Southwark and Lambeth Weekender 01.05.19

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FLYING HIGH IN STREATHAM The 21st annual Streatham Common Kite Day is set to soar on Sunday 12 May (11am-5pm).

Attracting thousands of people every year, London’s only free family-friendly kite festival combines world-class kite displays with the opportunity to fly your own.

The event features displays by father and son duo Team Spectrum, the UK national champions Flying Fish – a husband and wife double act, and NASAman – whose kite helps lift him up into the sky.

Streatham Common Kite Day is not just for the experts. Bring a kite or buy one at the pop-up kite shops. streathamkiteday.org.uk

For the first time you can pair your pint with a Sunday lunch on the Bermondsey Beer Mile.

Dipped pork specialist Salty Loins is delivering roasts directly to eight taprooms every Sunday.

They’ve also teamed up with Secret Goldmine bakery to hold three lunch sittings between 12 noon and 6pm with acoustic music and Bloody Marys to boot.

Customers can phone up from the taproom and orders will arrive by bicycle within 20 minutes. www.saltyloins.co.uk

the salami army needs you From their new Bermondsey HQ, British charcuterie brand Cannon and Cannon is aiming to raise £350,000 for expansion.

Meat-lovers can get a slice of the action by investing in the Salami Army crowdfunding campaign.

The money raised would fund a machine with an 18-metre slicing line that makes 40 packs a minute.

“Investing in this means investing in British charcuterie,” according to owner Sean Cannon.

To donate, visit: www.crowdcube.com/companies/ cannon-and-cannon-fine-foods Cannon and Cannon is at Arch 12, Apollo Business Park, SE16 4ET. Phone: 020 7403 5481. www.cannonandcannon.com

brave new world Actress and activist Rose McGowan is at the Southbank Centre discussing her life, the Me Too movement and her book Brave.

McGowan shot to fame in cult hits Charmed and Scream but it is her most recent public experiences, triggering a vital global discussion, that have formed much of the current narrative.

Now the “real” Rose McGowan is being interviewed live on stage by journalist Sam Baker, while she premieres music from her upcoming album and art project Planet 9 and reads extracts from her book Brave.

May 4 at 7:30pm.

Admission: £15-£25. www.southbankcentre.co.uk

KIWI grapevine Marlborough winemaker Anna Flowerday is making a special appearance at Pop Brixton’s New Zealand Cellar.

Anna took over the oldest boutique winery in Marlborough, Te Whare Ra (established in 1979) in 2003.

Wednesday 15 May at 6pm.

Admission: free.

49 Brixton Station Road, SW9 8PQ. www.popbrixton.org

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SPOTLIGHT

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ll locals who have their roots in Bermondsey will know Danny Baker. Some of us will have gone to school with him, some of us will have grown up on the Silwood Estate with him, others will have known him from his DJing days in local pubs or via his diverse career that has taken in journalism, TV presenting, and a wideranging radio presence that has included playing records at one end of the spectrum and sport at the other, with an array of broadcasting paraphernalia in between that made him unmissable.

Not everyone ‘got’ Baker but still had to listen because he was nothing like anyone else.

For me his most memorable moment was on BBC London when, just as he went on air the day after he won an award for radio, he was told his show was being cut.

What followed was the best three hours of radio I can remember as he relentlessly tore into his BBC bosses.

One aspect of Danny’s life that not everyone is aware of is his prolific writing. After a few weeks on the reception desk at the New Musical Express offices he was writing articles for the paper. Soon after he found himself in New York interviewing John Lennon! It is episodes like that which have formed his life: right place, right time, with nothing planned out for the future. He definitely didn’t factor in the cancer that took him away from the spotlight

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bermONDSEY boy On tour Michael Holland

 Cradle to the Stage - photo by Steve Ullathorne

“I only wanted to do one cradle to the stage show but that became 5, then 10, 20, 40, 60 shows, from cumbria down to the isle of wight” for a while, but we, united as one, gave an all-embracing sigh of relief when he got the all clear after treatment.

Post-cancer he wrote three volumes of autobiography, the first of which became Cradle to the Grave, a six-part sitcom that gained him fans who were not aware of his earlier work.

Two years ago, however, Danny revealed to all his Twitter followers that he would retire at 60. I for one didn’t believe it; he seemed to be having so much fun that it couldn’t even be counted as ‘work’. Since that ‘retirement’ he has toured the UK with his successful one man show, Cradle to the Stage, that took his books out into the theatre, and has also teamed up with Gary Lineker to create a twin striker partnership for their podcast, Behind Closed Doors.

Now there is a new tour - Good Time Charlie’s Back and was surprised to hear that he had no plans for ever doing something like this: ‘I was trying to retire so we could go out to Portugal and live on the beach,’ he begins before telling me how he wanted to finish off by ‘getting a few quid from doing “I’m A Celebrity…” I only wanted to do one Cradle to the Stage show but that became 5, then 10, 20, 40, 60 shows, from Cumbria down to the Isle of Wight… The audiences loved it, I loved it, but my wife was drumming her fingers and asking when we were buggering off to Portugal.’ However, the theatre bug had bitten so this second tour, with another 60 dates booked, will fill in the gaps left gaping from the first tour. ‘And there will probably be a third,’ he hints.

