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Pie & Mash escape game, Jamaican Independence Day and rooftop cinema

By Laura Burgoine

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MONSTER of a festival

The world’s biggest inflatable obstacle course lands in Surrey Quays for family festival Monstrous on July 29. The Beast is the ultimate bouncy castle at 272metres long. Within the festival, aimed at 4-14 year olds, there’s also a prince and princess unicorn land, Raver Tots warehouse bubble rave, Hello Kitty Club, Circus workshop, farm yard, arts and crafts, glitter and face painting studio, arcade alley, roller disco, streetfood and plenty more. Day pass: £39 (10am-6pm) or £28.50 for morning session/afternoon session.

Printworks, Surrey Quays Road, SE16 7PJ. www.monstrouscreations.co.uk

THREE BILLBOARDS ON THE ROOF The Rooftop Cinema in Peckham is screening Camberwell-born filmmaker Martin McDonaugh’s Oscarwinning Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri on August 1 (8:45pm) as part of its Women in Film series. The film’s star Frances McDormand won an Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for her turn as a hardened woman seeking justice for her daughter’s unsolved murder. Tickets: £15.95-£27.95. rooftopfilmclub.com

FOOTBALL’S still COMING HOME

Artist Gustavo Nénão has added to the graffiti in Waterloo’s Leake St Tunnel with a timely new World Cup themed urban artwork depicting England football player Harry Kane. Last month marked phase one of the opening of the Leake Street Arches. Eight former railway arches next to the famous Graffiti Tunnel in Waterloo have been brought back to life with a collection of independent bars, restaurants and entertainment spaces.

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ALL THAT JAMAICAN JAZZ

Celebrate Jamaican Independence Day at the Hideaway with bassist and bandleader Gary Crosby.

Returning to the Streatham venue, Jazz Jamaica, which Crosby founded in 1991, combines ska classics, jazz, and reggae vibes. Saturday 4 August at 9:30pm (doors open at 7pm). Tickets: £25. www.hideawaylive.co.uk

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DAILY MASH

In a new Escape Game, Pie and Mash shop owner Albert Bow is missing and participants join a special task force assigned to investigate his disappearance.

Featuring Do Stuff’s signature immersive environments and ingeniously clever puzzles, the Pie and Mash shop challenges gamers to solve physical and mental puzzles in a 60 minute race against the clock, in order to uncover Albert’s fate. From the team behind last year’s hit escape game Hostage Hideout, Do Stuff return with a quintessentially London-centric, escape room experience that reflects the people, stories and traditions of the city they call home.

The Grove, 279 Battersea Park Road, SW11 4NE. Phone: 020 7627 2923. August 1-9 at 12 noon.

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Spotlight

The pull of Gravity

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ircus wonders from Down Under, Gravity and Other Myths, return to the Southbank Centre this summer with a new show all about strength, writes Laura Burgoine...

Jascha Boyce and her fellow performers met while growing up and attending the recreational circus school Cirkids in Adelaide.

“I started at Cirkids at 4 and that’s where I met the rest of the group. We’ve known each other since we were about 8 or 9 years old,” Jascha told the Weekender.

After graduating high school, the acrobatic Aussies formed Gravity and Other Myths. “We

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were part of the performing troupe of Cirkids, and we’d performed at the Adelaide fringe and done some corporate gigs around Adelaide so we decided to keep working together,” the performer said.

“We made our first show Freefall together not expecting it to be our fulltime thing. We were studying and this was

kind of a side thing.”

In 2013, they took the show to Edinburgh Fringe where they met their agent. “And that’s when it all started. We began touring fulltime in 2014 and haven’t really stopped. It’s pretty crazy; we spend 10-11 months of the year on the road,” Jascha said.

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show is the UK premiere of Backbone: a high octane exploration of the limits of collective human strength and connectedness. The acrobats spend around three hours training before every show, and on non-performing days will be working for about five or six hours.

“Backbone is very different

from A Simple Space, which we performed at the Underbelly a few years ago but in some ways it’s very similar,” Jascha said. “It’s a much bigger scale show, more production, more people on stage. We have incredible lighting design.”

She describes the performance style as “very honest and real.”

“It does explore some deeper themes. It examines strength: physical, emotional, personal, collective, and internal.”

Backbone is at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, from August 14-19.

Admission: £15-£30.

Phone: 020 3879 9555. www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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otherhithe’s Brunel Tunnel is going back to the Bare Necessities with a new production of the Jungle Book.

Abiku Theatre Company’s Mowgli brings Rudyard Kipling’s original tale to the world’s oldest underwater tunnel.

The coming of age story follows orphan Mowgli, who has been raised by wolves but is forced to leave the only home and family he knows when his mortal enemy -a tiger- arrives in the jungle.

“We have a cast of eight people, and some original music,” actor Paul Robinson, who plays Baloo/ Jayesh, told the Weekender. “It’s

not a musical; it’s a play with music.”

“It’s very atmosphere in the tunnel, great for music, acoustics are excellent and audiences will be close to the actors in the oldest underwater tunnel in the world.”

This is the play’s premiere, directed by Abiku’s founder/ director Jessica Jane alongside Joe Newton.

Mogli is at the Brunel Tunnel, SE16 4LF, from July 17-August 11. Admission: £16.50 (£14.50 concession).

Saturday matinee: £10.

Phone: 0207 231 3840.

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All eyes on Underbelly's Peepshow Underbelly Festival celebrates its 10th year at the Southbank this glorious summer, writes Katie Kelly...

A mini fringe festival by the river, it is a fun and welcome addition to the traditional theatre scene. Circa company are old friends of Underbelly and have made the long trip from down under a number of times. Their reputation precedes them and the Spielgeltent was packed for their Peep Show on Tuesday night.

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I’m not a huge fan of the overly risqué and so the title was slightly off putting, despite my love of this art form. This is not by any means voyeuristic entertainment, which might be disappointing to some, but an encouragement to anyone with slightly younger viewers to accommodate. Instead, it is playful and funny and, most importantly, hugely impressive.

In fact, in a year when we have heard a lot about women as victims it was life affirming to see the whole cast embrace the sequin shorts, women displaying

awesome physical strength, and working with their male fellow performers in such an equal and impressive way.

The audience’s gasps of astonishment started early and continued throughout this varied and, at times, beautiful performance. There’s quite a lot of theory written in the programme about the concept for the show and if I am honest, it went pretty much over my head, both in the writing and the reality.

I was reminded of the ‘twiddly bits’ that gymnasts do in their

floorshows to fill time, and to help recover between the really impressive tumbles. Perhaps this is a woeful display of ignorance but don’t let it put you off.

These artists are extraordinary examples of what the human body is capable of.

