Presented by imitating the dog
Discover magical stories as you encounter night projection and spectacle through the City of London
Follow Me Into weaves a magical story through the City at night, as a child embarks on a quest across its landscape, encountering figures from the city’s past – each with a story to tell, each with a talent to pass on.
Follow Me Into asks you to look up and around but also through and beyond, to connect the present with the past, and to imagine what the future might be, creating an extraordinary journey through its forgotten streets and hidden squares. Find out more about the characters that you'll meet, and what connects them to the City of London.
Between the hours of 8pm - 10pm, six buildings across the City will host a projection installation. Each projection runs on a loop and lasts around 3 - 6 minutes before it is repeated. You can visit each projection in any order and at any time over the two hour period. You can visit all six in one evening, or come back over multiple evenings to experience different locations. The whole experience will take around 2 hours if completed in one evening including time to walk between the different locations.
The map below shows where each installation is taking place and the characters you will meet on your journey. Please use the map to help plan your route between the site which you can use to plan your own journey between the sites.
The distances between the 6 sites are walkable, if required information for the nearest transport connection at each projection location can be found below:
New Street Square: Chancery Lane tube station and City Thames Link rail station
Little Britain street (St Bartholomew's Hospital) - 47 Little Britain: Farringdon and Barbican tube stations
St Stephen Walbrook: Bank, and Cannon Street tube stations, Cannon Street rail station
The Aldgate School: Aldgate and Aldgate East tube stations
St Botolph's without Bishopsgate: Liverpool Street tube station
The Viewing Gallery - Broadgate Circus: Liverpool Street and Moorgate tube stations
Duration: 2 hours
What to expect: Storytelling / Projection mapping / Installation / Family friendly
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Read more about the inspiration for Follow Me Into.
About imitating the dog
imitating the dog make ground-breaking work for theatres and other spaces. For 25 years their work has been seen across the world, at venues, outdoor festivals and events, seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
Imitating the dog create beautiful, memorable images for audiences. The work is always fresh and often surprising. Our aim is to tell stories which are important and which contain important ideas. We take risks.
Recent outdoor projects include Arrivals and Departures (City of Culture, Hull), Take Me To The River (North of the Tyne, Under the Stars, Newcastle) and Oh The Night! (Urban Legends: Northern Lights, Hull).
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