International Dance Festival Birmingham presents

Wings of Desire

A love story on an epic scale

Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 May, 9.30pm

Victoria Square

This event is archived

A love story bridging heaven and earth will unfold before your eyes in this outdoor spectacle, featuring the most amazing transformation of a Birmingham building ever seen.

Angels gather on rooftops as the whole of Victoria Square comes alive with jaw-dropping circus acrobatics and exhilarating dance.

Music resounds and surprises come from all corners as the intensity builds to the ultimate finale moment – a sequence of glorious technicolour projections, bathing the beautifully-restored Town Hall in magical moving imagery.

Australia’s world famous Circa meets Britain’s urban hot ticket 2Faced Dance Company in this dramatic and awe-inspiring production, starring internationally-renowned DJ, film and TV star Goldie and featuring interactive performance experts seeper.

No need for tickets – just turn up and be amazed!

Find out more at idfb.co.uk/wingsofdesire

Running time: 50 minutes

Screenplay by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger
From the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire
Adaptation by Alan Lyddiard
Collaboration by Tamsin Fitzgerald, Yaron Lifschitz, Alan Lyddiard, David Massingham and seeper
In partnership with Town Hall & Symphony Hall Birmingham
Starring Goldie, 2Faced Dance Company, CIRCA, seeper

International Dance Festival Birmingham’s right to present this stage work based on Wim Wenders’ film, Wings of Desire, and Wim Wenders’, Peter Handke’s, and Richard Reitinger’s screenplay of the same title is licensed by Rosica Colin Limited, London in conjunction with Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt, Germany.

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Wed 16 May 9:30pm Free Event
Thu 17 May 9:30pm Free Event
Fri 18 May 9:30pm Free Event
Sat 19 May 9:30pm Free Event

Free event

Victoria Square

  • Victoria Square, Birmingham, B3 3DQ
Wings of Desire poster
Wings of Desire