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Having a jaw with Johnny Harris Page 35

Half-term family fun

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BEATING HIS DEMONS Johnny Harris' new hit flick Jawbone

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Half-term fun in the sun

The new art gallery making waves in Bermondsey

PICK OF THE MONTH

Bumper cars, open gardens, and Pop Brixton's second birthday bash By Laura Burgoine

ALTERNATIVE FACTS

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Bulls**t London has announced a new season of factually inaccurate walking tours, running until the end of October. Take a step down false-memory lane to an astonishingly silly walking tour of London's major landmarks. The Southbank Tourist Trap tour starts at the steps of St Pauls (behind the statue of Queen Anne), every Thursday night until October 8, at 7pm until 9pm. Admission: £10 / £8 concession. www.bullshitlondon. yapsody.com

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AMERICAN PIE Greenport Kitchen has opened in Waterloo with an allAmerican menu of beef brisket burgers, BBQ ribs, hot dogs, JD and Coke Baby Back Ribs, and mac ‘n’ cheese. A variety of Stateside craft beers, sodas and homemade milkshakes are on tap with dessert options of warm chocolate and macadamia nut brownies, and an assortment of pies. 157 Waterloo Road, SE1 8XA. www.greenportwaterloo.co.uk

BERNIE IN BRIXTON US senator Bernie Sanders joins the 30th Hay Festival lineup, launching his best-selling book Our Revolution: a Future to Believe in at Brixton’s O2 Academy on June 2 at 7:30pm Tickets: £35. www.o2academybrixton.co.uk

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Dulwich Opera Company presents a brand new production of Bizet's Carmen. A new chamber adaptation of the classic tale of love and revenge plays out at Herne Hill School’s Oak Room this July. The production features a cast of young professional singers making their debuts, sung in French with English subtitles, with international conductor, Jeremy Silver, directing the music from the piano. The company reunites the creative team behind its highly acclaimed production of Così fan tutte, headed by international opera director, Ptolemy Christie, and designer Leah Sams. Tickets: £21/£19 concessions/£10 for under 16s accompanied by an adult. www.dulwichoperacompany.org.uk

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London’s biggest garden visiting event celebrates its 20th year with over 230 of the city’s green spaces, including over 15 gardens in Lambeth and Southwark. Gardens on show include:

Crossbones Memorial Garden, SE1 Saturday 11-3pm: garden tours. The Deanery, SE1 Saturday 10.30-2.30pm: Poet in residence: Julia Bird. Meet the Dean and Friends of Southwark Cathedral HIDDEN GEM. Southwark Cathedral Churchyard and Herb Garden, SE1 Saturday 10-5pm & Sunday 10-4pm: Shakespearean botanical trail. Herb stall. Giant chess. Special Choral evensong on Saturday at 4pm. Poet in residence: Shirley Nicholson.

Merrick Square, SE1 Sunday 11-6pm: music and refreshments. Bee Urban, SE11 Saturday & Sunday 10-5pm: beekeeping, crafts and candlemaking. Try the 'Hiver Experience' - honey and honey-beer tasting with Hiver Beers. Bonnington Square, SW8 Saturday & Sunday 10-5pm: Junction Jazz will be performing on Saturday 3-5pm playing a diverse range of musical styles from jazz classics to Dixieland, Bebop and Bossa Nova.

Jamyang Buddhist Centre, SE11 Saturday 10-4pm: café and shop

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ON THE MERGE

The world’s first artist-designed bumper cars headline this year’s MERGE Bankside. The old Southwark fire station has been transformed into a fairground, with Drive Dead Slow dodgems, and Bompas and Parr’s Plutchik Café serving Saussure Gin that changes colour from dark blue to light pink as polarised tonic is added. Special music nights take place every Friday throughout the festival. Southwark Fire Brigade, Southwark Bridge Road (Entrance on Sawyer Street), SE1 0EG, from May 12-June 4. Admission: free from 12pm-4pm, £5 from 4pm-7pm. www.mergefestival.co.uk

MAKING RAVES Morning Gloryville celebrates its 4th Birthday at Brixton Beach Rooftop, on June 1, with an early morning rave. Dawn ravers can dance from 7am to 11am with one of the world’s most famous DJs making a guest appearance. A thousand sober Londoners are expected to turn out for the birthday bonanza and refuel with raw vegan snacks, and superfood smoothies. Pope’s Road, SW9 8JH.

PECKHAM PUB ROYALTY Peckham-raised Clement Ogbonnaya has taken over Peckham High Street boozer the Clayton Arms and crowned it the Prince of Peckham. With Caribbean street food vendors White Men Can’t Jerk providing the food, the 300 capacity pub, over two floors, is the first venture from The Arbuthnot Group.

POP BRIXTON TURNS TWO Pop Brixton celebrates its second birthday with a three-day spectacular from June 4. Expect a disco photobooth, cake, boutique bazaar, live music and DJs, piñata and prizes, film screenings, and, of course, brunch. Brixton Station Road, SW9 8PQ.

selling incense, books, colourful prayer flags and Tibetan art cards. Brunel Museum Gardens, SE16 Saturday 10-10.30pm & Sunday 10-5pm: sound and light show in the underground chamber. Cocktails and souvlaki. Garden Barge Square at Downings Roads Moorings, SE1 Saturday & Sunday 2-5pm: tea & cake. The Compound, Stave Hill Ecological Park, SE16 Saturday & Sunday 10-4pm: children's craft activities, beekeeper on Sunday. Join the Stave Hill Saturday team in a practical activity - creating a wildflower meadow, digging out the marsh or

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building an insect house. Open Garden Squares Weekend is on June 17-18. Advance purchase tickets: £13. www.opensquares.org

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SPOTLIGHT By Laura Burgoine

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Dutchman Starman lights up the London Wonderground’s Spiegel tent this summer. Sven Ratzke’s David Bowieinspired hit show is premiering on the south bank, following last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The one-man cabaret show, with a three man backup band, sees Sven performing some of Bowie’s most famous hits, including Space Oddity, Rebel Rebel, Heroes, and Rock and Roll Suicide. After holding its world premiere in Berlin, in 2015, Sven took the show on a global tour, gathering rave reviews from New York to Edinburgh to Sydney. Sven creates a new show almost every two years. “I never wanted to do a tribute show,” he began. “I made this show when Bowie was still alive and I had to ask permission to use his music and it can be really tough to get the rights, but he gave me permission, and that was the blessing.”

He describes Starman as an entertainment show, like cabaret, with new arrangements. “It’s crazy, funny, sometimes philosophical, sort of a trip where we start in London and end in New York via LA, and a sleazy drag club in Berlin,” he explained. “It’s almost like theatre music, tiny movies or plays. I did a lot of research to get to know him and put it all away and created my own version,” the singer said. “The show changed by itself, and then David Bowie died and suddenly there was this double service; we had people in tears in the audience.” Half German, half Dutch, Sven lives in Amsterdam and has been performing all his life; he created his first show at age 19. “I was always on the stage. I liked being the centre of attention,” he said. “I’m creating a new show as we speak with music written by Rufus Wainright.” In Amsterdam ‘cabaret’ is missing

from the vocabulary. “We don’t have the word cabaret,” Sven said. “We have something similar but it’s like a comedian on stage. It’s a two hour show with an intermission. Sometimes they sing but it’s not that musically brilliant,” he continued. “In London, New York, Australia there’s a totally different cabaret. It’s about a personality who stands in a room and you can smell the audience. It should be close, it should be someone who sings with their personality, there’s always glamour involved, and good music, good storytelling.” “The Dutch say ‘just be normal, then you’re crazy enough.’ But they’re not glamorous. They can be loud. They don’t like mystery. In Berlin you can be a real diva, a real star; cabaret is linked to the LGBT community, and it’s much more fun.” Starman is at the London Wonderground on June 7-9. Admission: £15.50. www. underbellyfestival.com

Magician works his magic in mob boss film shot south of the river GREENWICH IS the backdrop for a new film about London mob boss Billy Hill – a World War II gangster famed for stealing furs and cutting deals with the Kray brothers. Magician Ali Cook – whose magic powers include turning himself into an actor- plays Hill’s right hand man Teddy Odd Legs in the period drama crime thriller Once Upon a Time in London. “We just wrapped filming,” Ali told the Weekender. “Billy Hill was a big crime boss just before the Krays. He was a very smart man. He saw the Krays, met them, and then retired into them instead of getting himself killed.” The story, which opens at the end of the second World War, is set around East London and Soho, and was shot on location with a number of scenes filmed all over Greenwich. “It’s in the Soho area where all the bars and clubs were. The crime back then was stealing fur coats, and stealing food, like meat.” Filming “mostly in the middle of nowhere,” Ali said scenes were shot in an old house down by the river, and in a dis-used warehouse. “There was a famous heist Billy Hill committed [in 1952] where he robbed a post

