Forward Events & Regular Local Activities
RCDT FORWARD
EVENTS DIARY
FROM 7 MAY
From
Notes
Museum of Garden History Event Tickets
can be booked by calling
020 7401 8865.
Pre-booking of tickets is advised (please note that pre-booking is
not required for the Spring Plant and Garden Fair, NGS Yellow Book
Open Day and
Open Garden
Squares Weekend). Museum is at
Oval House
Theatre
Tickets Box Office 020 7582 7680
www.ovalhouse.com.
Oval House Theatre, Kennington Oval.
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MAY |
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Wednesday 7 |
Biggerthan ME Productions presents
Rage and Breathe. Depicts
the rise and fall of a gay love affair in a modern,
multi-ethnic, urban environment. A challenging and highly
ambitious multi-media performance/art piece incorporating
choreographed live dance, live and recorded music, song,
poetry, spoken-word and projected film. Oval House Theatre. |
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Thursday 8 &
Friday 9 |
Odd Man Out Productions presents
The Maid.
Directed by Vernon
Douglas. Performed by Carol Moses.
Produced by Sarah
Sayeed. Dramaturg: Irma Innis.
The Maid looks at the world of Sue, a single mother
working within the sex industry. Today the phone won't stop
ringing. The punters are demanding bizarre requests. Sue's
mind is not on her work; she is preoccupied with matters
closer to home and may lose her livelihood. Her world comes
crashing down around her and she is forced to make a
decision, which could change the course of her entire life.
A dark, graphic, hard-hitting yet comical tale of one
woman's survival in a world where women sell women. Oval
House Theatre. |
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Saturday 10 |
NGS
Yellow Book Open Day. £3.00
admission/£2.50 concessions. Lambeth Palace gardens will
also be open ( |
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Kala Phool presents
MOTHER INDIA - 21st CENTURY REMIX
in
partnership with The Drum.
A dynamic live audio/visual project to re-score
and re-visualize the groundbreaking 'tour-de-force' of
Indian cinematic history
Mother India. Winner of the Oscar
for best Foreign Film in 1957, the film came to symbolise
the post-colonial Indian psyche interpreted through the
ambitions, struggles, compassion and sheer will to survive
of the central Mother character Radha. Profoundly
influential,
Mother India was lauded for its
stunning cinematography, indelible soundtrack and powerfully
dramatic storyline. KALA PHOOL has brought the film together
with one of the world's leading turntablists and electronic
composers; British Asian DJ Tigerstyle (former World DMC and
ITF champion) to reinterpret the score through a unique live
electronic performance to commemorate India and Pakistan's
Independence. Tigerstyle uses turntables and electronics,
accompanied by the prodigious talents of cellist Matt
Constantine and drummer David Shaw, to present the film for
a contemporary audience. Experimental, yet true to the
source, the film has been specially recut and remixed
exclusively for this performance. An extraordinary film and
an extraordinary reimagining. Oval House Theatre. |
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Sunday 11 |
St
Peter’s Evening Prayer & Recital.
St Peter’s Singers in Choral Evensong for Penecost. Rev. Rosie Harper
(Grand Missenden). Admission free. St Peter’s, |
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Monday 12 |
Sean Longley – |
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Friends of
Kennington Park AGM.
Oval House Theatre. Your chance to hear the latest news from
the Friends, get a financial update, vote for the committee
and hear a short presentation from Dr Iain Boulton on plans
to sow a wildflower meadow. Lots has happened in the last
year - not least the successful campaign to raise £240,000
for a new playground and nature trail. Come along, hear
what's going on and have your say about your park.
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Tuesday 13 –
Saturday 17 |
Moj
of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey.
Following a
successful run in March 2007, Moj of the Antarctic
returns to Oval House Theatre for one week only to launch
the production’s British Council-sponsored Tour of Southern
Africa in June/July 2008. Moj of the Antarctic is inspired by the wonderful true life story of Ellen Craft, a 19th
century African-American slave woman who escaped to freedom
by disguising herself as a white man.
Ellen’s amazing story of race and gender
cross-dressing is one of the forgotten gem’s of Black
history, and the history of drag! Moj of the Antarctic
extends Ellen’s amazing biography into a flight of
theatrical fantasy where upon arrival in Victorian London,
she finds work as a sailor on a whaling ship bound for the
Southern Seas. Life on the ship is tough and even stranger
is the men’s obsession with Black face minstrelsy.
Eventually the ship arrives in Antarctic waters ripe
for gruesome whaling, and Moj becomes the first Black woman
to step foot on |
Saturday matinee
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Saturday 17 &
Sunday 18 |
Garden Open Weekend. Lambeth
Community Care Centre, |
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Sunday 18 |
St
Peter’s Evening Prayer & Recital.
Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Ina Watson (piano accordion). Admission free.
St Peter’s, |
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Tuesday 20
onwards |
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Tues/Thurs: |
Tuesday 20
–Saturday 24 |
The Conquest of
the South Pole.