When touring, Danny spaces the dates and venues so

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 Shot from the BBC sitcom Cradle to Grave starring Peter Kay

 Hackney Danny Baker Tour Image

that he can get back home to his beloved family regularly.

‘There’s just me in a van with a driver named Giles,’ he says. ‘He picks me up, takes me to the gig, then we stay in a good hotel, have a bottle of wine, sleep, have breakfast and get on the road to the next one.’

Each show is played pretty much off the cuff, although Danny has some specific tried and tested stories that he always uses. He recounted one favourite of being shot with an air gun - twice - in Bermondsey by West Ham fans. I’ve read it in his book but hearing it ‘live’ is even more hilarious. He uses photos to get the anecdotes rolling and although he has over 40 images to hand, he has never used more than 8 in a show. He knows what works and has become adept at timing his performances so they don’t run over after he saw two-thirds of his Bromley audience leave - mid story - towards the end: ‘The car park closes in a minute, shouted one to a bemused Mr Baker.

His shows are relatable to anyone anywhere. ‘They are working class stories which are very familiar to anyone who lived and went to school in places like us,’ he tells me while explaining why the performances are appreciated and sold out - all over the UK. The touring shows allow him to be himself without the restrictions of broadcasting regulations, and I sense that he feels that this is a real highlight in his eclectic career.

He has no producer in his earpiece telling him to cut, finish, or stop a certain line of thought. Here the leash is off. It is like his whole life was meant to lead to this.

‘Gary Lineker rung me up and left a load of messages on my phone that I came home from holiday to; the final unanswered message saying, “I suppose that’s a no, then!” I didn’t know what he was talking about.’ Checking through he found that he was being asked to do a podcast with the Match of the Day man. ‘I’d never wanted to do a podcast before as there’s no money in them, apparently, but it went straight to Number One in the podcast charts!’

The deadly duo have now taken their show on the road with a couple of gigs booked, ‘and that’s gonna turn into a tour, I suspect,’ adds Danny. ‘So Wendy’s still saying, “When are we going to live on a beach?”’

Millwall’s most famous fan had to tell his wife, ‘I don’t know,’ and readily admits, the podcast was ‘like everything else in my life over the last 40 odd years, something I never knew was coming round the corner.’

I asked about a next book. ‘Yes, Going Round the Houses will be all the stories I never told in the other ones… I might be sitting round a table talking and think, “Ooh, I’ve not done that story”, and make a note to put it in.’

Another surprise success was the children’s book Danny wrote, Lucie Goose, which has done well in all the English-speaking countries, like the autobiographies, but remarkably well in ‘Germany, Finland and Italy… If China buy it,’ he jokes, ‘I’m gonna buy a solid gold house on a hill!’

For now, though, the tour and podcast is stopping the Bakers going off to live by the sea - The move that Danny calls his ‘Third and Final Act’. He reveals he finds it difficult when ‘people keep saying to me, “Come and have a go at this.” So what do you do? Every time I think I’m going to pull up the stumps and say “That’ll do” something else comes up’.

Jack the PR man gave a one minute warning so I asked for some last words. ’There will be another children’s book; Cradle to the Grave will return and Good Time Charlie’s Back will continue to visit towns around Britain.’

Danny Baker, we salute you, Sir. Tickets: www.dannybakerlive.com

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Gig guide

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2nd May

rise of the MC at Chip shop brixton 378 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8LF, 8pm-midnight, free Paris meets London Hip Hop with the French Collective of MCs & DJs, La Familiale playing this intimate venue in the heart of Brixton.

Joining them on the bill is MC Eerf Evil with MCs Absent Minded Poetics, IsaacB with Calaida & Joel Deep holding it down on the decks.

Thurs 2nd May, SW9 Retro Groove at Club 414

414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 11pm-4am, £3/5 A floor-polishing night of Afrobeats, soul, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s disco grooves in this legendary two-floor venue on Coldharbour Lane.

Thurs 2nd May, SW4 Showcase Thursdays at Souk

65 Clapham High St, SW4 7SS, 6.30pm-3am, free A new weekly open mic night in Clapham pledging, “some of London’s best up and coming artists and bands.”

Fri 3rd May, SW4

Dreader Than Bread at Bread & Roses

68 Clapham Manor Street, Clapham, SW4 6DZ, 9pm-midnight, Free Dreader Than Bread sees Stephen T and guests spinning vinyl reggae classics and rarities from the 1960s-2010s in this Trade Union-owned boozer.

style tiki bar, the South London Pacific, the Cock Tavern lures in a party-loving pansexual posse getting stuck into a loin-adjusting mix of kinky beats, trash pop and loopy tunes.

Sat 4th May, SE24

I’m Not Working at The Florence

31-133 Dulwich Road, Herne Hill, SE24 0NG, 9pm-11pm, free Resident ‘vinyl DJs’ spin undesignated tunes in this grand Herne Hill boozer, a mere slither from Brockwell park.

Sat 4th May, SW4 Dream Soda at Fu Manchu

15 Lendal Terrace, Clapham, SW4 7UX, 9pm-3am, £7 A Saturday night blunge of disco, funk & soul with resident DJs Drayton & Jay Forster.

372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY, 9pm-4am, £8 Declared “Camp, Cult and Glorious,” the LipSinkers perform their monthly slot the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, with DJs and pop-ups til 4am.