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office van for £250,000. We shot that in a small cobbled street in Greenwich.” Locals may recognise it as the Master Shipwright’s House on Watergate Street, which overlooks the Thames. Ali combined his 21 days of filming Once Upon a Time in London with a tour of his live show. The Yorkshireborn performer is bringing his solo magic show Principles of Deception to the Southbank Centre’s Underbelly festival later this month. With close-up magic, mind reading, deception, sleight of hand, escapology and many more styles, Principles of Deception promises an evening of magical invention and re-invention. The West End master of illusions is known for his theatre show Impossible, as well as television magic specials including ITV’s Penn and Teller: Fool Us, Channel 4’s Dirty Tricks, Sky One’s Secret World of Magic and BBC One’s Now You See It. As an actor, Ali has appeared on Emmerdale, Mr Selfridge, and in the BAFTA nominated film Kajaki. “I used to hate actors,” he confessed. “I thought they were all really over the top thespians. But magic is basically lying all the time; you’re an actor playing a role.” Ali discovered magic at age

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13, while working in his Mum’s “new-age” bookshop. “A magic trick book came in about how to cheat at cards, I started reading it and was amazed at how people cheated at cards.” Later he studied magic in Los Angeles, where he also took acting classes, but he says magicians mostly teach themselves. The highly interactive one-man show, Principles of Deception, is based on Arthur Buckley’s seminal magic compendium Principles and Deception, which was the first volume to categorise every magic trick. “I’ve performed at the Fringe a lot, but this is my first time at the Underbelly festival,” he said. “This was the last Edinburgh show I did and got the best review of a magic show to have ever been at the Fringe.” Ali Cook’s Principles of Deception is at the Underbelly Festival, Belvedere Road Coach Park, London SE1 8XX, on May 27, at 7:45pm. Admission: £15.50. Running time: one hour (suitable for ages 8+). Phone: 0844 545 8252. www.underbellyfestival.com Check out videos of Ali’s illusions: www.alicook.com

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MUSIC

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By Laura Burgoine

Afrikan Boy at Meltdown R

apper, producer, director, and visual artist M.I.A curates the 24th Meltdown festival, and she’s handpicked Greenwichborn Afrikan Boy to join this summer’s line-up.

Citing influences as diverse as Fela Kuti and Shina Peters to 2Pac and Dizzee Rascal, Afrikan Boy combines bass-heavy sounds of urban London with the rhythmic beats of Nigeria for his late-night Meltdown party. He talked to the Weekender about the Southbank Centre festival, and his new album, Life in the West -inspired by his Nigerian heritage. “I’m excited to present new music from my upcoming album, and really excited to share music with the people,” he told the Weekender. “This is my first Meltdown, and it’s come at a time when I’m getting ready to release new music and share this new direction with people.” The artist already knows MIA, who follows in the footsteps of past curators Patti Smith, David Bowie, Yoko Ono, David Byrne, Ray Davies, Morrissey, and Ornette Coleman. “We had a conversation a little while back, in the summer, and she mentioned she was planning to do her own festival. I think I just saw it in the newspaper

Musicians Matt Canham, who lives in Vauxhall, and Abi Dersiley have been gigging around their hometown of Colchester for years. “It’s very different here from rural Essex,” Matt said. Starting out at age 16, in 2012, Abi and Matt performed in local pubs. “There were about eight venues, and now there’s three and one has become just for comedians,” Matt said. “When we were gigging around, it built confidence, but now when I go back to see my family, I rarely

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go into town anyway, I stay at home and have roasts,” Abi said. The pair also released the album on vinyl. “Partly because our first EP is on vinyl. My brother works at a record store, the Red Dog in Camberwell,” Matt said. “We’re very unknown artists, so you kind of work backwards. The campaign starts after the release.” The musicians are a one-stopshop. “We’re our own business now. When we were making tracks in the past, we were putting stuff on sound cloud, and we enjoyed it; this is what we do

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Tinie Tempeh was one of Afrikan Boys’ contemporaries, also from Woolwich. “We grew up in the same generation and area. I know Tinie very well. We started making music at the same time, and place. Those places nurtured us, they gave us opportunities to do something creative, and focus,” he said. “Some of the places still exist in Woolwich. They took us to recording studios in Southwark sometimes and I’d be really interested in that. I’m still in touch with some of the youth workers who worked with me. Even in my area there’s youth clubs around. I’m very involved in working with young people and charities, I work across colleges and unis, and deliver workshops,” he said. “If I had someone like me coming in giving advice when I was 15, I so would have appreciated that.” Afrikan Boy still lives in south East London; “close to the area where I grew up,” he said. This summer the performer is playing at Latitude festival before finishing up his new album and preparing for a UK tour. “I’d love to do everything again, plus more,” he said. Afrikan Boy performs at M.I.A.'s Meltdown festival at Southbank Centre on 10 June. Meltdown runs from June 9-18. www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Mica Paris one nighter

Debut album out As electronic pop duo Plaitum release their eagerly anticipated debut album, Constraint, the band members spoke to the Weekender.

when they announced she was doing Meltdown and I sent her a congratulations. I hollered at her and said ‘make sure I’m on there.’ She had a list of people she wanted to have down,” he said. “I want people to know, I didn’t get this gig because I know MIA,” he continued. “There’s a mix of artists really, and they’re bringing people who don’t know where the south bank is, to the south bank.” “It’s a free party in Southwark; people can just roll up!” Growing up around Woolwich, Plumstead, and Sydenham, he said the area is often overlooked. “There’s a lot of talent there,” he said. He attended Plumcroft primary school, and South Rise primary school, among others. “Growing up, I never travelled into the city. Once or twice. I didn’t have the money,” he said. The artist began his musical career in local youth clubs. “We had a lot of youth clubs close to us that enabled us to practice MC-ing and B-boying, and it got us off the streets,” he said. “In this current climate, a lot of these places are being shut down. When I was growing up, they would put on events and it was eight hours of my day where I was safer than being out on the streets with nothing to do.”

For one night only, Mica Paris is performing live at the RVT. One of the UK’s most respected female singers with a career full of top 10 hit singles and albums, Mica had her first top ten hit with My One Temptation.

for fun.” Matt and Abi are looking forward to touring over summer, including at the Great Escape in Brighton, and Reading Festival. “Our music is designed to be played really loud.” To order the album, visit: www.plaitum.com

Mica Following more international hit albums and singles, including Black Angel, Stay, and Carefree, and collaborations with artists such as David Gilmour, Prince, and Jools Holland, Mica turned her talents to London’s West End stage starring in Mama I Want To Sing, the Vagina Monologues and Sweet Lorraine. In 2002 Mica presented the Gospel of Gospel, a TV documentary tracing the influence of gospel on American popular music with interviews with Ray Charles, BB King, and Al Green. Later she

hosted her own radio show, Soul Solutions, for BBC Radio 2, which attracted an average of a million listeners, and became the most successful soul and R&B show in the UK. Mica is performing at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, on July 20 at 8:30pm (doors open at 7pm). Admission: £25.

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Brixton Buzz Thursday 1st June

Gig guide

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Bloodlines At Off The Cuff 301-303 Railton Road, SE24 0JN,7pmmidnight, Free

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A three-band free bill sees Bloodlines, False Heads and Rascalton take to the stage at this fast rising new music venue. Spawned from the Highlands, headliners Bloodlines are all about heavy riffs, furious rhythms, big hooks and vocals thunderous enough to spark a sonic tsunami deep in Loch Ness. Possibly.

Friday 2nd June

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Stick It On at Book & Record Exchange 20 Norwood High St, SE27 9NR, 8pm-1am, Free Shunt your dancing shoes along to this lovely independent record shop as it transforms into a licenced bar and party venue. Bring three of your finest fave tunes and slap ‘em on the decks to see if they prove a hit or a calamitous miss. “Guilty pleasures, classics, rarities, floor fillers, all genres accepted,” say the organisers. They may live to regret that (*reaches for the Mrs Mills selections). F*ck Me! It’s Summer at The Coronet Theatre 28 New Kent Road, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6TJ, 10pm-5am, £13 With an expected 3,000 students packing into the Coronet, this all night, multi-arena onslaught of youthful hip-hop and grime hedonism comes equipped with a veritable arsenal of attention grabbing amusements like foam cannons, a giant bouncy castle, angle grinders and fire breathers.

Friday 2nd June

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Brixton Surf City at Effra Social 89 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pm-1am, Free His quiff shakes like there’s a randy rooster nesting inside when the rock and roll is flowing, and that’s likely to be all ruddy night long as DJ Frank Jones and his partner in arms Big Bad Bal set the mo’fo’ retro 45s spinning.

Saturday 3rd June

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Northern Soul DJs at Bread & Roses 68 Clapham Manor Street, Clapham, SW4 6DZ, 9pm-11.30pm, Free The Shakeup gang don their widest flares and pack ample supplies of talc as they prepare to sprinkle the finest Rare & Northern Soul all over the dancefloor at the last Trade Union owned pub in England.

Saturday 3rd June

SW9

Come We Grow at Cafe Cairo 88 Landor Road, SW9 9PE, 6pm-2am, £5 Come We Grow is an inspiring and creative approach to environmentalism, with Musicians, MCs, Performers and Activists coming together “to awaken the ecoconscience through music, song, dance and collaboration.”