Circa: Peepshow is on at Underbelly Festival, Jubilee Gardens, London SE1 8XX, until 18 August at 7.30pm.

Admission: £16.50- £26.50.

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Brixton Buzz

Wednesday 1st Aug, SW9

Wednesday Session at Cafe Cairo 88 Landor Road, SW9 9PE, 7.30pm, £4 Weekly session showcasing new bands in the splendid Cafe Cairo, an alternative venue with cubby holes a-plenty, pizza, beer, cocktails and friendly folk. Old school, quirky and unassuming, it’s a million miles from the hoity-toity, hipster hell-holes currently popping up all over Brixton.

Thursday 2nd Aug, SW16

Soul and Salsa at the White Lion 234 Streatham High Road, SW16 1BB, 6pm-midnight, Free DJ’s Mark and Maurice serve up the soul in the bar with the Baila Cuba Dance School shuffling out the salsa in the Stables Room.

Gig guide

DJ King Assassin at JAMM

261 Brixton Road, Brixton, SW9 6LH, 7pm-11.30pm, £15

Saturday 11th Aug, SE27

Northern Soul at Portico Gallery 23A Knight’s Hill, West Norwood, SE27 0HS, 7pm-midnight, £5 The House of Bamboo return to the Portico Gallery with a bumper bag of Northern Soul, Motown and more, all played on glorious vinyl. Ann Taylor joins house DJs Adam Jenkins, Neil Stroud and David Diston.

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Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY, 9pm-2am, £6 Described by the Guardian as “Britain’s strangest, greatest club night,” Duckie remains a wonderfully offbeat mix of quirky cabaret, drag acts and classic rock, attracting a fiercely loyal and appreciative gay/mixed crowd. On the decks, the Readers Wives DJs keep the indie-pop hits coming while the “wickedly cheeky” Dave The Bear brings his brand of beefy burlesque to the stage, backed by Baby Lame.

DJ night at the Brown Derby

336 Kennington Park Road, Oval SE11 4PP, 9pmmidnight, Free

Stylish, retro-themed boozer right next to Oval tube station, with DJs dispensing selections of ska, northern soul and rock and roll.

Friday 3rd Aug, SW9

Jazz Night at Bar 48 48 Brixton Road, SW9 6BT, 8.30pm, Free Soak up some live jazz in this relaxed, bijou arty wine bar on Brixton Road.

Saturday 4th Aug, SW9

Saturday 11th Aug, SW2

Cohesion at Club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 11pm-8am, £5/£10 More psychedelic than a swirly mass of multi-coloured miasma hovering above a unicorn in rainbow hot pants, the Cohesion gang are back in town with a bevy of psytrance acts to turn your mind into a throbbing maelstrom of repetitive beats. Running till 8am, the line-up includes The Goblin, Champa, Thallom and more in this legendary Brixton club.

Audiowhore at Electric Brixton Town Hall Parade, Brixton, SW2 1RJ, 11pm6am, £23 House music dons Audiowhore return to the Electric with a shedload of DJs including Flashmob, Martin Ikin, DJ Majesty, Steven Cee and more.

Sunday 12th Aug, SW4

Saturday 4th Aug, SE15

Dusty Groove at Canavan’s Peckham Pool Club 188 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4NF, 9pm4am, £7 Sarf Landahn DJ and producer Ben Hauke is the special guest at Peckham’s finest pool hall-cum-bar, backed by slider-adjusting residents Janix and Franklin who’ll be percolating deep and groovy vibes. Get there before 11pm and you can gorge yourself on £3 pints and £2 shots.

Sunday 5th Aug, SW2

Sunday Jam at the Hand In Hand 61 New Park Road, Streatham Hill, SW2 4LA, 7.30pm, Free

World Famous DJ King Assassin, known for being the producer for 2Pac and Eazy-E, lands at Brixton Jamm for his first ever UK performance. Beginning his career as a record disc jockey, King Assassin worked for record label Def Jam, working with Eazy-E at Kitchen Sync and Echo Sound studios and then producing music with Shakur. King Assassin will be performing his debut International date at Brixton Jamm with UK’s hip hop rapper Skinnyman, T-Dhurr from DPG, Jedi (Formally Death Row) and SouthWestQueez (Rochy and Lorsz).

A laid back soulful vinyl selection to bring the week to a close with DJs melding Motown, Funk, Soul’n’Reggae till 10.30pm.

Tuesday 7th Aug, SW9

Sister Sledge, Odyssey and Chic.

Thursday 9th Aug, SW9

Live Jazz at the Prince of Wales 469 Brixton Rd, SW9 8HH, 11pm-3am, Free Popular with locals and musicians, it’s

Danzig at O2 Academy 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, SW9 9SL, 7pm, £40

Friday 10th Aug, SW9

Run & Reggae at Prince of Wales 469 Brixton Rd, SW9 8HH, 6pm-4am £15 Promising to bring “sun-soaked sounds and the spirit of Jamaica” to the Prince of Wales’ lofty terraces and indoor rooms, Rampage Sound’s DJ and pals will be playing the best Reggae, Dancehall, Afrobeats, UK Funky, Hip Hop to Garage & Grime, with guests Shabba DJs and Usher Lavelle.

Saturday 11th Aug, SW9 Hosted by local musician Ese, this jam session sees talented local musicians and singers take to the stage in a laid back and friendly venue.

Sunday 5th Aug, SW9

Grass Roots Live Music at Club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 10pm-3am, Free/donations A night of uplifting blues, reggae and ska in front of a busy, old school mixed Brixton crowd. It’s open till very late and a big hit with musicians and locals.

Sunday 5th Aug, SW2

Soul HiFi at White Horse 94 Brixton Hill, Brixton, SW2 1QN, 7pm, Free

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Tucked away in Atlantic Road, Courtesan’s striking interior recalls a backstreet Shanghai bar from the 1920s. Serving as a dim sum restaurant during the day, the venue transforms into an artistic speakeasy at night, hosting cabaret, live music, and club nights. This week, the fabulously named Lilly Snatchdragon takes a swirl.

Created by one of the founders of horror-punk band Misfits, Danzig brings his vein-bustin’, full throttle blend of metal to Brixton on the 30 year anniversary of his self-titled solo debut.

Wednesday 8th Aug, SW4

Open Mic at Bread & Roses 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ, 8pm11pm, Free Test out your burgeoning talents in front of a friendly crowd. All musicians and spoken word artists are welcome in this Trade Union-owned boozer.

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a perfect stop for night owls with an insatiable thirst for beer, with live jazz by house band, Kavuma & The Banger Factory keeping the floor moving.

Friday 10th Aug, SE15

Disco Special at The Bussey Building 133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST, 10pm5am, £10 London’s Disco Freaks shimmy into Room 1 to throw down seven hours of vinyl action, delving into the world of funk, soul and trouser flapping disco.

