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Station House Opera’s commission for CREATE09 links the five ‘host’ boroughs of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, taking as its starting point the simplest of ideas… a line of dominoes.

On Sunday 26th July, thousands of concrete blocks will be used to create a moving sculpture along a 15-kilometre route, unfolding over the course of the day.

Beginning in Newham, the starting ceremony will see a structure of hundreds of blocks brought to life by a group of performers: changing, shifting and eventually setting in motion the slow toppling of blocks on their journey.

On streets, through parks and even on water, occasionally disappearing and then resurfacing, sometimes pausing for sculptural performances, the domino line will wend its way southwards, through Waltham Forest, Hackney and Tower Hamlets, linking the diverse communities of these boroughs in a symbolic as well as physical chain of cause and effect.

Eventually the line will cross the Thames, concluding at dusk in the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

DOMINOES – needs volunteers!

Station House Opera are seeking 1,000 volunteers to help build this giant 10 mile domino rally across East and South East London on 26 July. Be part of the biggest public art event ever to hit East London.

Details at: http://www.stationhouseopera.com/