Saturday 3rd June

SW9

Day & Night Birthday Party at Pop Brixton 49 Brixton Station Road, SW9 8PQ, noon11.45pm, Free before 5pm/£3 Although it never became the ‘green oasis’ originally promised, the opinion dividing Pop

Dennis Bovell at the White Lion 234 Streatham High Road, SW16 1BB, 6pm-late, £10

It’s great to see this independent pub putting on such a fine reggae bill, headlined by reggae legend Dennis Bovell. Dub master, founder of Matumbi, musician, singer, composer, sound engineer, producer and reggae pioneer, Barbados-born Bovell has worked with artists as diverse as Steel Pulse, Fela Kuti, The Slits, Madness and Marvin Gaye. In support is ex-UB40 trombone player Matic Horns, who has performed with reggae greats like Aswad, Gregory Isaacs, Maxi Priest and more. First on and debuting their new album will be Dub Natty Sessions, the first reggae dub band from Venezuela. Brixton celebrates its second anniversary with what they’re optimistically billing as, “the biggest and baddest Birthday party Brixton has ever seen.” DJs include Russ Ryan B2B with Chris P Cuts, plus live music from Barbarella's Bang Bang, They Say Jump and performances by Mythical Menagerie and The People Pile. There’ll also be giant cakes, piñata, free festival face painting, a disco photobooth, party games and more, if that’s your thing.

Sunday 4th June

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Goldie at Phonox 418 Brixton Rd, Brixton, SW9 7AY, 6pm-midnight, £11 Gordon Bennett, there’s bleeding drum’n’bass royalty in the ‘ouse in Brixton, with Clifford Price MBE AKA Goldie taking to the DJ booth for a Sunday session in the old Plan B club.

Tuesday 6th June

SW9

Live Jazz at the Cable Bar & Café 8 Brixton Rd, Oval, SW9 6B, 8pm, Free We’re not exactly sure what band will be filling the stage at this pleasant small bar by the Oval, but we’re sure the jazzy sounds are going to be dispensed in ample qualities. Grab yourself a beer and enjoy the good vibes.

Thursday 8th June

SW9

Fox's Late Night Hang at Prince Of Wales 469 Brixton Road, SW9 8HH, 11pm-3am, Free

Thursday night at the Prince of Wales in Brixton is the place for night owls looking for a bevy or two while getting an earful of some excellent live jazz. And there’s now fresh pizza on offer too.

Friday 9th June

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Gazebo at Canavan's Peckham Pool Club 188 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4NF, 9pm-4am, £6 “Less hypedy-hype-hype, more baggedybagpipe,” says the blurb. We’ve no idea what any of that means, but we chuffing well love Canavan’s so it’s likely to be good. Joining the Gazebo gang on the decks will be Larus, resident DJ for Vicious Creatures at The Sub Club in Glasgae.

Friday 9th June

10pm-4am, £5 DJs Jizzy Rascal and Mike Urban bring the noise to the Dogstar’s busy ballroom, throwing down a swaggering party mix of electro, Britpop, indie, new wave and floorshaking anthems guaranteed to get arms waving in the air like a platoon of speedinfused semaphore signallers.

Saturday 10th June

SW2

Old Dirty Brasstards at Blues Kitchen 40 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 5SP, 9pm-2.30am, £6

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Rihanna Umbrella Party at Clapham Grand 21-25 St John's Hill, Clapham, SW11 1TT, 10pm-3am, £5 It’s going to be cheesier than a trip to the Cheddar factory wearing a suit made of Stilton, but fans of Rihanna can go crackers to the Grand’s Umbrella Party with a set full of 90s and 00s classics, peppered with a sky full of confetti.

Saturday 10th June

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Offline Club at the Dogstar Ballroom 389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LQ,

Sunday 11th June

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Monday 12th June

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No Frills Sunday Session at The Windmill 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ, 6pm, Free Kicking off around 7pm, The No Frills Band lead a round-the-table session of traditional music, with musicians of all abilities and styles welcome to join in a feisty, boozy, global tour of folk music with none of that non-finger-in-the ear nonsense.

Folk Jam at The Old Dispensary 325 Camberwell New Road, SE5 0TF, 8pm-1am, Free There are not many boozers like this left in London: small, friendly, affordable and unfussy, it's the perfect setting for the weekly Folk Jam where anyone can join in with the band and sing, strum, rattle or parp to their heart's content.

DJ Night at the Brown Derby 336 Kennington Park Road, Oval, SE11 4PP, 10pm-1am, Free With a liver-troubling profusion of tempting spirits at the bar – along with some decent real ales – this retro themed bar hosts DJs spinning selections of ska, northern soul, bluegrass, country, and rock and roll.

Friday 9th June

DJs crowding into the booth all night include Shenin Amara & AR, DJ Pioneer, DJ S, Steven Cee and Jack’n’Danny.

Thursday 15th June, SE22 Bad-ass tweed-clad horn tooters the Old Dirty Brasstards blow up a storm of pop, R&B and soul covers, followed by resident band The Beekays, with DJs till close.

Saturday 10th June

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Asylum Summer Showcase at Fire Arch 39 - 43 Parry Street, Vauxhall SW8 1RT, 10pm-6am, £8+ The Asylum crew have pulled out the stops for their Summer Showcase, serving up a thumping DJ line up, with Ibiza dancers, LED screens, pure light lasers, CO2 jets, confetti cannons and, err, free face painting.

Watson's General Telegraph Forest Hill Tavern, 108 Forest Hill Rd, SE22 0RS, 8pm, Free Rock up the hill to this well stocked, ontrend bar and flap your moveable parts to the sound of hot swinging live Trad Jazz, daddy-o.

Friday 16th June

SW2

House Night at Gremio de Brixton St. Matthew's Church, Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1JF, 10pm-3am, Free Get shaking, quivering and convulsing to an evening of disco, classic and upbeat house delivered via the medium of “DJs on rotation,” accompanied by an unspecified “live saxophonist.”

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Brixton Buzz

Gig guide

Actionettes at Duckie Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11, 9pm-2am, £6 Hosted by the New Jersey-born Amy Lamé, Duckie remains one of the most provocative and funny cabaret nights in London, with unexpected burlesque and musical acts playing to a packed gay/ mixed crowd. Live entertainment this week comes from Adam All, an “all singing, all dancing, all round cheeky dapper chappy”, with a headline set from London's original 60s glittery dance troupe, the truly wonderful Actionettes. Expect to see the audience whooping along to their synchronised routines to 60s girl group smashes and tail-feather wagging hits from the likes of Lulu, Nancy and Dusty. Keeping the dancefloor jumping till close will be the Readers Wives on the ones and twos. Saturday 17th June

SW2

DubFX at Electric Brixton Town Hall Parade, Brixton, SW2 1RJ, 7pm-11pm, £18

Hailing from St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia, clever-clogs Dub FX (aka Benjamin Stanford) brings his trademark skills to Brixton, creating richly textured live music all on his Jack Jones, using live looping and effects pedals. Now armed with a live band, Monsieur FX fuses reggae, hip hop, jungle and jazz while exploring social, political and spiritual themes.

Sunday 18th June

SW16

The Cadillac Kings at Hideaway 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2BF, 1pm, £10 This Fathers Day Sunday Lunch Special sees UK-based rhythm n' blues, jive and swingsters The Cadillac Kings bring the rootsy groove to Streatham. “A band at the top of their game” insisted Blues Matters.

Sunday 18th June

SW2

Live Jazz at the Effra Hall Tavern Kellett Road, Brixton, SW2, 8.30pm-11.30pm, Free Old school Brixtonites may lament the growing homogenisation of this traditional boozer tucked away from the main drag, but their Sunday jazz sessions are still one of the best places to wind down after a mad weekend. Grab yourself a Guinness or three and let those silky smooth horn parpings and freeform fretboard excursions banish all thoughts of the upcoming week of work.

Wednesday 21st June

SW9

Brixton Buzz presents Fête de Musique at the Dogstar 389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LQ, 8pm-midnight, Free The Dogstar joins in with the global Fête de Musique (World Music Day) hosting an evening of fantastic local acts performing live in the main room. Expect to hear some of Brixton’s finest musicians and bands

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coming together to celebrate the sheer blooming joy of live music.

Friday 23rd June

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The Beautiful Noise at Gipsy Hill Tavern 79 Gipsy Hill, Gipsy Hill, SE19 1QH, 9.30pm12.30am, Free There’s live music by The Beautiful Noise at this friendly, traditional boozer betwixt Crystal Palace and West Norwood.

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House Of Bamboo Soul Club at Portico Gallery 23a Knight’s Hill, London, SE27 0HS, 7pm– midnight, £5 House of Bamboo returns to the Portico Gallery and invites punters to start throwing shapes to northern, rare, Motown and 70s grooves plus a sprinkling of Latin and R&B. Resident DJs David Diston, Adam Jenkins, Tom Ambrose and Neil Stroud will be joined by Lisa Lane on the wheels o’steel, with local artist Martin Grover displaying his soul inspired art.

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shaking a leg (and other body parts) when lesser mortals have faded into bed, Corsica Studios keeps the dance vibes going from dawn till mid-afternoon. Taking to the decks will be Kaelan (aka Nico Campanella, founder of Subosc Records), who’ll be making his Jaded debut.