Expect to find body parts oscillating uncontrollably to pelvic thrust-inducing hits from the likes of Earth Wind & Fire,

Burlesque at Courtesan 69-73 Atlantic Road, Brixton SW9 8PU, 10.30pm, Free

Daytime Terrace Party at Gigalum 8 Cavendish Road, Clapham Common, SW4 9DW, 3pm-11pm, Free There’s a cocktail of house & electronic music on offer with DJs Tenacious, Hilton Caswell Joe Varni and chums at this all-day summer party, with added live sax and drums, plus face painting if you’re into Crayola all over your mush.

Sunday 12th Aug, SW2

No Frills Sunday Session at The Windmill 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton SW2 5BZ, 7pm, Free They’ve been a well respected fixture on the south London folk scene for over a decade, and their monthly roundthe-table sessions at the Windmill are a splendid way for musicians to get together. Sing along or just make gurgling noises with your beer.

Sunday 12th Aug, SW4

Reggae’s 50th Anniversary at Clapham Grand 21-25 St John’s Hill, Clapham, SW11 1TT, 7pm-midnight, £27 Pricey night celebrating the rise of reggae music from its Jamaican ska/ rocksteady roots into a worldwide phenomenon, spawning major superstars like Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Dennis Brown, Beenie Man, Sean Paul, Chronixx and more. Live music by The Reminisce Band with more acts tbc.

Tuesday 14th Aug, SW2

Space Blood at The Windmill 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ, 7.30pm, £5 Bring your musical protractors along for a night of fiddly math rock, headlined by theatrical Chicago duo, Space Blood who are calling it a day after their ‘The Living Wake Tour.’ Also on the bill is the pummelling one-man groove machine from London, Theo, and the nearunpronounceable Iroquois, a local alt-y math-ish riff-dispensing act.

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Wednesday 15th Aug, SW9

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Wicked Wednesdays at Club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 10pm-3am, £3 donation

Brixton Oval, Brixton, SW2 1JG, 8pm-1am, Free Two well known faces from the south London scene host this busy live session. Covering Afro, Hip Hop, Jazz, Folk, Dancehall and more, musicians are invited to bring their instruments and get involved.

Thursday 30th Aug, SE27

Brit School Sessions at Railway Tavern 7 Station Rise, Tulse Hill, SE27 9BW, 9pm1am, Free The Railway has previously played host to some big exports from the Brit School (Jack Penate, Kate Nash, Adele and others), and this monthly slot showcases three fresh acts from the legendary performing arts academy.

This lively jam session remains the best place to be on a Wednesday night in Brixton, with a truly diverse mix of musicians and punters packing into this legendary late bar to hear anything from jazz, soul, reggae, Afrobeat, funk and dance.

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Saturday 18th Aug, SW2

DSKO at Effra Social 89 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF 9pm-1am, Free Strap on your gold medallions, brush your chest hair, climb into your platform boots and parade on to the dance floor and get ready to fling your white jacket aside as DSKO DJs bring a night of solid gold disco’n’boogie action.

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Friday 31st Aug, SW9

Britpop to Beyonce at Market House 443 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LN, 10pm-3am, £5

Saturday 18th Aug, SW16

Bashiyra at Hideaway 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2BF, 9pm, £15

Epidemik at Fire Arch 39 - 43 Parry Street, Vauxhall SW8 1RT, 10pm-6AM, £5 Billed as The Ravers Payback Party - and free before midnight - Epidemik celebrates all things ravey from 19882018, covering House, Hardcore, Jungle Drum & Bass, Garage & Breaks.

Inserting the needle into valleys of black vinyl at appropriate moments will be Ratpack, Skibadee, Billy ‘Daniel’ Bunter, Lavery, Shabba-D, Nicky Blackmarket and others.

Annual SkaBQ at the Railway Tavern

389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LQ, 10pm-4am, £5 The Railway hosts an all day Reggae, Ska & Caribbean party, with their mahoosive garden getting an appropriate makeover. Brixton legends Soothsayers headline the main stage inside, with special guest DJ sets from Project Karnak and Steam Downs Ahnanse. Outside there’s ping pong, steel pans, barbeque food and cold Pina Coladas keeping the sweet Caribbean vibes going all day and night. ship has now landed in SE17 with the controls set to ‘House, Garage and Disco.’

a Guinness and enjoy the old Brixton vibes.

Sunday 19th Aug, SW2

Tuesday 21st Aug, SW9

Boubacar Kafando at Hootananny 95 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pmmidnight, Free

Live Jazz at the Cable Bar & Café 8 Brixton Road, Oval, SW9 6BU, 8pm, Free Their website never gets updated, but we have it on good authority that you can enjoy top quality live jazz/swing bands playing the small stage in this intimate cafe/bar every Tuesday.

Sunday 26th Aug, SE1

Trevor Nelson at Ministry of Sound 103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6DP, 10pm-5am, £15

Establishing her career working as a backing singer for major artists from Queen to Diana Ross, Bashiyra won acclaim for her 2009 neo-soul, jazz and dance debut and has gone on to scoop several industry awards.

Saturday 18th Aug, SW9

Coconut Beats of Turkey at Phonox 418 Brixton Rd, Brixton, SW9 7AY, 9.30pm4am, £10 The Coconut Beats parties have seen different global artists leaping into the DJ booth every week, and this week it’s the turn of Mehmet Aslan and Baris K, who invite you to take a Turkish trip.

Saturday 18th Aug, SE17

Tief with Intergalactic Gary at Corsica Studios 5 Farrell Court, Elephant & Castle, SE17 1LB, 11pm-6am, £10 Anyone called Intergalactic Gary is OK with us, and our space hopping Gazza hails from Wellington, New Zealand, making his name in the squat and club parties in The Hague in the 90s. His space

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DJ Christopher Evans is back for a two hour show of chilled Sunday music in this former boozer that now serves as a record store and music venue.

Monday 27th Aug, SE24

Heads Up Jazz Jam at Off The Cuff 301-303 Railton Road, Herne Hill, SE24 0JN, 8.30pm-11pm, Free A weekly jam session where local fret botherers, bongo bashers, reed-parpers and jazz odyssey lovers are encouraged to join in with the band.

Tuesday 28th Aug, SE5

Jazz Jam at The Junction 171 Coldharbour Lane, SE5 9PA, 8pm-11m, Free Offering free live music every night of the week, The Junction’s jazz sessions on Tuesday are a particular highlight.

Thursday 30th Aug, SW2

Pharoah & Tagara Ritzy Jam at Upstairs at the Ritzy Born in Burkino Faso, and based in Paris, Boubacar Kafando plays the African Kora with his band fusing rock, blues, jazz, funk and afro-beat with traditional styles.