Play. Four disabled friends decide to stave off the
dole-queue blues by re-enacting Amundsen’s famous 1911
expedition to the South Pole. Sheets become icebergs and
wheelchairs become mountains in this fast-paced, inspiring
conquest of the imagination. In partnership with renowned
physical theatre company Frantic Assembly, Theatre Resource
have taken Manfred Karge’s Thatcher-era play about the daily
psychological battle to survive into the realms of visual
theatre and given it an innovative, modern-day twist.
Tickets: £12/£6 concessions. Box office: 020 7582 7680.
Online sales:
www.ovalhouse.com (no fee). Audio described performance:
Friday 23 May, |
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Wednesday 21 |
Quadrille
dancing with Elsa.
Durning Library Seniors' Group.
Refreshments supplied by Friends of the Durning
Library. Change of programme. |
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Saturday 24 |
Mortley College Morning Family Concerts presented
by Shirley Anderson
.
Brass. English Folk Emma
Cons Hall. |
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Lighthouse
Education Health and Well Being Awareness Day. The programme
includes
a talk by local GP Dr Raj Mitra
on looking after your heart, a consultant breast surgeon on
‘Cancer: myths, prevention and treatment’, health and
relaxation demonstrations including free health checks, a
free lunch, a talk on confronting mental illness, and five
aside football at the Old Lillian Baylis School. Further
details from Brenda Fraser at 020 7735 3685; bfraser@l-e-s-org. |
9.30-3pm.
Five-a-side from |
Sunday 25 |
St
Peter’s Evening Prayer & Recital. Daniel Grimwood (piano).
Rev. The Lord Leslie Griffiths (Wesley’s
Chapel).
Admission free. St Peter’s, |
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Wednesday 28 |
Art & Compromise
(II). Paul Hobson.
Free, but booking essential. Art & Compromise is a series of lectures
conceived by |
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Wednesday 28 |
Debate:
‘Guerrilla Gardening’? Hosted by Guerrilla Gardener Richard
Reynolds. |
6.30 for |
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JUNE |
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Sunday 1 June |
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Sunday 1 |
St
Peter’s Evening Prayer & Recital. Colin Baldry (baritone),
Christopher Glynn (piano).
Rev.
Sharon Ferguson (Asst, CE, Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement)
Admission free. St Peter’s, |
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Tuesday 3 |
Flowers in the
Streets’ – An Open Discussion.
Free, but
please call to reserve a place to avoid disappointment.
Across |
6.30 fro |
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North Lambeth Area (Council) Leaseholders'
Forum. Venue to be confirmed. For more information
contact: Liam Kelly.
Community Involvement Team
Leader. Tel: 020 7926 1956 |
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Saturday 7 &
Sunday 8 |
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Sunday 8 |
St
Peter’s Evening Prayer & Recital.
The Gospel Choir of St. Martin-in-the Fields’ Girls’ School.
Rev. Andy Windross (Bishop of Stepney Officer for Ordained
Ministry) Admission free. St Peter’s, |
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Monday 9 |
Plant & Flower Photography Made Simple.
A digital photography workshop with Charlie Hopkinson (for
DSLR cameras). Date changed to Monday 9 June.
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Tuesday 10 |
Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall Forum
AGM.
(Venue to be advised). to join contact KOV Forum c/o North Lambeth
Town Centre Office, |
Evening |
Wednesday 18 |
Is it
Silver? Talk on how to read hallmarks.
Durning Library
Seniors' Group.
Refreshments supplied by Friends of the Durning Library. |
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Thursday 19
–Sunday 22 |
Degree Show.
City
& Guilds of
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Thurs/Fri: |
Saturday 28 |
North Lambeth Parish Fete at
Lambeth Palace Gdns. Full details of this excellent annual
event to be announced. |
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JULY - NOVEMBER |
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Thursday 11 –
Sunday 14 September |
MA Show.
City & Guilds of |
Thurs/Fri |
Wednesday 16
September |
Strawberries &
cream for our regular friends.
Durning Library Seniors' Group.
Refreshments supplied by Friends of the Durning
Library. |
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Friday 18
September |
Kennington Association Art Auction at the City & Guilds Art
School.
Bid
for works local artists and students plus lots of original
bargains. Viewing will take place on
Wednesday 17
and Thursday 18
(exact times to be confirmed). Proceeds to the
Secret Santa Christmas scheme and a student crisis fund for
the College. Further information from Catey Hillier, Art
Auction Co-ordinator:
cateyhillier@aol.com. |
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Saturday 1
November |
Kennington Association Bazaar. St Anselm’s Church Hall. |
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ART GALLERIES
Dates |
Gallery |
Exhibition |
Tuesdays – Saturdays
24 May. |
Corvi-Mora |
Potential Furlough.
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Fridays - Sundays
to 11 May. |
Danielle Arnaud |
Suky
Best & Rory Hamilton: Rodeo |
Wednesdays – Sundays to 18 May. |
Gasworks
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Disclosures,
Views on Demand and Film & Reading Library. |
Wednesdays to Saturdays to 10 May. |
Man&Eve |
'Johan Pilgrim
and the |
Wednesdays – Saturdays 27 May – 22 June. |
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Henrietta Simson.
Solo exhibition. |
Wednesdays
- Sundays to
9 May.
or by
appointment |
UBOX Gallery
O7733268176
www.uboxgallery.com |
DORMANT.
Georg Meyer-Wiel
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