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Grass Roots Live Music at Club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 10pm3am, Free/donations At the heart of Brixton's music scene for over three decades, Club 414 is mainly known for its thumping all night techno/ trance-fests, but on Sundays the venue hosts a wonderful live music night. Hosted by UB40 trumpet-player Patrick Anthony backed by a talented house band, you can expect a night of uplifting dance music in front of an old school mixed Brixton crowd. It’s open till 2/3am, so it’s a perfect way to round off the weekend

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Open Mic at The Junction 171 Coldharbour Lane, SE5 9PA, 8pm-11pm, Free

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Now offering live music every night of the

from Jamaica and sporting a floor-shaking voice that has drawn comparisons with the likes of Mikey Spice, Beres Hammond and

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Milkshake Closing Party at Ministry of Sound 103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6DP, 10pm-4am, £13 The capital’s longest running and biggest midweek rave closes down for the festival season with another banger of a session. With DJs rattling out House, HipHop, Dance, Grime, Trap, classic disco-pop and cheap drinks prices from £3, expect a busy dancefloor and some surprises.

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Come As You Are at the Dogstar 389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LQ, 10pm-2am, Free Brixton Buzz’s DJ Editor brings his brand of pop-tastic Thursday night mayhem to this Brixton institution, mashing up big-time new wave bangers, reggae, ska, d’n’b and Motown with all sorts of genre-vaulting leaps guaranteed to make you shimmy your nether regions with a smile. Expect to hear anything from Bowie to Cyndi Lauper to The Clash to Destiny’s Child.

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Jaded at Corsica Studios 5 Farrell Court, Elephant & Castle, SE17 1LB, 6am-3pm, £16 For hardcore night owls who like to keep

week, the Junction is a great addition to a pub-starved neighbourhood. On Mondays there’s a splendidly laid back open mic night hosted by Owen Hopwood, where folks are invited to strut on stage and see if their talent impresses.

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Roots Rock Reggae at Hootananny 95 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pm-2am, £3 Headlining this bargain-priced Roots Rock Reggae Special is Hezron Clarke, straight

Luther Vandross. On support duties are Dennis Borvic and Fenomino Show.

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Eclectic Fridays at Gigalum 8 Cavendish Road, Clapham Common, SW4 9DW, 8pm-midnight, Free Apparently “designed for the discerning musical palate”, the DJs promise to whisk up the best in global beats and diverse sounds that come with a cast iron guarantee to get you moving and grooving. Beyonce to Britpop at Upstairs at Market House 443 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LN, 10pm-3am, £5 Revving up a fun-loaded mix of hoofstomping tunes from pop to new wave to drum’n’bass, the Offline Club crew have been putting on events around Brixton since 2004. Expect a night of category-catapulting big tunes, with DJs Ben ‘Port and Jizzy Rascal keeping the floor bouncing.

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inger, songwriter, and guitar player Jo Burt says if you lived through the ‘80s and remember it, you weren’t really there.

While he and fellow performer Gary Shail (Quadrophenia, Give My Regards To Broad Street) shared Elton John’s manager, and hung out at all the same clubs in the ‘80s, they never actually met. Now neighbours in Dorset, they’ve joined forces to launch Jo’s new album at the Cinema Museum. After decades supporting industry greats, including the Troggs, Freddie Mercury, and Black Sabbath, Jo is calling the shots now. “Because I was in Black Sabbath, lots of people think this is a heavy metal band, when it isn’t,” Jo began. “I started out with the Troggs. But that was ten years after their heyday.” The performer’s relationship with fame began earlier than that, with the BBC television show Crackerjack. “My father was an identical twin and he and his brother had an act in the ‘50s, and they both married showgirls,” he said. “My mother was a dancer. The four of them had a variety act. In the summer they toured, and I used to go with them as a 3 and 4 year old.” Summers were spent at end of pier shows, while winters were dedicated to pantomime. “I was playing the piano at that point but it was very strict, and classical. I play everything now by ear,” he said. “The rest of the family went into show tunes. I went into the rock thing.” On his mother’s insistence, Jo pursued a formal education at Bristol University. “I formed this band, the Dragons. We came to London to play one show at a

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Solo stint for Black Sabbath bass player famous nightclub: the Nashville. We picked up a record deal from that one gig,” he said. The Dragons only lasted a couple of years, but Jo settled in London and began getting session work. “Black Sabbath was a massive change for me,” he said. “I was

much more into the Who, and Deep Purple, through my teens, and although I knew the first Sabbath album, I didn’t really know the catalogue. It’s very bass heavy, bass riff-y; the audience knew the bass riffs probably than I did.”

By the time he was playing for Black Sabbath, Jo had already toured with big names, including playing Madison Square Gardens for Tom Robinson, when they opened for the Police on their big American tour. “You can’t really see the audience,” he said.

“Walking on stage with your guitar dropped on you, perfectly tuned, the lights go down and everybody screams before you’ve played a note –there’ a certain kind of joy in that. But you’re opening for someone else –it’s their audience. Now when I play it’s definitely my audience, and I’m writing my own music again.” The last few years have seen Jo making a name in his own right with his seven-piece band the Jo Burt Experience, also known as the JBEx. At the Cinema Museum they launch their third album Spontaneous. “We’ve just got a spot on Glastonbury festival,” Jo said. “There’s always a chance they might put you in the carpark! We’re not on the main stage but in the Avalon café, which has 1000 capacity. That’s really cool.” Jo’s album is a mixture of covers and original music. “It’s hard to play just your own music. I’ve started playing music from my history; I’ve got Wild Thing.on this album,” he said. “Occasionally we play a Queen song but it was such a special time.” Jo lived across the road from Freddie Mercury in Kensington, and played on his album Mr Bad Guy. “Roger and Brian were more accessible because Freddie was the queen. We all lived near each other; we used to share bags of sugar. Freddie was a tea drinker for sure.” Misty Moon presents an evening of music and chat with Jo Burt at the Cinema Museum, 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road), SE11 4TH, on Friday 9 June at 7:30pm. Admission: £14 (£13 concessions). Phone: 020 7840 2200. www.cinemamuseum.org.uk

Sounds of the Andes come to Rotherhithe

TUNED IN London is transporting the sounds of the Andes to Rotherhithe with a South American trio at Sands Films.

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The Wood Essence Trio is made up of Jeanette (who goes by the stage name Phaxsi Coca), Camilo Menjura, and Diego Laverde playing a fusion

of wood, string, and bamboo instruments. Bolivian native, Jeanette plays traditional pipes from the Andes, including sikus and qenas, while Camilo and Diego play the guitar and the arpa llanera harp. The band’s melodies represent the plains that straddle Colombia and Venezuela. Based in London, Jeanette is co-founder of female band WARMI, and has played at the Big Chill, Glastonbury, and the O2 arena. “This is a very fresh project,” Jeanette told the Weekender. “Diego and Camilo are both from Colombia and we met here in London; it’s a great combination to have these instruments together.” Performing at several small venues around London, the

band’s sound is an unusual one. “There are small communities from Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador that play the instrument I play,” Jeanette explained. “Music is my biggest passion. There’s not many musicians that play as much as me. Music is my main activity. I work two days a week to supplement my income, and Camilo and Diego are also fulltime musicians.” Jeanette began playing at age 13, and has been at it for over 25 years. “So we combine all this experience,” she said. The group mixes music from the Andes with lowlands of Colombia and Venezuela. “It’s unusual to see a harp mixing with pipes,” Jeanette said. “Sometimes you find just Andean music, or just lowland, but mixing them and introducing

pipes with lowland music is rare. In Peru there are harps but not really in Bolivia.” “In the lowland from Colombia to Venezuela you have string instruments, but Andean music is morequiet,” she continued. “It’s so great to be bringing this music to the Sands. We want to show people, you will see and learn, the music shows people the culture.” Next up, the band is recording a demo, and planning more concerts around London. The Wood Essence Trio is at Sands Films, 82 St Marychurch Street, SE16 4HZ, on Wednesday 7 June, at 7:45pm (doors open at 7:15pm). Admission: £14 adults / £8 child. http://tunedin.london/

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he Weekender’s head graphic designer, Dan Martin, is the first artist to exhibit at a new arts venue in Bermondsey. Dan’s exhibition Eleven Years launches the Shortwave Café, which is run by the Weekender’s arts writer Michael Holland, and Rob Wray – who owns Bermondsey Square’s Shortwave cinema, and Longwave bar in Elephant and Castle’s Artworks. The Surrey born artist was attracted to the work of Francis Bacon as a teenager. “I was interested by his twisted imagination and nightmarish themes,” he said. Dan then began to frantically fill up his own sketchbooks with pencil and charcoal drawings, experimenting later with paint. This early allure to the art world led to a lifelong love. Dan left his Carshalton home to study Design and Illustration at Portsmouth University, in 1997, but he reveals “it wasn’t until 2005 that I started taking oil paint seriously. I began to paint portraits of rock icons, fusing my love of music with paint.” Some of these works are on display in Dan’s first solo show. Over the years, he has hung work in cafés and bars and slowly built a decent following and customer base. His atmospheric portraits are especially popular. Based in Brixton, where he’s lived for the past eight years, the newspaper designer explains that “since moving to London I’ve spent a lot of time in galleries and been fascinated with the styles of artists such as Caravaggio and Lucien Freud. This led me to an interest in the storytelling aspect of traditional

Dan's Eleven Years opens Shortwave painting.” The evolution of his art, over time, can be seen in this show with examples of the early rock legend portraits, and the artworks with a narrative. “I try to develop a storyline within the painting. The large canvases on display here,

such as Revelation, and A Dead Soldier, both reflect what was happening in that time of my life. These two in particular were painted during a frustrating period of being unemployed, resulting in a lot of procrastination and soul searching.”