Sunday 19th Aug, SW2

Live Jazz at the Effra Hall Tavern Kellett Road, Brixton, SW2, 8.30pm11.30pm, Free One of the few traditional pubs left anywhere in the area, this family-owned boozer tucked away from the main drag is one of the best places to wind down after a mad weekend. Grab yourself

Brixton’s famous Offline Club throws down another swaggering, sweaty, fun packed mix of fist-in-the air party bangers. Now one of the biggest nights at Market House, expect your nether regions to vacillate wildly to a sonic feast of dance monsters, cheeky pop thumpers, drum’n’bass floorshakers and body-quivering anthems, with Dolly and Cyndi guaranteed.

Friday 31st Aug, SW4

Hip Hop Zoo at Fu Manchu 15 Lendal Terrace, Clapham, SW4 7UX, 9pm-3am, £10 Promising “a feast of Hip Hop & Classics, immersive activities, performances, ring masters & special guests,” the night looks to provide an “electrifying burlesque ambience and an untamed atmosphere.” If anyone is actually curious to see what “Hip Hop crossed with a Zoo” looks like, they are free to scurry over Clapham-way and get suitably feral.

Hosted by radio broadcasting legend Trevor Nelson, there’s a night of 80’s Soul & Boogie Boppers, Disco, Classic 90’s & 00’s HipHop n’ R&B and funk coming up, all curated by Mr Nelson who’ll be playing sets in both main rooms. But not at the same time, obvs.

Sunday 26th Aug, SE27

Out Of The Wood at Book & Record Exchange 20 Norwood High St, SE27 9NR, Noon-2pm, Free

Pharaoh & Tagara Upstairs at the Ritzy

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Music Village vinyl on Bermondsey Street

Britain's Got Talent winners step on stage with Barry Manilow

Bermondsey Street’s Village East is heating up with resident DJs hitting the decks on the second Friday of every month.

Village Vinyl celebrates the superior sound quality of vinyl in Village East’s Manhattan inspired space. There’s no entry fee all night, and extended opening hours.

On 10 August and 14 September; Robert J, Ciaran Mayes and DJ Georges will be mixing tunes from 8pm – 12.30am. Tables in the lounge will be available to book throughout the evening and the restaurant will be serving food from 6pm-10pm. Expect the eclectic and playful, with hits running from classic soul and disco, to funk and house.

A former textile factory, Village East is the first opening from House Café Company, the family of modern all-day cafés which also include Riding House Café in Fitzrovia and Rail House Café in Victoria.

Village East is at 171-173 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UW. Phone: 020 7357 6082. www.villageeast.co.uk

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Musical theatre group Collabro shot to fame after winning the eighth season of ITV talent show Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) in 2014, writes Laura Burgoine...

Now, they’re hanging out with Cliff Richard and opening for Barry Manilow’s arena tour.

Jamie Lambert talks to the Weekender ahead of performing at Greenwich’s O2 arena.

“Musical theatre speaks to so many people,” Jamie said. “We have a massive range of people come to our shows. Sometimes a granddaughter, mother, and daughter because the music spans generations.”

The foursome, made up of Jamie Lambert, Michael Auger, Matthew Pagan and Thomas J. Redgrave, released their debut album Stars

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in August 2014 and debuted at number one in the UK. Now, the band is back in the studio working on their fourth album: Road to the Royal Albert Hall, which they’ll be taking on the road for a 51-date tour in 2019. “The tour ends at the Royal Albert Hall. We’ve headlined there a few times. It’s fabulous, the most wonderful place and such a historic venue” Jamie said.

The new album features music from Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Billy Elliot, and Grease. “There’s every major musical you can think of and Never Enough from the Greatest Showman,” Jamie said.

“We’re very proud of it.”

Early on, the band did some pop crossovers before returning to their musical theatre roots.

They founded their own record label Peak Productions in 2017,

when they released their third album Home. “We have a lot more control with our own record label,” Jamie said. “We were the only artists who self-released and ended up in the top ten on the charts. This time it’s not as chart focused, it’s more part of a big tour. We wanted to do an album that complemented the tour.”

Jamie’s personal favourite musical is Les Miserables. “We’ve done every song from Les Mis. We sang Stars in our first audition for Britain’s Got Talent, then Bring Him Home for the semi-finals.

Now we have On my Own on the new album.”

Collabro paved the way for musical theatre groups the world over. “Since we came out, various musical theatre groups have come out. It’s something

the industry was waiting for,” Jamie said. “Il Divo were more opera. The, stars all lined up, and four years down the road, we’re making our fourth major album.”

The band only formed one month before their audition for Britain’s Got Talent. “Originally we planned to perform on cruises but we needed a bigger audience.

Since we’ve done it, there’s a lot of cruise ship groups who do the same,” Jamie said.

Collabro’s first ever rehearsal space was in the rooms above the Miller pub in London Bridge.

“They were really nice to us.

We hired the space to rehearse because we didn’t live in the same area; we all took a week off work, and met there,” Jamie said.

“We had our first ever photoshoot there. The people were lovely.

Sometimes they’d come up and listen to us.”

Two years ago the band met Cliff Richard who asked them to special guest on his summer tour.

“Now Cliff just turns up randomly to our gigs,” Jamie said. “We did a residency at Pizza Express and one night Cliff turned up backstage and surprised us. And we went to a house party his friend had organised and Tony Blair rocked up.”

Next up, the quartet is joining Copacabana singer and music legend Barry Manilow on his arena tour in September. “It’s super cool,” Jamie said. “I’ve always really admired Barry.”

“Barry’s huge, we were super keen,” he continued. “He’s so busy and ridiculously famous.

We’re in awe. We’re playing shows at Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, and then three nights at the O2 arena, so we’re really excited for that.”

Collabro is the special guest at Manilow-Live in London at the O2 arena on September 6, 7 and 8.

Tickets: £78.75-£122.25.

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A trio just out of this world...

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arriet Mackenzie lives in Brockley and grew up with a father obsessed with opera “listening to wonderful opera singers such as Caruso”, writes Michael Holland...

She was “very lucky to be taken to lots of concerts and be exposed to the incredible canon of chamber music: Beethoven and Mozart String quartet, Ravel...I loved the sense of a door opening on this extraordinary aural landscape and being taken somewhere totally different. I wish that more children had this opportunity,” Ms Mackenzie told the Weekender.

“I was obsessed with the sound of the violin and from the age of three I campaigned my parents to be able to start learning it!” The teacher, Shelia Nelson, had a long waiting list but Harriet was able to start her training at five. That little girl in love with the violin went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Laban where she met Meg Hamilton (viola), and Milos Milivojevic (accordion) and the three musicians decided to form the Kosmos Ensemble.