340 Kennington Road, London, SE11, 5pm-2am, Free Occupying the former premises of Hawaiian-

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Trevor Nelson’s Bank Holiday at Ministry of Sound

103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6DP, 10pm-4am, £14 Broadcasting royalty Trevor Nelson hosts a Classics Party at the Ministry of Sound, scampering up a set of R&B, soul, hip-hop and dance.

Weds 8th May, SE1 66 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP, 11.45pm-9am, £10 The Factory After Party & Glamorous LDN join forces to create a cosmopolitan and polysexual happening with DJs undressing a parade of house, deep, electro and vocal house backed by a salvo of smoke and lasers.

Lipsinkers at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Disco at the Cock Tavern

Sun 5th May, SE1

FMG at Union Club

Fri 3rd May, SE11

Sat 4th May, SE11

Latin rhythms to this Pop Brixton all dayer. Also on the bill is female-fronted mariachi duo Las Guadalupes and Jari Castillo, plus DJs Coco Maria, Gypsy Box and Cal Jader.

There’ll be traditional Mexican footwork with colourful costumes and original attire by the Mestizo Folklore Group, with Atlachinolli Aztec rustling up a vibrant, ritualistic Aztec dance.

Thurs 9th May, SW8

Thurs 9th May, SW16

6a South Lambeth Place, Vauxhall, SW8 1SP, 10.30pm-5am, £10 A Happy Hour till half past midnight looks to lure in students and cheapskates with DJs whisking up a late night froth of disco, hip hop, house, pop and techno in two rooms, with giant confetti cannons, fun inflatables and ‘tons of toys’ ramping up the fantabulous fun.

2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2BF, 8.30pm. £12.50 Judith Sephuma, the ‘Queen of Afro Jazz’ launches her new album ‘Power of Dreams’ at Streatham’s most excellent Hideaway venue.

Born in South Africa, Sephuma is a multi-award winning and multi-platinum album seller, with seven Afro Jazz studio recordings and two live gospel albums under her belt.

Superficial Thurs at Fire & Lightbox

Sun 5th May, SW9

Cinco de Mayo at Pop Brixton

49 Brixton Station Road, SW9 8PQ, 4pm to midnight, free Flying in from Madrid, Candeleros bring their modern twist on psychedelic cumbia and Afro-

Judith Sephuma at Hideaway

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12th May

Devout disco at phonox

418 Brixton Rd, Brixton, SW9 7AY, 4pm-10pm, £22 Confusingly hailing from Istanbul, Dimitri from Paris introduced the first ever house music show to be broadcast in France, while simultaneously producing runway soundtracks for hoity toity fashion houses such as Chanel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Hermès and Yves Saint-Laurent. Join him for this pricey Sunday session in Phonox.

Thurs 9th May, SW8

Live music at The Cavendish Arms

128 Hartington Road, SW8 2HJ, 7.30pm-11pm, free No less than five acts will be shimmying on to the Cavendish’s bijou stage for this free night of live music. Indie-rocker Joe Carabine mashes up an atmospheric, moody and groovy combination of folk, blues and rock, while James Hall mines a seam of soul and rock. Also on the bill is folk/popster Mirella from Brazil, singer-songwriter Indi Rose and 17 year-old Tom King, who bagged the BBC’s Chorister of the Year award at the tender age of 13.

Fri 10th May, SW16 Live Music at Pratts & Payne

103 Streatham High Road, SW16 1HJ, 9pm2am, Free There’s live music and a barrel full of real ales on offer in this retro chic bar.

Fri 10th May, SE1

On The Boil at Spit and Sawdust

21 Bartholomew St, London SE1 4AL, 8pmmidnight, free DJ Eloise and chums throw down a night of party bangers in the Spit - a small pub with an impressive craft ale offering.

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Fri 10th May, SW2

Sat 11th May, SE15

Sat 11th May, SE15

89 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pm-1am, Free There’s well-oiled Brixton Buzz DJs on the decks spinning floor-crunching party bangers till 1am, backed by crazy dance visuals. The music policy is: paaaaaaarty, so expect pop nipple-tweakers like Cyndi Lauper, Beyonce, Bon Jovi, A-Ha, Fleetwood Mac, Dolly, Whitney, Queen, Bowie and more in this hugely busy free weekly shindig.

188 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4NF, 10pm-4am, £7 Manchester-spawned Goddard joins houseloving resident DJs Janix and Sage Parker in this splendid pool hall-cum-bar in downtown Peckham.

Get there before 11pm and you can gorge yourself on £3 pints and £2 shots.

Waheey!

187 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4TP, 9pm-2am, free Berlin-based, Venezuela-born Trujillo brings the dancefloor-drilling noise to the new and improved basement of The Four Quarters.

Get there early though, as the place only holds 80 people.

Brixton Buzz party night at the Effra Social

Fri 10th May, SE15

Tru Skool Beats! 70’s to 90’s Sessions at CLF Art Cafe Bussey Building, 133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST, 11pm-5am, £12

Keith Lawrence hauls in his trademark selection of dynamite 70’s & 80’s soul, funk & disco to 90’s R&B & hip hop and reggae.