For more infomation on his work visit danmartinart.com Eleven Years is at Shortwave Café, 100 Clements Road, SE16 4DG, from June 1-24.

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Fish Story at Sundance D

irector and screenwriter Charlie Lyne likes to keep things brief. His short film, Fish Story, is screening at London’s Sundance Film Festival, in the UK Shorts section. Fish Story first played at the flagship Sundance festival in Park City, Utah, in January. “It was surreal to be there; it was cold and snowy and mountainous,” Charlie told the Weekender. “I’ve sort of learnt to expect a kind of mixed

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experience from those massive festivals. It’s easy to feel quite lost and forgotten, but this really blew me away. It does feel like there’s still an atmosphere, despite the mania,” he continued. “With a short, there’s very little to do. You get all the benefits without the pressure.” His contemporaries who entered feature films in the festival “got to see nothing.” “I got to see loads of films,” Charlie said. “This is the end of the festival run, then there’s

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a couple more festivals in June.” The application process for Sundance starts about six months before the festival; Charlie made the film last summer. “I submitted a rough version towards the end of the summer but I didn’t believe it was accepted. It was very bizarre,” he said. “This film was never intended to be a proper film. There were so many other things I tried to get off the ground, and imagined as my big break out project, and they just fizzled out. It was quite freeing with this film to be at the mercy of the tide.” The 13 minute film was inspired by Charlie’s friend Casper Salmon. In the 1980s Casper’s grandmother was invited to a gathering in North Wales for all people with a fish surname. “I delighted in making him tell this story over and over again,” the

filmmaker said. “The first half of Fish Story is him re-telling me the story, then me investigating it. There was no trace of it, which made us all assume it never happened.” Charlie, who grew up between Streatham and Brixton, has always been a fan of short films. “I’ve always found that joy in making a short,” he said. “Plenty of stories that wouldn’t lend themselves to full format work as a short. I dislike the way that shorts are claimed as a gateway to a feature. Whiplash won the top short prize and they did it so they could make a feature film. A few years ago every other short film you saw was so clearly a trailer for a feature they wanted to make.” The filmmaker started his own movie blog as a teenager, which he did in his spare time while

studying for A levels. By the time he left school he turned that into a “half career” and secured enough freelance work to keep him going. “I taught myself the technical stuff of filmmaking very slowly,” he said. “Or I dived into it too quickly, then I had to just work it out.” While touring Fish Story, Charlie has been making another short film. “I thought it would be finished and six months later it’s still going!” he said. “There’s an art form of short film making that I really love.” Fish Story screens at Sundance Film Festival: London on Sunday 4 June at 12:30pm, at Picturehouse Central, Corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH. The festival runs from June 1-4. Tickets available at: picturehouses.com/sundance

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Streatham Food Festival Four flavourful days of foodie fun T

he eighth annual Streatham Food Festival is back with a jam (and scone) packed programme, The Streatham Food Tour is a chance to take a culinary tour of the world, on one high road. Around 35 restaurants are offering mini plates, allowing visitors to taste a range of cuisines as they visit some of the best eateries Streatham has on offer, scoring them as they go, all costing less than £5. So far, restaurants taking part in the tour include old favourites from previous years Café Barcelona, Pratts and Payne, The Hamlet, both Azzuri Pizzeria’s, The Holland Tringham, Rice Republic, La Casita, Talay Thai, The White Lion and newcomers Deli Lama and The Mere Scribbler

and even Nando’s with many more being finalised. In this edition of the Weekender we have printed a useful map (see pages 20-21), but check the website www.streathamfoodfestival.com near the time to see even more venues, including one of Streatham’s favourite back street boozers Earl Ferrers, who are putting on a series of events throughout four day extravaganza including a performance from the legendary Black Elvis (see our interview with the man himself page 29) between Thursday 22 and Sunday 25 June. Many of the venues in the area will be adding music to liven up the fun, from resident DJ sounds at Pratts and Payne to live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Café Barcelona.

Popular Toddler Tasting Tour returns for second year FOR THE second year running the popular Toddler Tasting Tour will run for two days on the afternoons of Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd between 12-6pm, allowing families to test out the children’s menus at some of Streatham’s most family friendly venues. Sixteen venues are booked in so far and with West Indian, Caribbean, Vietnamese and Italian food it’s the perfect way to expand junior taste horizons without breaking the bank. DELHI BITES 109 Streatham High Road, SW2 4UG Authentic North Indian Cuisine Kids Mix Box £1 Veg Snacks £1 Chicken Tikka £1 CAFÉ VIVALDI 2 Leigham Hall, Streatham High Road, SW16 1DR Café Restaurant Chicken Nuggets & Chips £3 Fish Fingers & Chips £3

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2 vegetarian sausages & chips £3 JERKY JUNCTION CUISINE 177 Streatham High Road, SW16 6EG Jamican/Carribean Restaurant Bash Ment' Burger (chicken breast burger with spicey mayo, onions & pineapple) £3 Full Hundred Burger (beef) £3 Chick Pea Curry £3 ESTATE OFFICE COFFEE 1 Drewstead Road, SW16 1LY Coffee shop Babyccino & mini brownie £2.50 SAIGON BISTRO 70 Streatham Hill, SW2 4RD Authentic Vietnamese restaurant catering to all. Cosy, comfortable and enjoyable vibe. Cha Gio (pork & prawn fried spring rolls) £3 also available as vegetarian Banh Mi (Vietnamese baguette with pork or chicken) £3.50 Also available as vegetarian Pho Dac Biet (Vietnamese rice noodle soup with chicken, prawns & beef) £5. Also available as vegetarian HOLLAND TRINGHAM 107-109 Streatham High Road, SW16 iHJ A Warm and welcoming pub offering good food for great value.

107-109 Streatham High Road, SW16 IHJ Small code & chips £3.99 Burrito with one filling (inc. veghan five bean chill) £3.99 Bombay, state or chilli dog £4.99 THE HORSE & GROOM 60 Streatham High Road Traditional British pub Crispy chicken strips & and dessert and drink £4.49 Mac n’ cheese & and dessert and drink £4.49 Hand battered cod goujons & and dessert and drink £4.49 NANDO'S Unit 6-7 Streatham High Road, SW16 1EX Casual dining, Portuguese flame-grilled PeriPeri Chicken Unit 6-7 Streatham High Road, SW16 1EX Corn £2.45 (Corn on the Cob) Bottomless Frozen Yoghurt £2.95 AZZURRI PIZZERIA - High Road also in Streatham Vale 32 Streatham High Road, SW16 1DB / 132 Streatham Vale, SW16 5TB Home of the true Neopolitan Wood Oven & Sourdough Pizza Ortolana (tomato, mozzarella, pepper courgette, aubergines, basil) £3.50

Margherita (san Marzano tomato, mozzarella, basil & parmesan) £3 Diavola (San Marzono Tomato, Mozzarella, Spicy Salami & Basil) £3.50 BRAVI RAGAZZI 2a Sunnyhill Road, SW16 2UH Traditional Neapolitan Pizzeria, wood fired oven and sour dough pizza Margherita £5 Margherita & cooked ham £5 Bocalou (Margherita & cooked Ham & Mushroom) £5 MES AMIS 31 Leigham Court Road Cakes, coffee, snacks and hot food Vegetarian pasta & oprganic apple juice £4 Leek & potato soup with bread £3.50 Organic cookie & babyccino £2.50 19 STREATHAM 15 Leigham Avenue, SW16 1DR Cosy cocktail and wine bar offering a small fance of bar snacks, charcuteria and an Italian pizza and pasta menu Kids mini pizza tomato/cheese/bolognese sauce £2 Kids Lasagna with Ciccio Bread (flat Italian Bread) £3.50 Nutella Pizza with Banana and Icing Sugar £4

TIGER CAFÉ 133 Streatham High Road, SW16 1HJ Vietnamese Restaurant with Chinese Dishes Vat Jaho Soup (beed, chicken) or veg £3 Bun Ko Hue (spicy Soup) £3 Lemon Grass Vemicili Bowl (prawn/beef) £3 MANOR ARMS 13 Mitcham Lane, SW16 6LQ A modern British pub Ham & Cheese Croquettes £2.50 Chicken Goujon, chips & peas £2.50 Margarita Pizza £2.50 EL CHICO’S 62 Streatham High Road, SW16 1DA Checky chocolate tiki tacos £4 Fabulously fun fajita wrap (chicken or veg) £4 Rainbow ribbons mocktail £3 THE MERE SCRIBBLER Newly opened pub 426 Streatham High Street, SW16 3PX Smashed avocado on toated English muffin £4.50 Mini breakfast – toast, egg, sausage, bacon and beans £5 Mini granola with Greek Yoghurt £3