“We thought it would be wonderful to play together, to explore the sounds, to study different traditions and styles from

around the globe, to compose and to improvise with these influences. Having had a totally ‘classical’ training, I had never improvised. Suddenly I found myself on stage with Kosmos but without sheet music, playing our own compositions, and improvising using our classical training and composition techniques with roots music as our inspiration,” Harriet said. “I was deliriously happy and terrified in equal measure but when the lights dim and the audience is waiting expectantly, there is nothing quite like the frisson of composing in real time in front of a discerning crowd.”

Ten years on, Kosmos have explored Balkan music, Arabic music, Japanese folk songs, Gypsy music, jazz, and have recorded two albums whilst performing all over the world and in places that have little access to live music: prisons, special schools, mainstream schools and homes for older people.

Now the trio are once again returning to Rotherhithe’s St Mary’s Church playing a special fundraiser gig for the Tuned In London series.

The proceeds from this concert will fund the band’s next album.

Harriet says: “It is a beautiful church with great acoustics and

a uniqueatmosphere; there is something very special about performing in an intimate church such as this.”

“I gave a candlelit concert there as part of the Tuned In series in December,” she continued. “In any concert, the energy that the audience brings is very important but in an intimate setting like this,

one can really feel it and this has a particularly strong effect when we are improvising and directly responding to that energy.”

Next time, Harriet tells me, Kosmos will be playing something very different. “There are so many emotions that we go through in one evening - from a moving piece about a Serbian soldier who has lost

the one he loves, to life affirming, toe-tapping, fiendishly fast Gypsy tunes.”

of the original Globe and Rose theatres. Meet by the Refectory in the Millennium Courtyard at Southwark Cathedral. These tours

usually run for an hour and a half.

Kosmos are at St Mary’s Church, Marychurch Street, SE16 4JE on 1 August at 7.45pm. Admission: £14/ £10 concession.

Phone: 07595 154601. tunedin.london/tunedin.php

Shakespeare's Southwark

Heart of glass Journey through time, colour and history at Southwark Cathedral with a tour examining some of London’s best examples of 20th century stained glass.

Find out about the techniques used in their production and the people who created them.

The tour includes the works of artists Lawrence Lee, Ninian

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Comper, John La Farge, Leifur Breidfjord. Ben Finn, Alan Younger and Christopher Webb. These tours runs for an hour, meeting in the Millennium Courtyard by the Refectory.

Saturday 28 July at 11am.

Admission: £8.

Montague Cl, London SE1 9DA. cathedral.southwark. anglican.org

At the heart of William Shakespeare’s theatrical world was the building we now know as Southwark Cathedral.

This was the scene of baptisms, burials and marriages for the actors and playwrights who graced the stage of Elizabethan theatre.

This guided walk begins at Southwark Cathedral to view Shakespeare’s memorial and the ledger stone marking the burial in 1607 of William’s actor brother Edmond.

Discover the cathedral’s strong links with the theatre and then explore Bankside, wandering the riverside streets trod by Shakespeare and locating the sites

Admission: £10.

July 28 at 1pm.

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talkers, robbers, cheaters, bullies, divas, murderesses, and manipulative socialites: these are just some of the characters Hollywood legend Joan Crawford played throughout her 40 year career and yet her work was often overshadowed by her real-life drama.

The BFI Southbank is showcasing the breadth of the actress’ talent and celebrating her enduring career as part of a two month season Fierce: the Untameable Joan Crawford, writes Laura Burgoine...

Running from 1 August – 9 October the season includes 20 of Crawford’s best-loved films.

BFI programmer Anna Bogutskaya is very excited for the season. “I’m a big fan of Joan but her life and romances and feuds really overshadowed her work,” Anna told the Weekender. “In this season, I wanted to look at the films that were strategic career moves and ask: what was she trying to do here?”

“She was the Madonna of her time,” Anna continued.

“She was not the most beautiful, or the most beloved, but she was so smart. How can you stay relevant and on top of your career for so many decades? She had a nose for the industry.”

“She turned to horror films because I think she saw the commercial appeal of that genre. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is scary, terrifying and beautiful.”

As a businesswoman, Joan was “incredibly smart,” Anna said. “As a woman working at that time in Hollywood, she could really navigate it,” Anna said. “She wanted to understand every part of the business. That dedication and savvy is what I wanted to highlight in this season.”

The actress’ ability to constantly adjust herself was perhaps the key to the longevity of her career. “In her 20s she was a flapper, when she got older she was this perfectly well

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The BFI celebrates the Hollywood legend with a two month film season

rounded woman, in her 50s she was a queen; she knew how to look her best at any given point,” Anna said.

Two of the films in the season: The Women and Mildred Pierce are being re-released in selected cinemas across the UK from 17 August. It was Crawford’s comeback role in the 1945 Mildred Pierce that won her an Oscar.

“It’s interesting to see The Women and Mildred Pierce together because they’re such different roles that Joan plays,” Anna said. “The Women is an ensemble piece where she’s this perfect, catty, social climbing character. Mildred is flawed but profound, a hardworking, ambitious woman and it’s incredibly powerful.”

Anna referred to the recent BBC Two mini-series Feud: Bette and Joan, a behind the scenes saga following Bette Davis and Joan Crawford’s ongoing rivalry. “Those stories, particularly Joan’s, were about actresses at the top of their game who weren’t getting work.

Consummate professional that

she was, Joan went out and created these roles for herself. She would find these roles that would make her relevant,” Anna said.

Crawford had a very public, tumultuous personal life, which included four marriages, and a highly publicised falling-out with two of her children, including

Christina, who wrote the tell-all memoir Mommie Dearest.

At the beginning of the film season, on Saturday 4 August, the BFI is hosting a special event: An Afternoon with Joan Crawford. “This is a way of introducing people to her life and career with a series of talks,” Anna said. “We’re looking at the different facets of Joan, as an ‘it’ girl, and then all the trends she

adjusted herself to. It’s a fun way to interact with someone who is classical Hollywood.”

Fierce: The Untameable Joan Crawford is at the BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XT, from August-October.

Admission: £9.20-£25.

Phone: 020 7928 3232. www.whatson.bfi.org.uk

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Summer things to do

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The Gruffalo’s Child at Churchill Theatre Museum of London

Go Karting in Charlton

‘Sea Things’ at the National Maritine Museum

The Gruffalo’s Child The popular children’s book The Gruffalo’s Child, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, now has a musical adaptation - coming to Churchill Theatre August 25-28. The story follows the Gruffalo’s Child, who ignores her father’s warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and goes out into the snow anyway. Tickets are £13.50. churchilltheatre.co.uk Go Karting TeamSport’s go karting track in Charlton has reopened with a completely new design after five weeks of closure and £250,000 in investments: The track is now 800m, two levels, and can accommodate 20 divers.