Dusty Groove at Canavan’s Peckham Pool Club

Sat 11th May, SW11

Saturdays at the Clapham Grand

21-25 St John’s Hill, Clapham, SW11 1TT, 9pm-2am, £10 Get ready to sweep, strut and sashay in the direction of the dancefloor and unleash your party animal to an uncomplicated amalgam of crowd-pleasing party classics, from hip-hop to house, disco to R&B.

Good Block at Four Quarters

Sun 12th May, SW2 No Frills Sunday Session at The Windmill

22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton SW2 5BZ, 7pm, Free With the hard drinking No Frills Band at the helm, this jaunty, round-the-table candlelit session invites musicians of all abilities to join in with new and traditional songs.

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Gig guide

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Mon 13th May, SE5

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Folk Jam at The Old Dispensary

325 Camberwell New Road, SE5 0TF, 8pm1am, Free We chuffin’ love this high-spirited weekly folk jam where anyone can join in with the band and sing, strum, rattle or parp to their heart’s content. The booze is cheap and the vibes are welcoming.

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7 Station Rise, Tulse Hill, SE27 9BW, 9pm2am, Free This free show features the banjo pickin’, ukelele flickin’, fiddle diddlin’, croonin’ and swoonin’ Elasticated Waste Band, with DJs keeping the place shuffling and wobbling till 2am.

Sat 18th May, SW9 Sounds of the World at PoW

467-469 Brixton Road, SW9 8HH, 4pm-3am, £16 Global music genres will be showcased in the carnival-styled rooftops, with live music, DJs, cocktails and streetfood.

There’s acts from Brazil, UK, Spain and Kenya, including Juan Zelada, Papa, Gentleman George and DJ Eggs Legs.

Tues 14th May, SW2 Nice Biscuit at The Windmill

22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ, 8pm, £6.60 Apparently “electrifying, cinematic and delivered with intergalactic gusto,” this twin femme-fronted sextet from Brisbane will be dispensing the finest garage psych-pop in our favourite Brixton live venue.

Weds 15th May, SE11

Bec Willbans at Toulouse-Lautrec

140 Newington Butts, Kennington, SE11 4RN, 7.30pm-10.30pm, Free London-born Bec has intriguingly been described as a mixture between Billie Holiday, Noel Coward and Lily Allen, which certainly piques our interest.

Thurs, 16th May, SE11 Live Music at Brown Derby

336 Kennington Park Road, Oval SE11 4PP, 8pm, Free Live jazz and blues artists bring the music to this unpretentious, 1920s-themed boozer in Oval.

Thurs 16th May, SE5 Jazz Jam at The Junction

171 Coldharbour Lane, SE5 9PA, 8pm-11pm, Free See bar manager Luke Fowler getting dextrous on the double bass, ably supported by an accomplished house band throwing more shapes than an acid-infused mime artist.

Fri 17th May, SW9

The Marley Experience at JAMM

261 Brixton Road, Brixton, SW9 6LH, 7pm10.45pm, £15 Headed up by lead vocalist Lionart, The Marley Experience are an eight piece Midlands based Bob Marley tribute band banging out all the monster hits like One Love, Three Little Birds, No Woman No Cry, I Shot The Sheriff and

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KRS-one at electric brixton

Town Hall Parade, Brixton, SW2 1RJ, 9pm-4am, £25 Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Lawrence “Kris” Parker is better known by his stage names KRS-One and Teacha, and remains a hugely significant figure in the hip hop community.

Rising to prominence as part of the hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions, which he formed with DJ Scott La Rock in the mid-1980s, KRS-One hit the mainstream with “Sound of da police”, “Love’s gonna get’cha (material love)” and “My Philosophy.”

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Fri 17th May, SW9

Reggae Got Soul at Cafe Cairo

88 Landor Road, SW9 9PE, 9pm-2am, £5 We love Cafe Cairo - an eclectic, old school multi-level venue that harks back to a halcyon time when hipsters and young professionals didn’t lurk on every street corner in Brixton.

For this Friday night bash, DJs Count Bassy, The Bard and Fizzy Gillespie summon up a body-oscillating blend of reggae, soul, funk & dub for a fiver.

Sat 18th May, SE27

Elasticated Waste Band at Railway Tavern

Sat 18th May, SE24 Aux Chords at Off The Cuff

301-303 Railton Road, Herne Hill, SE24 0JN, 9.45pm-3am, £5 This late licence bash serves up a feast of hip hop, jazz and neo-soul till 3am. East Londoner KeepVibesNear employs a stripped back, raw sound while Danny Sanchez mashes up melodies and genres with soulful melodies.

Wed 22nd May, SW9

Wicked Wednesday at the Prince of Wales

467-469 Brixton Road, SW9 8HH, 10pm-3am, free This lively jam session attracts a diverse mix of musicians and punters packing into this late bar to hear anything from jazz, soul, reggae, Afrobeat, funk and dance.

Thurs 23rd May, SW2

Jamaica Jazzzz at Effra Hall Tavern

Kellett Road, Brixton, SW2 1EB, 9.30pm11.30pm, Free One of the few traditional pubs left anywhere in the area, this locals’ boozer has regular live music nights throughout the week. Thursdays

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sun

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grass roots live music at club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 10pm-3am, £3 Expect a night of live uplifting blues, reggae and ska in front of a busy, old school mixed Brixton crowd.

It’s open till late and a big hit with locals - and the Caribbean food is amazing.

sees the house band shuffling jazz, ska and reggae in front of an appreciative crowd.