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amilies can now escape from it all down The Rabbit Hole into Wonderland at the edge of Streatham Common. But rather than follow a white rabbit, it is an old Greyhound that you need to look for. Formerly The Greyhound, the newly refurbished family owned pub is soon to be renamed The Rabbit Hole. Run by husband and wife team Shamz Sisodia, 34 and Kat, 37, the near 300 year-old boozer has almost completely been transformed into an Alice in Wonderland themed retreat for all. Shamz’s father Dave bought the local landmark eleven years ago and this family of builders and developers have since last April been lovingly restoring it, bringing back much of the architectural splendour of the Victorian pub, which was rebuilt in the 1870s. “It taken a bit of time but we are hoping to have it completed and all up and running by the summer. Inside it was bright white everywhere. It just seemed so empty because it is a huge space and was made to look bigger by being painted white,” Kat told the Weekender. In recent years the pub has been known

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more for showing live sports and club nights. This will not change but given the vast size of the place the rebrand and massive renovation The Rabbit Hole will firmly be in the community, family friendly bracket. Families can relax in the vast and secure beer garden which is covered in incredible painted scenes inspired from the famous adventure by Lewis Caroll. Couples can cosy up in the spacious and yet intimate interior which is filled with many unique and quiet zones. Well behaved pets are also encouraged to come along. With a separate entrance beneath the pub the club will continue to draw the crowds, having hosted nights with top acts including Faithless, fronted by Crystal Palace local Maxi Jazz . The club will be aptly renamed Wonderland and will undergo an interior revamp at some point after the Sisodia family have finished their work upstairs. A new chef has recently joined the pub and a fresh menu has been created. Having the advantage of being a family run establishment Shamz and Kat have taken inspiration from their young daughter, Shyla aged 5. “We were writing out a kids menu and we sat down with Shyla to pick

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The Greyhound 151-153 Streatham High Road, SW16 5NJ Tel: 020 8835 0821

some meal ideas. She’s been so involved and has even helped to pick our games like hula-hoops and giant Jenga for the garden.” With many popular beers on tap there is also a good selection of bottled beer behind the bar. The family owners are more than happy to order in any drinks, keg and bottle, that people want to have. The interior decoration and artwork has been carefully chosen by Shamz and Kat. “We were out in Tooting and Irony had done a bit of artwork on a wall there. It was Alice taking a selfie on her phone. We really liked the modern twist. We were thinking of choosing Alice in Wonderland and so that’s why we picked him as the artist. His work is absolutely amazing.” Irony is a member of a collective of graffiti, urban and street artists called Blight Society. "Blight Society Art is really excited to be working on the Rabbit Hole. The family owned and run pub has a unique vision for their re-launch. It's a truly one of a kind venue, and has been brilliant working with them to create something special for Streatham." Irony, Blight Society Art. The artwork fits in so perfectly with the

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fantasy atmosphere. Inside are huge and detailed spray painted figures of Alice and the Cheshire cat almost leaning out of the walls. Opposite you will find yourself being drawn in to a huge painted scene of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare having their famous tea party. As an extra fun touch you can try to spot a few mice that have been carefully hidden in the scene. The artwork of Irony will feature proudly both inside and outside on the front of the building. The project is still being completed but you can visit now to see the final pieces being added and maybe you will catch a glimpse of the latest artwork to go up. This hidden gem can be found at the edge of Streatham Common at 151-153 Greyhound Lane, SW16 5NJ. The vibrant family atmosphere and the stunning Alice in Wonderland theme make this venue ideal for kid’s parties and summer days out. Opening hours: Monday – Thursday 17:00 - 1:30 Friday 17:00 – 3:00 Saturday 12:00 – 3:30 Sunday 12:00 – 1:00

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treatham Food Festival is getting all shook up with “Black Elvis” Colbert Hamilton, performing at Earl Ferrers, writes Christian Fisher... How do people react to a black Elvis impersonator? I love paying tribute to the music of Elvis and to the legend himself. Music doesn’t have a colour; it has a soul. It doesn’t matter where you come from or what your background is. Eminem is white and is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Don’t let anybody take away your passion. When did you discover your love of Elvis? I discovered Elvis when I was about 14. I was living in Birmingham at the time and I heard a news flash on the radio that Elvis Presley had just died. I didn’t really know about him before then and somehow I immediately went out and watched all the old Elvis movies and listened to his music and I thought - that’s what I want to do. Is it just pure Elvis for you or do you find inspiration from other artists and genres? I was introduced to Rock & Roll by Elvis and I have so many other inspirations like Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix and Bowie. It’s all good

music. I started performing in a band when I was around 21. I’ve played rockabilly and some Rock. Even now I’m still experimenting with different styles. I sing with a rockabilly group called the Hell Razors and I am with a group called Holy Man Jones. So I’m not always playing as Black Elvis. I would love to sing in a gospel band too. So what do you think makes good music and good artists? The thing I love about Elvis and

all the legends of music is that they experiment. They like to push the boundaries and try out new ideas. Music is just so collective. And that’s what I love about Elvis because he did Country, Gospel, Rock & Roll and pop. How long have you been performing in Streatham? It’s been about eight or nine years now. But my gig takes me out on the road to Europe too. Elvis is so well known internationally and the music is loved by so many people.

What’s your favourite local venue to perform in? There are so many good places around here. The 5 Bells is great but if I had to pick on I would say it is probably Earl Ferrers. But what really makes a place great is the atmosphere.

How do you feel before a show? I’m always a bag of nerves before a show. But when I go on stage and I see the audience I remember why I enjoy performing so much. I want to win an audience over and to leave them cheering when I finish. I play to win.

What’s it like at one of your shows? When I do an Elvis show I like to do it in reverse. I’ll open with his Vegas or the ’68 Special stuff and then the second half will be all about the earlier Elvis hits. You hook the audience with a hit that they all know and love and then I take them on a journey back to where it all began. I do a lot of dancing too. Elvis was a great performer. I try to reflect the whole experience of his singing, his moves, and his whole persona really.

What’s been your greatest show as Black Elvis? One of my best moments was in Belgium where there were over 1000 people in the crowd and they all loved my show. Another great moment was a gig that I did in Hackney for the homeless. It was such an honour and I felt so humbled by it. Actually there was one show I did at the Porthcawl Elvis Festival about eight years ago. It was a surprise honour for me. Two of the original members of the Sweet Inspirations, Elvis’ backing vocal group, jumped up on stage and sang with me during my set. It was an incredible moment.

What inspires and encourages you to keep coming back on stage to perform? I keep coming back for the 15 minutes of adrenaline fuelled jubilation. It’s such a rush at the end of a show. You can train months to run a marathon and you will do the run and it will be a journey full of emotion. But there is nothing like that moment when you cross the line. It keeps me coming back. All the money in the world can’t buy that feeling.

Do you try to add some of your own identity to the Elvis act or are you totally focused on impersonating? There is only one Elvis. I’m not out to invent the wheel when I do a black Elvis show. For me it’s all about interpreting the music. I love Elvis but I’m not trying to just be like Elvis.

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Summer jam session Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives centre (BCA) is teaming up with musical education organization Tomorrow’s Warriors for a summer jam session. Taking part in the museum’s Black Sound exhibition, young people are set to perform live at the Brixton venue as part of a week of workshops. The Summer Jam, which is free for young people and local musicians, presents some of the flagship jazz ensembles ranging from 12 – 19 years of age from Tomorrow’s Warriors’ awardwinning Young Artist Development Residency at the Southbank Centre. Head of Learn and Train for Tomorrow’s Warriors, Kate McBain, said this is an opportunity to celebrate Jazz and Black British music. “Where our remit is to support the development of outstanding jazz talent and progress the careers of musicians from diverse backgrounds, it is thrilling to be getting to celebrate the contribution of our own Tomorrow’s Warriors alumni to the rich and vibrant history of Black Sound,” Ms McBain said. Led by Artistic Director and renowned musician, Gary Crosby OBE, the Summer Jam give young Frontline ensembles and workshop participants the opportunity to perform in public to an audience of family members, friends, fellow musicians and the local community. The event begins at midday with

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the Junior Band, followed by the older Youth Ensemble who will go on to perform at festivals and gigs this summer. The lineup also includes the Female Collective, jazz strings ensemble, String Ting, and the Residents – the professional development group, featuring wellknown guests from the world of British jazz. Tomorrow’s Warrior’s founder and artistic director, Gary Crosby, invited locals to join the celebration. “We always love performing in Lambeth and Saturday afternoon will be a musical celebration following a great week at the BCA delivering some inspiring and valuable workshops for local people,” he said. “Everyone is welcome and this celebratory showcase is for the whole community, so come along and get involved, or just come and enjoy the music". The house band caps off the day of free music with a Jazz Jam encouraging budding musicians and performers to bring along instruments and take part. Kate added: “Come along on Saturday 3 June to see, hear and get up close to some of the most exciting jazz music in the UK today.” “The Tomorrow’s Warriors Summer Jam brings together young people and seasoned musicians, where budding players can jam alongside professionals, and jazz meets all manner of different genres, beats and sounds, as we explore the richness of black music heritage, live!”