3 Herringham Road, Charlton London SE7 8NJ. team-sport.co.uk Sea exploration galleries Starting September 20, the National Maritime Museum will open four new galleries – Tudor and Stuart Seafarers, Pacific Encounters, Polar Worlds, and Sea Things – with the overarching theme of sea exploration. The £12.6 million redevelopment will give the museum an additional 1000 sq m of space. Admission is free. rmg.co.uk/NewGalleries

Holiday Histories at Charlton House Join the Charlton House on the Thursdays in August for family workshops, such as painting (August 2), mark making (August 9), sun catchers (August 16), collages (August 23), and sculpture (August 30).

These are drop-in sessions, suitable for children over four, and there is no need to book in advance. 10am-1pm. £1.50 per child. greenwichheritage.org/whats-on The Museum of London Docklands is to host an entire summer of free, interactive shows focusing on Roman rituals for the dead.

Roman Dead exhibit at the Museum of London

The interactive shows coincide with the current exhibit Roman Dead, which focuses on burial practices and funerary rights in ancient Londinium.

There are eleven skeletons and over 250 items from graves at the exhibit.

There will be a relaxed performance, suitable for those with autism, on August 11.

Every Wednesday through Saturday in August.

11:30am – 12:15pm, 1:30pm-2:15pm and 3pm3:45pm.

Admission is free.

Summer Holiday Workshops Unicorn Theatre will be hosting a series of workshops this summer.

The list includes: - Play In a Week with professional company Puppet Soup July 23 – 27 July, ages 7 – 12, £425 per child - Weird & Wonderful Grimm Creations with a professional set designer August 14 and 15, ages 7 – 11, £55 per child

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- Irish Dancing & Ceilidh Fun with an Irish Dancing World Champion August 16 – 17, ages 6 – 11, £100 per child - Family Ceilidh Craic mini dancing workshop August 18, ages 3 and over, £15 per person - A Grimm Design, in-depth workshop about costume, scenery, and stage design August 21 – 22, ages 10 – 14,

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£100 per child

- West African Drumming and Dance workshop, ending with a performance August 23 and 24, ages 7 – 11, £55 per child - Moving & Grooving: Dance Medley workshop with disco moves and Bollywood Boogie August 25, ages 7-11, £55 per child unicorntheatre.com

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Theatre Deli

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heatre Deli is launching an annual national festival for families, and the young at heart, in Burgess Park.

Rain or Shine runs in Camberwell’s Burgess Park through to the end of August and includes theatre, circus, storytelling, and workshops for all ages.

Artistic Director Jessica Brewster said Theatre Deli connects with new audiences by offering familyfocused theatre in easily accessible, community spaces, while also giving emerging artists the opportunity to create new work for children, which they can tour nationally.

“We are delighted to have received support from Arts Council England and our local partners to allow us to offer the whole festival as paywhat-you-decide, making the work accessible to more people based in the communities we are serving,” Jessica said.

The festival features a number of Theatre Deli supported artists and highlights the organisation’s ongoing

Eighteen massive dinosaur animatronics and TV presenter Michaela Strachan will be coming to the O2 with Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular.

The most recent version of the show includes changes to the dinosaurs, since scientific research has provided more insight into what the creatures looked like, including brighter colours and potential feathers.

The show, which lasts 100 minutes, includes interactions between the dinosaurs and the changing climate from the arid Triassic period to the greener Jurassic. Huxley the paleontologist, played by Michaela Strachan, helps guide viewers along.

The rest of the production team includes names such as Scott Faris, who has directed Broadway shows such as Les Misérables, Cabaret, Cats, and Grease, and Sonny Tilders, who has designed creatures and animatronics for Star Wars and The Chronicles of Narnia.

“Many of the technologies we are using on Walking with Dinosaurs are borrowed from film,” said Sonny Tilders. “To make it appear that these creatures are flesh

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and blood weighing six, eight or even 20 tons, we use a system called ‘muscle bags,’ made from stretch mesh fabric and filled with polystyrene balls, stretched across moving points on the body. These contract and stretch in the same manner that muscle, fat, and skin does on real creatures.”

“The puppeteers use ‘voodoo rigs’ to make many of the dinosaurs move,” Tilders continued. “They are miniature versions of the dinosaurs with the same joints and range of movement as their lifesized counterparts.”

“The puppeteer manipulates the voodoo rig, and these actions are interpreted by computer and transmitted by radio waves to make the hydraulic cylinders in the actual dinosaur replicate the action, with a driver hidden below the animal, helping to maneuver it around the arena.”

The largest dinosaur is the Brachiosaurus, which is 11m in height and 17m long, with each large dinosaur requiring three people to operate it.

Tickets start at £29. www.theo2.co.uk/

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commitment to children and young people.

Hikapee Theatre will stage their physical theatre and aerial circus performance Look Up commissioned

by Theatre Deli and Without Walls.

Youaremine will be presenting their piece The Runner that was commissioned as part of Theatre Deli’s artistic residency programme and first staged at Theatre Deli’s Beyond Borders Festival, a week of theatre and music in line with Refugee Week 2018.

In Burgess Park, the festival culminates with an outdoor celebration hosted by Mandinga Arts, a Southwark-based company who will be providing free workshops in circus, choreography and drumming.

There will also be walkabout performances from Terebac Theatre and Louise Bland. Audiences are invited to bring a picnic and enjoy a day in the park.

For the full line up of artists and ticket information visit: theatredeli.co.uk.

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Legoland

Legoland Windsor has opened its first ever beach (don’t worry, it’s not made of plastic bricks) as part of its two-month long Summer of Fun. There will be beach parties built just for kids at the 10m long sandy beach, with activities for all of the family.

It has also unveiled its first ever 20 tonne sand sculpture of a family of huge Lego Minifigures enjoying the beach.

Families can enjoy the new attraction on deckchairs or blankets and cool down with an ice cream from the ice cream stand.

There are also plenty of watery activities to help families stay cool, including Splash Safari, Drench Towers and Pirate Falls.

Summer of Fun runs started on July 7 and runs until September 2. Tickets are available from £32 on selected date, when booked online at least a week in advance. www.legoland.co.uk

Horniman Museum Summer activities The Horniman Museum and Gardens are hosting a summer of events, some of which to celebrate the opening of their new anthropology exhibit the World Gallery. Some of the events include:

The Big Butterfly Count A day of celebrating butterflies July 25, 10:30am-3:30pm. Free Sunset Sessions Live performances of world music, taking place at the Bandstand terrace.

