Lantern Parade
2022
Lantern-making workshops
As part of the Guy Fawkes Lantern Parade, we coordinated lantern-making workshops for local residents and schools.
The Guy Fawkes parade theme inspired the lanterns to designed around the idea of ‘fire’.
With a team of artists leading the workshops, we saw hundreds of families make their own lanterns at Eastbury Manor House and Broadway Theatre in Barking.
Our evening ‘design and make’ workshops invited adults to get creative too, learning from artists how to design, make and build their own lanterns.
Hundreds of lanterns were made in October and November and carried in the parade, which lit-up the streets of Barking.
In partnership with London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
The Guy Fawkes Lantern Parade
More than 300 people took part in the parade with world-class performance companies SPARK! by Worldbeaters and Cirque Bijou and 6 giant guys, inspired by historical figures from the local area who were seen as change-makers of their time.
The parade began at Eastbury Manor House and weaved to Abbey Ruins in central Barking.
The parade finale event saw live performances from SPARK! and Cirque Bijou’s fire duo. It also featured a laser and light show, Polaris by BAFTA Award Winner Seb Lee-Delisle.
In partnership with London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
See gallery of images and video from the parade.
Photos by Franck Allais. Film by Scott Dunleavy.
Watch the parade
More than 3500 people came together in Barking to celebrate and watch the finale event on Sunday 6 November.
The 300-strong parade left Eastbury Manor House with families, world-class performance companies and giant guys lighting including SPARK! by Worldbeatersmusic and Cirquebijou.