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By Laura Burgoine

Female Collective

Youth Ensemble

Tomorrow’s Warrior’s summer jam is at the BCA, 1 Windrush Square, SW2 1EF, on Saturday 3 June from 12pm-6pm. Admission: free (£5 donation suggested). Phone: 020 3757 8500. bcaheritage.org.uk and tomorrowswarriors.org Gary Crosby

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FAMILY By Anthony Phillips

Fun things to do for Half Term Ovalhouse’s Summer Season Includes two magically wonderful family shows providing some half term fun: THE FOREVER MACHINE (30th May – 3rd June, 2pm) Get carried away on this wild sci-fi adventure. Leap through vortexes in time and space! Fight demons in the past! Dance disco in the future! Recommended for ages 7-12 ONE ITEM ONLY (1st – 3rd June, 11.30am and 2.30pm) If you had to take a long journey and could only take one item with you – what would it be? Follow one boy’s journey across continents in search of refuge from his troubled homeland, in this eventful and uplifting story of hope and resilience where the human spirit triumphs. Recommended for ages 6+ Full: £10 / Concession: £6 / Buy a Family Ticket £28 for four (2 adults & 2 children) and save £4 www.ovalhouse.com

Chocolate Museum’s Kids' Chocolate Truffle Making Workshop What better way than bringing your children to learn how to make their own chocolates during half-term? It's fun and delicious! Your children can have fun while learning how to make chocolate lollipops, and truffles, tempering and shaping their chocolates by hand. The museum in Brixton will provide different fillings, decorations and lolly sticks. Thursday 1st June 11:00 - 12:00, £10.67 www.thechocolatemuseum.co.uk

Southbank Centre’s Adventures in Moominland Climb into and get lost inside the eccentric world of Moominland and explore the internationally renowned Moomin stories through the life of its author, Tove Jansson. Until 20 Aug 2017, £12 - £18 www.southbankcentre.co.uk

London Fire Brigade Museum Family Activity Day At the London Fire Brigade Pop-up Museumin Waterloo you can make your own mini animation video, design your own fire-mark or make your own fire engine greeting card. Wednesday May 31 Drop in between 10am and 4pm – Ideal for children aged 3 and over – No need to book – last entry at 3.30pm.

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Greenwich Park’s Pond Dipping: Dragonflies and Damselflies

Come and explore the park’s ponds and discover something new about the amazing creatures that live within! Please note that while siblings of all ages are welcome to join, the activities are aimed at children aged 5-11. Make sure to bring appropriate clothing and footwear in case the ground is muddy, and plenty of enthusiasm! Booking required. Tuesday 30 May 1.30 - 3.30pm. £2-£5

Underbelly Festival 2017: Comedy In The Dark For Kids

Surrey Quay’s Superhero Training Camp Every Superhero needs a costume, so get stuck in at our costume workshop and make your very own Superhero mask and cuffs before taking part in Superhero Training Camp. Using our inflatable weights, X Ray glasses and flying crash pad, you will master essential Superhero skills from the stance to the triumph landing. Then it’s time to put these new skills to the test by taking part in Villain Hunt around the shopping centre. You could win an Odeon Cinema or Hollywood Bowl Gift Card! There will also be free face painting. Thursday 1st June 11am-4pm Outside The Range on Thursday 1 June between 11am – 4pm.

www.surreyquays.co.uk A special version of this unique comedy experience arrives at the Underbelly Festival. It's still comedy, and it's still dark. A perfect show for some family giggles! Recommended for 8 -13 year olds. Children need to be accompanied by a paying adult. Tuesday 30th May, 3pm £11.50, concessions £10.25, Sirlon seats £16.50 www.underbellyfestival.com

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THEATRE By Laura Burgoine

Russell Tovey

Marathon theatre is an act too far A

marathon session of theatre is less like binge-watching TV, and more like an actual marathon. It requires too many carbohydrates, and stretching and rehydrating strategies at intermission.

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PHOTOS: Jason Bell

Angels in America is the National theatre’s current epic: a two part, whopping eight hours about ‘80s America in the midst of the AIDS crisis, during a conservative Reagan administration. This trend for lengthy plays seems to be the latest theatrical experiment, following on from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child where audiences attend a matinee and then return for part two in the evening. Beyond notoriety, I’m not sure why it’s necessary for anything to go on for this long. After the first threeand-a-half-hour stint, with another four hours to go in Act II, I went home during the two hour break for a bath, washed my hair, and returned primed for the second part with a night serum on my face. I felt a little disrespectful since the actors were practically ripping their hearts out of their chests on stage, and exhausting all of their theatrical resources to deliver hours of lengthy dialogue, and raw emotion. But, the last thing you want to be thinking about during curtain call is how long it’ll take to remove your make-up when you get home. This restaging of Tony Kushner’s award winning play, opens with the first act: Millennium Approaches, which is spectacular: heart-wrenching, camp, funny in a witty-Jewish-New-York-sitcom kind of way, with innovative staging. Andrew Garfield was absolutely electric. I shouldn’t have been surprised; his film credits show discerning taste and versatile talent, from the Social Network, to Spiderman. An actor who survives being directed by Mel Gibson, is clearly no lightweight. But live in the flesh he is enigmatic; a wiry frenzy of physical presence, a flawless American accent, and enough twinkie attitude to power a Pride parade. His onstage boyfriend Louise Ironson, played by James McArdle, is less likeable but possibly more challenging a role, such is his character’s

James McArdle

relatable cowardice and inconsistency. Denise Gough’s long-suffering wife is well executed but tiring. It’s not a great character, but I suppose she needs to be there for context. Nathan Lane is everything you want from Nathan Lane: a brash, dramatic, bellowing Broadway star, the personification of moxie. His character, hotshot lawyer Roy Cohn, is like if William Shatner’s Boston Legal hotshot leading lawyer Denny Crane had a

lovechild with Liberace. Suited and booted, strangling a telephone, and bouncing razor sharp dialogue off withering counterparts, he is a force to be reckoned with. I was wary of the second part: Perestroika, because my knowledge of Communist Soviet Union is sketchy at best. The four hours that followed were as bamboozling as anticipated, as characters wandered into the afterlife, haunted by a terrifying

angel with very visually effective angel wings, controlled by a team of talented puppeteers. The weird supernatural characters get really weird, and the disappointing characters get more disappointing. So perhaps it’s an allegory for real life? Everything bad gets worse? If you start off not liking someone you’re really going to hate them by the end? By the end, although the moral triumphs are encouraging, you’ve kind of lost interest. In

everything. The actors put on a stellar performance, the whole production was epic, but I don’t think eight hours of theatre is the right dose for anyone. There are no second acts in American lives. If only this were true of Angels in America. Angels in America is at the National Theatre, Upper Ground, SE1 9PX, until July 27. Admission: £15-£65.Phone: 020 7452 3000. www.nationaltheatre.org.uk

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CINEMA By Michael Holland

Harris takes it on the chin for new boxing film I

first saw Walworth actor Johnny Harris in a play at the Union Theatre, a place that became a kind of salvation for him when he found his life so unbearable that he looked for solace in drink. I have followed his career for the best part of 20 years and as his star shone ever brighter he never forgot the people who helped him. Jawbone, a film he has written and starred in, is dedicated to two of those people, but there is a whole list of Thank You messages to others in the closing credits. He tells the Weekender that he was “scared” of that writing role having left school at 13, and not believing himself to be a writer, but others who knew their stuff convinced him he was good enough to do it. Like all of us Johnny had heroes to look up to and he feels extremely lucky to get some of those he admired involved in this film. His life was changed by watching Nil By Mouth so Ray Winstone was someone he always wanted to work with; he loved the film Villain with Ian McShane, so it was great to get him taking a part, and coming from a boxing background John had always wanted Barry McGuigan to prepare him for the fight scene. The promo images all portray Jawbone as a boxing film with the protagonist fighting his way up from the gutter, but it is much more than that. Other journalists have booked it as autobiographical because, like Jimmy McCabe in the film, Johnny was an ABA Champion at sixteen and had problems with drink and homelessness.

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But Jawbone, he says, “is really about good people, the kind of people that you can look up to and learn from.” It is John’s homage to those who helped and advised him when he was

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in a bad place - help and advice he didn’t always take, but which stayed with him so that the words spoken then still help him now. The writer himself sees Jawbone as “a film about addiction and a

film about love - love between heterosexual men.” He explains: ‘The film does not revolve around the addict blaming everything and everyone for his problem but about him realising

he is his own worst enemy, and if he can stop to look around him there are benevolent people who want to help…We all need those good, solid men around us in life.’ Jawbone is a dark film. It is set in sweaty, dingy railway arch gyms, or stark streets at night. The only ray of sunshine falls on Jimmy, comatose after a vodka binge, and wakes him just long enough to take another swig to start his day. As someone who has dwelled in that world Harris tells me “I wanted to get the spirit of those boxing people and the world of addiction on to the screen, so I packed the script with truth and the feeling I had in my heart at the time… I wanted to show the struggle of addiction as I knew it to be.” The connecting factor for these characters is boxing, so it has to be done well and that means getting in the ring and getting hurt. While filming the fight over five days, between Harris and Luke J.I. Smith, his opponent, ribs and noses were broken and one of them got knocked out, though they have sworn each other to secrecy over which one. The exemplary work they put in made for some brutal footage. What many people don’t realise is that the jawbone of the title is the spot boxers aim for to knock opponents out. The actor explains: ‘It's the Achilles Heel of a fighter, a bit like addiction - If you've got it, there ain't much you can do about it.’ Johnny has been filming in South Africa - Troy: Fall of a City, in which he plays Agamemnon. He is looking tanned and fit. I asked if he had kept up his intense training regime after filming Jawbone and he laughed. ‘No, I retired from boxing again and went straight down to Arment’s for pie and mash’. He stunned me with talk of eating four pies: ‘I had me usual three,’ he began, ‘and my nephew couldn’t eat one of his, so I done it!’ But to be ready for a sword and sandals role he was never going to get too out of shape. I pressed him on a possible return to theatre, his first love, and he said there are some plays he really wants to be in. That would be a joy for those of us who know what he can bring to a stage, and a bonus for them who have only seen his screen work. Johnny Harris’s life has changed in the years since I first reviewed his work at the Union Theatre. He is still shocked when people ask for autographs or photos with him, but he is a star. I asked about his life now: ‘The real secret to my happiness,’ he starts, ‘is not having this or having that, it is helping other people’. And when he’s not at red carpet premieres, or filming in exotic places, that is what Johnny Harris does. Jawbone is available on DVD & Blu-Ray from Amazon.