July 26, August 2, August 9, 6:30pm-8pm. Free Summer Welly Walk on the Nature Trail July 28, 1:45pm-3:30pm. For ages 5+. £5 for adults, £3 children Bandstand concerts Upbeat concerts with reggae, Afrobeat, and Ethnojazz bands August 5, 19, 26, 3pm-5pm. Free

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Bach to Baby Family Concert August 6, 11am-12pm. All ages. £15 for adults, free for children

Brass Funkeys band

Shared World – performances, storytelling, arts and crafts sessions August 8, 15, 22, and 29, 10:30am-3:30pm. Free Family Bat Walk Discover bats with bat detectors August 17, 7:30pm-9:30pm. For ages 8+. £5 for adults, £3 children

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Family Art Fun Craft activities inspired by the Horniman’s Rainbow Revealed exhibit July 24, 25, 26, 11am-2:30pm.

For ages 3+. Free

A World of Stories – storytelling performances August 27, 11am-3:15pm. For ages 5+. Free Pond Dipping Discovering wildlife in the Horniman Nature Trail pond Tuesdays and Fridays all summer, 11am-3pm. For ages 5+. Tickets are £5.

Full schedule on www.horniman.ac.uk

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Summer things to do Battersea Park’s biggest food festival weekend is back this month serving up street food, drinks and live electro swing.

Among the vendors on offer there’s Indian fusion vegan food truck En Root, London’s best frozen yoghurt trader Frieda’s Frozen Yoghurt. Make sure you try Smokoloko as they put on a culinary display of the juiciest meat in town. The bar will be well stocked with craft beer from local brewery, Mondo Brewing Company, and jugs of Pimms.

Kurbside Kitchen is bringing gourmet hot dogs ranging from high quality beef, pork, chorizo and tofu with a brioche sub.

Plant based fast food revolution Greenbox are the place to go for vegetarian and vegan burgers, hotdogs and popcorn tofu. For a taste of South America, take a trip to Guasacaca, the Venezuelan street food offering arepas and other Venezuelan traditional dishes.

Accompanying the feast is live sets from The After Hours, the UKs first Electro-Swing band. Fizzy Gillespie, best known for taking the Vintage sounds of 1930s swing to 1960s soul,

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will be spinning the decks in between sets.

The fun continues over the weekend (July 28-29) as the jam packed, threeday food festival opens up the famers’ market and free interactive workshops to join the very best street food, craft beer, live music, free children’s activities and free face painting.

Delve into the free, interactive workshop tents to learn from the best.

Across the weekend, the talented Ben Spalding will be hosting a cooking master class. Sofie Hope is the person in the know when it comes to fussy eaters. If you are struggling with a fussy eater in the family, come along to understand the best way approach it. Rakesh Ravindran Nair, Head Chef at Cinnamon Kitchen Battersea, will be showing guests how to make Keema Litti with anchovy chutney and paprika raita. Or maybe you fancy learning about Chocolate Meditation with Qiming Wuu as she takes you on an experience of Conscious Eating.

Foodstock LDN is at British Genius Site, Battersea Park, SW8 4NW on Friday 27 July (5pm-10pm), Saturday 28 July (12pm-7pm) and Sunday 29 July (12pm-6pm).

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It’s also a dog friendly event; well behaved dogs are welcome at the event and there will be lots of water around to keep them hydrated.

Online advance tickets are £3 for adults and £2 for children, available at www.foodstock.london/tickets Tickets can be purchased

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Glitterbox The Glitterbox crew reunite at the Ministry of Sound on Saturday 28 July with Jellybean Benitez, Mousse T., Dr Packer, Ralphi Rosario, Simon Dunmore, Melvo Baptiste and Natasha Kitty Katt taking to the decks.

While the Glitterbox tour takes on the world with parties in New York, Zurich, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Croatia, and of course the summer-long residency at Hï in Ibiza, July’s Elephant and Castle party is a welcome homecoming, bringing together some legendary international DJs for a night of classic and contemporary house, nu-disco and unabashed dancefloor hedonism. Glitterbox has just announced its first Australian tour with shows in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne featuring Todd Terry, Simon Dunmore and The Shapeshifters in November.

Glitterbox generates an inclusive, uplifting party atmosphere designed to unite all on the dancefloor, using the most spectacular production, dancers and soundtrack to create a truly 21st century disco.

Bringing the phenomenon to life on 28th July will be Glitterbox’s flamboyant performers including cover star Lucy Fizz, Alexus De Luxe, Tete Bang, Chester, Georgie, Johnny Bones and Jay Jay Revlon with his vogueing crew.

Ministry of Sound has been Glitterbox’s UK base for almost five years, a second home for the Ibiza club night. As Glitterbox spends its fifth year pulling off its most impressive Ibiza run to date at the island’s hottest new superclub, July’s Ministry event marks a significant milestone for the party.

Meanwhile, the iTunes #1 Glitterbox Radio Show presented by resident Melvo Baptiste gives Glitterbox lovers their weekly fix of authoritative house and disco culture. Glitterbox Recordings continues to release the hottest new music and vinyl from the likes of Mousse T., Ralphi Rosario, Dr Packer, The Shapeshifters and more, not to mention the chart-topping Glitterbox compilations proving that the spirit of disco is alive and kicking.

For all tickets and info see www.glitterboxibiza.com

Fastlove, a tribute to late pop star George Michael, will be running at the Lyric Theatre West End this autumn.

The tribute show will feature hits such as Father Figure, Jesus to a Child, Freedom, I’m Your Man, Wake Me Up, and Faith.

New for the 2018 shows, Ed Barker, who performed the saxophone solo in Cowboys and Angels on George Michael’s ‘Symphonica Tour’ in 2012, will join for select tour dates.

George Michael rose to fame in the duo Wham! before becoming a solo artist in the 1980s and 1990s.

He was found dead on Christmas Day in 2016.

Fastlove – A George Michael Tribute will be coming to the Lyric Theatre on October 15, November 5, and December 3, with shows starting at 7:30pm.

Tickets start at £21.50 and can be booked online here.

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Chocolate making workshops Join Brixton’s Chocolate Museum and learn how to make truffles, fudge, lollies, as well as shape ganache and temper chocolate during family workshops.

At the end, each participant can take home a bag of their creations. Wednesdays and Fridays in August. 11:00am, £12 per person. thechocolatemuseum.co.uk

Peter Pan Summer Take Over The Golden Hinde will be transformed into Neverland from August 12-22 (with the exclusion of Friday, the 17th), and visitors can meet their favourite characters from the story. There will be performances, storytelling, and crafts. £5 tickets, some activities cost an addition £5.

