funk . With a live jazz band and DJ all night
Theatre: I... by Asa Haynes
A new play. George is a black gay man. He traverses a summer romance against a background of an ever changing London.
Families: Drag Queen Story Time
Join our resident drag queen The Nightbus for a fun-packed story time at Shipwrights, reading stories from around the world from the comfort of this riverside utopia.
Theatre: DIG by Chris New
A new play. Beneath some trees, somewhere in time, a man digs a hole and into it he lays to rest the woman he loves.
Music: Tim Mead & Sergio Bucheli
Countertenor Tim Mead, and lutenist, Sergio Bucheli present an evening of Dowland & Purcell songs. Curated by The Queille Festival.