Fri 24th May, SE22 Watson’s General Telegraph

Forest Hill Tavern, 108 Forest Hill Rd, SE22 0RS, 7pm-midnight, free Groove to DJs spinning tunes while you get stuck into the bar’s formidable selection of craft beer, cask ales and cider.

Fri 24th May, SW2 Beat Wave at Barrio

30 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 5SG, 8pm-2.30am, free Barrio All-Star DJs roll out a mix of tropical soul, Latin licks, disco & party faves to get your weekend wobbling wildly.

65 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP, noon-10pm, £17 A bit like the Monty Python Python spam sketch - but this time with trance - this all day festival throws down a fluoro bomb of prog trance, vocal trance, uplifting trance, driving trance, hard trance, psy trance, Goa trance and any other kind of trance you can think of.

Doing trancey things on the decks in the main room will be Amir Hussain, Steve Blake and trancey pals, while in room two even more DJs will be ensuring that not one cubic inch of the venue is without an aural coating of trance.

swapping, chart-hogging mega-band.

Sat 25th May, SW2

The Soothsayers at Effra Hall Tavern

95 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pm-3am, £5 Ahead of Peckham’s Jam on Rye festival on the Bank Holiday Monday, some of the acts can be seen in the Hoot, including the fun, feelgood rapper Barney Artist.

The 26-year-old east Londoner fuses 90s era boom bap hip-hop with jazz for a refreshing sound harkening back to legends such as A Tribe Called Quest and The Roots, while taking influence from prolific UK artists including Kano and Ghostpoet.

The Colours That Rise bring their left-field brand of hip-hop to the stage, with an as yet-unnamed Brit School Rising Artist Award Winner opening up the night.

Thurs 30th May, SE5

443 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LN, 10pm-3am, £5 There’s going to be another jam-packed night upstairs at the Market House as DJ Editor and Jedi Freeman pump out their trademark category-catapulting selections of hefty pop tunes, heaving dance zingers and arm-waving monster hits.

It’s unpretentious, friendly and fun.

35 Denmark Hill, Camberwell, SE5 8RS, 8pm, Free Test out your talent in this friendly old school boozer where aspiring comedians, musicians and poets are cordially invited to wow the crowds or die a thousand deaths onstage.

Fleetwood Mac Special at Blues Kitchen All Things Trance at Bloc South

Tues 28th May, SW2

Sat 25th May, SW9

Sun 26th May, SW2 Sat 25th May, SE1

5 Farrell Court, Elephant & Castle, SE17 1LB, 10pm-6am, £15 Eglo Records celebrate their 10th birthday with a two-room secret line-up of their signed artists, fam and friends.

Kellett Road, Brixton, SW2, 9pm-11.30pm, Free Enjoy splendid original Afrobeat and reggaeinfluenced grooves from local legends, The Soothsayers.

“One of the finest slices of Anglo Caribbean fusion since The Specials in their prime,” purred Uncut magazine.

Britpop to Beyonce at Market House

Jam on Rye Pre-Party at Hootananny

10 Years of Eglo Records at Corsica Studios

St. Matthew’s Church, Brixton, SW2 1JF, 9pm2am, Free DJ Yvette Lindquist spins funky vocal house and Latin beats in this Spanish tapas restaurant and cocktail bar that loiters in an actual crypt.

Funky House at Gremio de Brixton

Fri 24th May, SW2

Sun 26th May, SE17

40 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 5SP, 9pm-2.30am, £7 A tribute to the mighty Mac covering all the big tunes from the legendary drug-wolfing, partner-

Open Mic at The Joiners Arms

Thurs 30th May, SW16

Dennis Bovell with Dub Natty Session at The White Lion

234 Streatham High Road, SW16 1BB, 6pmmidnight, price tbc South London dub music legend Dennis Bovell is joined by Dub Natty Sessions to bring you a live reggae and dub evening in this intimate venue.

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oday The LOST Theatre Company announced their next production, reviving Tennessee Williams’ classic tale, Orpheus Descending. The production will be at The Stockwell Playhouse for a strictly limited run from 15th May – 18th May 2019.

Based on the Greek Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, the story focuses on Lady Torrence, trapped in a loveless marriage, in a small town with traditional values. However, the arrival of the wild-eyed and charismatic Val suddenly brings with it a new lease of life, full of passion where new things seem possible.

Everything will change as certainty, conformity and tradition are ripped apart.

This work is rarely performed in the UK, especially in London and will be directed by Marcus Marsh, Associate Director at Stockwell Playhouse and Artistic Director of Blueleaf Theatre. Set design will be by Mark Magill, Artistic Director of Stockwell Playhouse with lighting by Martin John Bristow.

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Orpheus Descending, one of Tennessee Williams’ most underrated pieces of writing, to Stockwell Playhouse. The play, although written over 60 years ago, is full of themes that an audience will relate to in the current social and political climate and will be brought to life by a brilliant cast and creative team.”