10:30am-4:15pm. goldenhinde.co.uk

Art in the Garden Every Wednesday Afternoon during August, join Dulwich Picture Gallery for Art in the Garden sessions. Topics will include making baskets for strawberries, mini windmills, ice cream that doesn’t melt, origami crabs, and mini seaside huts.

2pm-4pm, ages 4-12 years, £3 per child. dulwichpicturegallery. org.uk

Jeppe Hein’s Appearing Rooms Fountain An interactive sculpture created Jeppe Hein, a Danish artist, is coming to Southbank Centre until September 9. The fountain is arranged like a foursquare grid, and jets of water shooting up in the air creates rooms that quickly disappear and reappear. Free. Visitors may get wet. southbankcentre.co.uk

Celebrating Disney’s Fantasia

Honey I found the bees The Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses are partnering with the London Beekeeping Association this summer for an event where visitors can learn about bees, do a honey tasting, and help beekeepers with the honey harvest. Multiple times, August 6-7. £5 per child, £2.50 for low income. Ages 4 and over. brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk

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The tunnels under Waterloo Station have been transformed into a theatrical production of Disney’s Fantasia. Until September, The Vaults are hosting the immersive concert and interactive headphones allow the visitors to determine their own experience.

Tickets start at £33 for adults, and £23.50 for children. soundsandsorcery.com

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Rent a dog by the hour Meet Kennington's new therapy dogs

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og-lovers can rent a pooch by the hour with Kennington local Dawn Bartlett’s new therapy company Cuddlemutts, writes Laura Burgoine...

Cuddlemutts provide home or office visits from canine companions, which has proven as a form of therapy that can help combat depression and loneliness, particularly in the elderly and people managing mental wellbeing.

“Touching and being near animals lowers blood pressure, boosts dopamine [the “feel good” brain chemical] serotonin, and Oxytocin,” Dawn told the Weekender. “It lowers stress. Particularly the action of stroking a dog has been shown to have positive effects for people.”

While volunteering at Blue Cross Animal Hospital, Dawn learned how dogs can help anxiety, depression, loneliness and improve physical health. “We offer dog companionship and also promote wellbeing in the workplace with visits from our dogs,” she said.

Dawn herself is part of the service, as she brings the dog and offers companionship to the people she visits. “I think much of the time, people, whatever they are struggling with, just want to be listened to,” she said. “I am a good listener with first rate people skills and compassion and empathy, focusing on the need for good self care for wellbeing.”

“I have also been a carer much of my life to my family and pop stars!” the PR and marketing consultant said.

“There are plenty of practical reasons people can’t keep dogs in London,” she continued. This is a way to borrow some of the benefits. “You can take the dogs for a walk and get some exercise, I can bring them into businesses, which has proven to boost productivity, they’re a mood elevator, and benefit your overall health and wellbeing.”

The pooches Kea: a very social half pug, half Shi Tzu, and Ralph: a long haired Dachshund, are Dawn’s neighbours in Kennington

where she’s lived her whole life.

“They’re small and not intimidating and they give back tenfold,” she said.

The business idea stemmed from Dawn’s dog-walking and dog-sitting business, which she runs alongside her marketing and PR company. For people who aren’t allowed to keep animals in their flats, or don’t want to commit to the responsibility of a fulltime pet, Cuddlemutts is a good compromise. “Parents can rent a dog for an hour for their children,” Dawn said.

The eventual goal is to create a Cuddlemutts café. In the meantime, Dawn is seeking funding to be able to deliver Cuddlemutts services to people in need.

Prices start from £40 for a onehour visit for individuals and children’s parties. Prices are negotiable for larger groups and corporate visits.

For more information visit: www.cuddlemutts.co.uk

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hen you’re in a gastronomic hub like Brixton Village and really spoilt for choice you should be a little more selective. writes Michael Holland...

Federation

In amongst all that quantity there will be quality that needs seeking out. We found it at Federation where an enthusiastic and happy staff instantly drew me and Kay into their vibe so that we felt like family straightaway.

Federation is about good coffee, good beer, the best coffee-based cocktails this side of coffee, and bar snacks that were the opposite end of the spectrum to ‘perfunctory’.

Someone famously said, “life’s too short to stuff tomatoes”.

Federation obviously disagree, which means we enjoyed and experienced the lovely little plates and dishes created by people with passion.

And I don’t say that lightly.

Federation grated the beetroot before pickling it properly.

Delicious. Federation, for our delectation, sliced fennel, pickled it and dusted it with a sprinkling of herbs. The crushed avocado and chili was a bit special, and the artichoke and butter bean concoction was something so good I can’t put it into words.

I would not be messed about like that indoors, and I don’t know anyone who would, so Federation should be hailed as heroes - or at least pioneers of pushing at the boundaries of Epicurean delights. I am so glad Federation enlightened us to the fact that mundane veg and pulses can be marvelous, because they were a fantastic accompaniment to the excellent charcuterie. I don’t know how the pigs were treated before they became a meat platter, but I’m guessing Federation checked that they lived the life of Riley.

Scott, our Host with the Most is to blame for all this verbose loquaciousness. He told us all about the coffee at Federation; he told us the name of the coffee farmer in South America they buy from; he knew the name of the man who picks the beans, the man who delivers it to the airport, and the lady who roasts it once it has landed in the UK. We were mesmerised.

I was hypnotised with the whole story.

Then: “Try this Michael,” he whispered, like the Child Catcher in that old film. It was an Old-Fashioned with espresso that came with Scott’s instructions about when to add the coffee and eat the fossilized orange! As soon as I finished it I wanted another, and another one.

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All the while I was getting a coffee habit, Kay was having an affogato (sponge fingers and ice-cream). Good ice cream. Making anything other than good ice cream should be a criminal offence, and this was good, as I found out when Kay couldn’t eat it all. The sponge fingers weren’t very spongy, but who cares? And, I almost forgot, it came with some Marsala, which is worth a mention.

But I was still under the spell of Scott, who had by now lured me in to an Espresso Martini.

Phew! That was nice. The sugar in it is sourced from a small farmer in Costa Rica!

What! If that Martini could talk it would’ve said, “That’s the best six quid you’ve ever spent, Holland!”

Federation has no straws; every bit of packaging is recyclable; they are fair traders, they are helping the planet in their small way and I think we should all help them help the planet.

We really enjoyed our couple of hours in Brixton; we loved the staff, and their passion for good customer service, and, of course, for the good eats and drinks.

Places like Federation are the future. Or should be. I’d vote for the Federation Generation.

Meat and Pickles Platter £10.00 Lemonade £2.50 Old-Fashioned £7.00 Brixton Ale x 2 £7.00 Affogato £4.00 Espresso Martini £6.00 TOTAL £36.50

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