The cast includes Natasha Colenso (Lady Torrence), Greg Miller Burns (Valentine Xavier), Sophie Tergeist (Carol Cutrere), Chris Leaney (Sheriff Talbott), Helen Stirling-Lane (Vee Talbott), Ali Shinall (Beulah Binnings), Hannah Fretwell (Dolly Hamma), Teddy Corbett (Pee Wee Binnings), Charlie Collicutt (Dog Hamma), Fraser Wood (Jabe Torrence), Ingrid Miller (Eva Temple), Shauna Gavaghan (Sister Temple) Yvonne Maxwell (Nurse Porter), Dan Hazelwood (David Cutrere).

Tickets are currently on sale and can be found via the Stockwell Playhouse website. http://www.stockwellph.com/upcomingshows/2019/5/15/orpheus-descending-bytennessee-williams

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“Together, seven acrobats

and one musician own the stage with nothing but their bodies, remarkable trust and the daring desire to experiment, fail and succeed at pushing themselves to their physical limits

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A SIMPLE SPACE CIRCUS Laura Burgoine

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cclaimed Aussie circus company Gravity & Other Myths are headlining this summer’s Underbelly Festival with a brand new cast for their contemporary circus show A Simple Space.

The Weekender talks to the wonders from Down Under.

Are you excited to return to London for the summer?

This will be the company’s third season with Underbelly Festival in London. We can’t wait!

What has Gravity and Other Myths (GOM) been up to this past year?

This past year has been a massive one for GOM! The company turned 10, we have had two shows, Backbone and A Simple Space, touring simultaneously for the first time ever and we premiered our third show as part of the 2019 Adelaide Festival.

Tell us about A Simple Space. What can audiences expect?

Audiences are invited to spend an hour immersed in a show that earnestly breaks down the wall between the public and performer, refreshingly redefining what contemporary circus can be.

Together, seven acrobats and one musician own the stage with nothing but their bodies, remarkable trust and the daring desire to experiment, fail and succeed at pushing themselves to their physical limits. At its core, A Simple Space fuses elements of challenge, improvisation, relatable games and skilful acrobatic choreography.

How many people are in the ensemble?

Gravity & Other Myths has a powerful ensemble of 25 acrobats and 5 musicians. Within this show, A Simple Space, there are just seven acrobats and one musician.

Is there a distinctive style to Australian circus? Or would you say your influences are very international?

It’s definitely a harmonious mix. Australian circus implements its own style in the execution of specific physical techniques, grounded artistic delivery and the strong ability to establish a sincere connection with the audience. The Australian circus community is a very dynamic, awesome and tight knit hub but relative to our location and opportunities within the arts here, we are often enticed and encouraged to engage internationally.

We are constantly inspired and influenced by the international industry, but it’s also imperative at our core to remain humble to the roots of our Australian circus community and pride ourselves on nurturing that honest GOM flavour.

A Simple Space is at Underbelly Festival, Belvedere Road Coach Park, SE1 8XX, until May 5. Tickets: £19. Phone: 0844 545 8252. www.underbellyfestival.com

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the poppin’ crew

Fiyahouse’s world premiere Laura Burgoine

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treatham local Brooke Milliner’s collective Fiyahouse is performing the world premiere of its new show at renowned dance festival Breakin’ Conven-

tion.

A Sadler’s Wells Project, the international festival, now in its 16th year, showcases the finest and most exciting hip hop dance and theatre talent.

A former British trampoline champion, Brooke is best known as the choreographer and lead dancer of the crew Plague, while he and long-term collaborator Dickson Mbi founded Fiyahouse together, which is made up of London’s leading poppers.

“This is our first show together; there’s five of us in the poppin’ crew,” Brooke told the Weekender. “We don’t do traditional poppin’. Usually as a crew we do poppin’ battles and videos but this is different because we’re showing a story. It’s more likely to be an individual battle.

Poppin’ comes from the streets, in the clubs, on stage; it started in California in the ‘70s and came to England in the ‘80s. Mainly this particular crew got together to do battles.”

Poppin’ is one of the biggest street dance styles. “It’s very tiring. You’re consistently contracting muscles. It’s a super technical dance,” Brooke said.

Brooke started his dance career with jazz and contemporary then moved onto breakin’ and poppin’ before specialising in locking. “A lot of street dancers do it that way. Breakin’ is the thing that you see most, even if you’re not a dancer, you know you can spin on your back. Breakdancing has the biggest community.”

Brooke’s crew regularly perform in adverts and television shows. “I was dancing for Taylor Swift at the Brit Awards,” he said. “We just deal with the choreographer and then Taylor would come in for an hour or two and run

her bit. She didn’t spend that much time with us. There was 20 dancers, four poppers, and we had our section with her and made her do something that was kind of cool. She was nice.”

Growing up in Streatham, Brooke attended Emmanuel primary school then Harris tech before studying at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and later Bird College of Dance. He still lives in Streatham and mainly rehearses at home. “If I’m practising for myself I just need my mirror.

If I need a space, I go to Husky studios in Elephant and Castle.”

The Fiyahouse studio launched in Vauxhall a year ago and is open to anyone. The crew teach classes and charge £5 for three hours.

Fiyahouse are performing at Breakin’ Convention at Sadler’s Wells and Lillian Baylis Studio, EC1R 4TN, on May 3-5. Tickets: £15-£30. Phone: 020 7863 8000. www.sadlerswells.com

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n a first ever collaboration, the English National Opera and the Unicorn join forces in presenting Dido, a contemporary staging of Purcell’s powerful and emotionally charged masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, for young audiences.

Belinda is the only child of Dido. A teenager like any other, in any big city. We watch through her eyes as her mother – heroine, feminist icon, modern parent – slowly starts to fall apart, with tragic consequences.

The Unicorn’s former Artistic Director Purni Morell directs a company of twenty-two that includes three principal singers: Rachael Lloyd as Dido, Njabulo Madlala as Aeneas and Eyra Norman as Belinda. They will be performing with a chorus of twelve and seven musicians from the ENO orchestra, in this searing new production for teenagers and adults, conducted by Valentina Peleggi – the ENO Mackerras Conducting Fellow.

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Purcell for a young audience Michael Holland

in 1689, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas is one of the most admired operas in the English canon – a timeless and tragic story of love, suffering and isolation set to some of the most sublime and exquisite music ever written. This production, faithful to the Baroque score, refocuses the piece so that it is seen through Belinda’s eyes and the epic story is brought into contemporary relief in all its visceral truth. For some this will be a chance to see a familiar and much-loved opera in a new light, while for many in its young audience it will be an incredible first experience of a classic.

Dido is designed by Khadija Raza, a finalist of the Linbury Prize 2017.

Dido is on at Unicorn Theatre 147 Tooley Street, London SE1 2HZ from 11May- 2 June. Times: 7pm; matinees 2pm.

Admission: £8 - £24. Suitable for age 11 and upwards.

Duration: approximately 1 hour, 15 minutes.

Phone: 020 7645 0560. www.unicorntheatre.com

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cinema

Cocktails, a campfire & charlie chaplin Michael Holland

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ith so much variety in the opportunities to enjoy life these days, the get up and go out people are always looking for that something extra, that something with a difference, so this new underground silent movie venue - Down the Shaft - will tick that box.

Midnight Apothecary, the award-winning pop-up campfire cocktail bar that has built up quite a reputation from the rooftop of the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe since 2012, has launched an exciting new film club directly beneath its garden in one of London’s most secret and unusual underground venues, the Victorian underground Grand Entrance Hall to Brunel’s Thames Tunnel.

‘Down the Shaft Film Club’ launches its season on Thursday 2 May with some classic silent cinema featuring local Southwark icon, pioneer and hero Charlie Chaplin, as well as two Laurel & Hardy shorts, and all three films accompanied on grand piano by the virtuoso talents of the UK’s leading silent film piano accompanists Meg Morley (2 May) and Neil Brand (16 May). You can look forward to Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Easy Street’ (1917) a Laurel & Hardy’s ‘Big Business’ (1929) and ‘Liberty’ (1929).

Truly one of Charlie Chaplin’s finest and most enduring short films, Easy Street sees Chaplin playing The Little Tramp who becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug that dominates an inner-city street. The look and feel of ‘Easy Street’ evokes the South London of Charlie Chaplin’s childhood, with some stating that Easy Street could be Walworth’s East Street - the street near his birthplace. It’s a film that walks a fine line between humour and pathos.

Unlike the athletic antics of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy’s based their comedy around mannerisms,

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reactions and silly situations, But in ‘Liberty’ (1929) we find them out of their depth quite literally, high above the city in a half built skyscraper. Liberty was one of Laurel & Hardy’s last silent films, and to many fans their funniest ever film. This film has it all. With the police hot on their tail as two escaped convicts, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car only to find themselves struggling to balance on top of the girders of an unfinished building. They were comedic geniuses and this film shows them at the peak of their game.

Big Business (1929) finds the duo as Christmas tree salesmen trying to sell their wares door to door in California in the summer. It is many people’s favourite Laurel & Hardy silent film.

Lottie Muir, founder of Midnight Apothecary, said: ‘Midnight Apothecary is a celebration of wild cocktails, campfire and camaraderie in the city. What better way to spend the evening than enjoying some fireside merriment in an enchanted candle-lit roof garden before descending underground into a unique historic venue to celebrate the work of local Southwark legend Charlie Chaplin and Laurel & Hardy” Guests are invited to arrive from 6pm for campfire, wild cocktails, local beer, hot toddies and sizzling seasonal street food (not included in the price of the ticket) in the candle-lit secret roof garden. They will descend underground at 7.30pm for the films. The campfire, complimentary toasted marshmallows and streetfood will be available before and between the films.

Brunel Museum, Railway Avenue, SE16 4Lf. May 2 and 16 at 7:30pm. Admission: £25. Numbers are strictly limited.

Tickets: www.themidnightapothecary.co.uk

The Brunel Tunnel in Rotherhithe ©JackHobhouse_TateHarmer

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in a spin over dulwich Festival time has started and Dulwich is about to come alive with entertainers, music, arts and much more.

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he Dulwich Festival returns this month with a smorgasbord of art, music, theatre, literature and walks.

This year’s theme is ‘belonging’. As always the Festival celebrates the local artistic community, with the everpopular Artists’ Open House taking place across both weekends when over 200 artists invite the public into their homes and studios, providing an up close and personal dialogue and insight into their art.

The Festival embraces the local history and architecture as local treasures such as the Dulwich Picture Gallery, Bell House, Dulwich College and Christ Chapel, amongst others, play host to events.

For music lovers, the Harlem Meer Cats are back, recreating music heard at the Cotton Club in the ‘20s and ‘30s, including hits of Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway.

The ever-popular festival Ceilidh returns, along with the Festival of Choirs, and Adam Norsworthy, who returns to Dulwich Festival after two previous sold-out shows. Regarded by many as one of the country’s finest blues singer-songwriters, he will be playing a first set with LSO second violinist Tom Norris and then a full band set with his group The Mustangs, one of the UK’s most established Blues bands.

At over 400 years old, Christ’s Chapel is one of the hidden gems in Dulwich and will be hosting a Chapel Organ open afternoon, featuring the exquisite organ built in 1759 and thought to be the oldest surviving example of the famous organ builders, George England’s, work.

Acclaimed ensemble Onyx Brass is also performing at the alluring venue.

JOIN IN THE FESTIVAL For literary lovers, join a discussion with the editors of Words in Pain, Jocelyn Catty and Trevor Moore, with readings from their embellished centenary edition of the collected letters of Olga Jacoby, a writer, thinker and rationalist who wrote them ‘under the sentence of death’ due to a terminal heart condition. The proceedings take place in the elegant setting of Bell House.

For younger members of the community the children’s art competition and concert return, while Kingsdale will play host again to the Youth Concert where local schools/ music groups showcase their incredibly talented young musicians. Award-winning children’s theatre is on offer at St Barnabas Parish Hall with the fantastical tale of Tommy Foggo – Superhero - a magical multi-media tale of a life saved by music based on a true story.

The Festival Fair on Goose Green provides fun for all the family with a wide range of stalls and activities, including the cheerful community chain of pom-poms and the much- loved donkey rides. The Love West Dulwich and Dulwich Park Fairs take place on the final weekend of the Festival.

For another family friendly outing, join the London wildlife Trust for a spring orchard tree care event and picnic. Continued p25 Photo: Benjamin Ealovega

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To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Burbage Road’s namesake, Richard Burbage, local artist Lionel Stanhope is creating a mural of the actor, artist and co-founder of the Globe theatre. The Handlebards, a troupe of cycling actors who perform charmingly chaotic

BELONG IN dulwich and environmentally sustainable Shakespeare plays across the globe, are putting on an original version on Much Ado About Nothing. Also taking inspiration from the great Bard, Tim Crouch performs his one man show, I, Malvolio, which re-imagines Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night from the point of view of its most notoriously

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You can learn more about Dulwich’s Street Art through the Street Art Walk.

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The stage by the café is featuring local musicians, brass bands, choirs and dance acts of all ages. There is, as always, a huge variety of food, craft, drink and charity stalls. Full line-up, p29.

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Feast fit for a king Venture to The Vaults for an immersive Game of Thrones banquet Michael Holland

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e were very excited about the Game of Thrones’ Dinner is Coming feast, based around the award-winning series.

The audience sat at tables replete with wine and were introduced to the newly wed king and queen just as a gift of wine was delivered from afar to celebrate the match. Alas, the wine was poisoned and the king died. Us commoners now had to work out who killed the king, who was plotting against the king and we also had to choose the best House to be in, and all while enjoying a feast fit for a, er, king!

First up was Wildfire Bouillon, a green pea and garlic soup with asparagus, lemonverbena jelly, mint leaves, red radish and lava beans. The soup was quite amazing.

In fact, truly wonderful.

Margarine, the beautiful daughter of the noble Trywell family, mingled with diners convincing us that she had nothing to do with the murder, as did the Lady of Taragon and other assorted reprobates all vying for our vote. As the wine flowed so

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did the lies and treachery.

Before each course there would be speeches from the candidates that we would analyse and rip apart for motive or clues. As we changed our minds so we changed our allegiances. Dinner was served. The King’s Feast comprised of Spiced Cauliflower, Crispy Chicken Wings, Mixed Bean and Potato Pie, Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder, Roast Potatoes, Egmont Carrots and a green salad of courgette, lettuce, beetroot, peas, parsley and pesto dressing. The lamb is the tenderest I have had in living memory.

Fiona, a vegetarian, gave high praise for the bean and potato dish and tucked in to the salad while us carnivores at the banquet were like a wolf pack around the meat. The wine still flowed as a smiling assassin mingled amongst us. He struck and the Man from the Far North was slain for calling us Soft Southerners just one time too many. Two deaths so far.

More speeches turned attention and suspicion to the widow, though most

deemed her far too pretty to be a killer.

Dessert - A Scarlet Ending - was served.

Pear poached in Red Wine, Cinnamon and Star Anise left our lips blood red. The Sweet and Sour Cream accompaniment was a metaphor for all the looks and leers

from the guilty conspirators. We now had to make our final choice for a new king or queen. Plus, the murderer was revealed. I was right with my choice of King Slayer, but Fiona had not taken her own advice and had allowed herself to be lured away to another house. The night came to a close amid cheers and boos, which continued all the way home in the car.

‘Send me victorious,’ I sang for my own benefit. ‘Happy and Glorious,’ I continued until the back of Fiona’s hand caught me squarely on the nose.

Dinner is Coming is a parody of the popular series and has been timed to coincide with the beginning of the final series. This theatre and dinner combination is great fun whether you are a fan of the show or not.

Until 2nd June 2019 at The Vaults, Leake Street London SE1 7NN General Admission: £35 - £55. Suitable for Ages 18+ contains violence, strong language and dragons. www.dinneriscoming.com

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