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FOOD & DRINK (c) 2017 Ari's Thread, All Rights Reserved

By Michael Holland

THE ONE ST GLADRMS A

Glad to be back N

SE1 1Q orough, B t, e e Str 9 64 Lant 020 7407 352 o.uk .c b u egladp www.th

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or many months the future of The Gladstone Arms, known affectionately as The Glad, was uncertain, but then three go-getters grabbed the baton and ran with it until just weeks ago the 130-yearold pub re-opened with a bright, new interior, new menu and new outlook. I’m sure some of the former regulars missed the dark, dinginess of before but with the good beers on offer and an eclectic menu providing a taste from all over the world, I bet they're not complaining now. Megha greeted myself and Miss Julia with a warm smile before Gaurav talked us through the ale selection. I went for a Hiver Honey Beer, brewed right here in Bermondsey with honey from local bees, and it was smoothly delicious. My companion had a glass of white wine, a Gauchezco Clasico Torrontes, which is said to match agreeably with Indian and Asian food. Appropriate for what we were about to dine on. Again, to keep down the carbon

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footprint, the wine was sourced locally as well, from the wine dealer across the road, the Lant Street Wine Company. Abhinav is the foodie of this trio who talks about his menu as if it were a new born baby. Lovingly he described every little detail and ingredient, and I like that. He explained that The Glad is predominantly a pub and not a restaurant, so he wants drinkers to have access to plates of good food that they can tuck into and share while enjoying their libations, and we wholeheartedly agreed. All the dishes come in two sizes so you can order according to how many of you there are. We stuck with small. First to arrive was the Golden Calamari tossed with spring onions and red chilli. With a squeeze of lime juice these were great to start off with. Chicken Tikka Vol-Au-Vents were one-bite artworks of exquisite beauty - to look at and eat. I’m not sure life is long enough to spend creating these mini marvels, but I am so glad that Abhinav did. They truly were scrumptious and I could have eaten a whole lot more. We had a salad of Baby Gem

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Lettuce dressed with Mango, Goat’s Cheese and Avocado that was surprisingly good. Even my Fundraising Adviser Julia remarked how nice it was, and she has an odd aversion to goat’s cheese. This was also handy as a palate cleanser between each dish as I wanted to savour the different flavours the chef had put into each of the plates we tried. It was time for another beer, this time a refreshing, citrussy, Harvieston Schallion - Just right to share with the going down of the spring sunshine, which it is now possible to see in this refurbished pub. Next up was Chicken Kara-Age, Japanese style fried chicken with peppers on skewers. This was my favourite of the night. The crunchiness was perfect, and had the crisp texture that I like. Again, one-bite wonders of perfectly matched chicken and pepper.

Last but not least was from the daily specials board: Beef Boti Kebab. It looked great but nothing like a kebab. In fact it was thickly cut beef in a brioche roll. But I like surprises, so that’s fine. The Glad is back and I’m glad.

FOOD (1-5) AMBIENCE (1-5) VALUE (1-5) DISABLED ACCESS DISABLED TOILET BOOKING

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 YES NO NO

THE DAMAGE Hiver Honey Beer Torrontes Chicken Kara-Age Calamari Baby Gem Lettuce Beef Kebab Vol-Au-Vents Harvieston Schallion Total

£5.50 £5.70 £4.50 £6.00 £4.50 £5.00 £5.00 £5.50

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C LA S SIFIED & C OMMU NITY NO TICE S

PUB L IC NO T I C ES LICENSING ACT 2003 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF PREMISES LICENCE CLEMENCY PENN has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth for the grant of a Premises Licence, in respect of the following premises: MYATT’S FIELDS COCKTAILS, 11 UPSTALL STREET, LONDON SE5 9JE which would authorise the following licensable activities: ECOMMERCE SALES OF ALCOHOL FULFILLMENT AND DESPATCH BETWEEN 11:00 AND 23:00 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK The record of this application may be inspected during normal office hours by an appointment at the Licensing Section, London Borough of Lambeth, 6th Floor, International House, Canterbury Crescent, London, SW9 7QE, or via the licensing authority’s website, at www.lambeth.gov.uk/licensing A responsible authority or any other person may make representation to the licensing authority in respect of this application. Representations must be made in writing, either by post to the above address, or by email to licensing@lambeth.gov.uk and must be received no later than 30th June 2017.

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It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with a licensing application, and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for that offence shall not exceed level 5 on the standard scale (£5,000).

LICENSING ACT 2003 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF PREMISES LICENCE Kieron Vanstone has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth for the grant of a Premises Licence, in respect of the following premises: 100 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7AB which would authorise the following licensable activities: Sale of alcohol to support new gallery and exhibition space, making use of basement, ground and first floor levels. Artists will be encouraged to use the space to its maximum potential, encouraging the public to come in and explore their work. The record of this application may be inspected during normal office hours by an appointment at the Licensing Section, London Borough of Lambeth, 5th Floor, Blue Star House, 234-244 Stockwell Road, London, SW9 9SP, or via the licensing authority’s website, at www.lambeth.gov.uk/licensing

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A responsible authority or any other person may make representation to the licensing authority in respect of this application. Representations must be made in writing, either by post to the above address, or by email to licensing@lambeth.gov.uk and must be received no later than 28th June 2017 It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with a licensing application, and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for that offence shall not exceed level 5 on the standard scale (£5,000).

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WATERLOO

LAMBETH NORTH

Lambeth Road, SE1

£1,650,000

• Four double bedroom house • Arranged across five levels • Boasting both a roof terrace and garden • EPC Rating D

£1,150,000

• Sought after gated development • Three double bedroom house • Close to Lambeth North tube • EPC Rating C

VICTORIA

Willow Place, SW1P

Cottesloe Mews, SE1

• Sought after central location • One double bedroom flat • Good condition throughout • EPC Rating C

Webber Street, SE1 • Two bedroom first floor flat • Lift in block • Close to Southwark tube • EPC Rating C

EAST DULWICH

Hercules Road, SE1

£575,000

• Attractive low rise development • Three double bedroom flat • Opposite Lambeth North tube station • EPC Rating D

WATERLOO

£475,000

ELEPHANT & CASTLE

LAMBETH NORTH

New Kent Road, SE1

• Two double bedroom apartment • Modern development built circa 2012 • Reception with open plan kitchen • EPC Rating B

WATERLOO

£449,950

Cooper Close, SE1

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE

£425,000

St Georges Road, SE1

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE

Dawes House, SE17

£575 PW

WATERLOO

£575 PW

Very well presented property throughout. This semi-detached period house set in a quiet location comprising of a generous bright and spacious double reception room, a large dining room which flows into a well equipped kitchen which leads into a useful utility room, a bright and airy master bedroom with stunning integrated bathroom, five good sized bedrooms (one with en suite shower room), quality shower room, guest cloakroom and large garden. EPC Rating D

Waterloo Branch, 42 Kennington Road, Waterloo, London, SE1 7BL T: 020 7928 2406 E: kennington@reedsrains.co.uk

Webber Row, SE1

LAMBETH NORTH

Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 £477 PW • Two Bedrooms • Balcony • EPC Rating B

• Four Bedrooms • Good Condition Throughout • EPC Rating D

Mundania Road, SE17

£389,950

• One double bedroom flat • Close to tube and train line • Ideal first time buy / investment • EPC Rating F

• One double bedroom flat • Third floor • Refurbishment required throughout • Awaiting EPC

WATERLOO

£499,950

KENNINGTON

£565 PW

Set within the heart of Waterloo is this spacious three double bedroom top floor flat. These characterful period mansion blocks built circa 1900 are very sought after. Being moments from Waterloo mainline and Southwark tube stations allows easy access to London's many attractions in The West End, The South Bank and The City. Waterloo is not in short supply of local amenities with Lower Marsh Food Market and shops along with the array of bars, restaurants and theatres on The Cut. EPC Rating E

Frazier Street, SE1

£350 PW

• Two Bedrooms • Close to Waterloo and Lambeth North Station • EPC Rating E

Gibson Road, SE11

£315 PW

• One Bedroom • Heating and Hot Water Included • EPC Rating C

LOCK KEEPERS HEIGHTS, SE16 £750,000 SHARE OF FREEHOLD A penthouse apartment with stunning wraparound terrace (27.6 Sq. mtrs) forming part of the third floor/fourth floors of this secure sought after development overlooking Greenland Dock. Lock Keepers Heights is conveniently situated just a short walk from Surrey Quays shopping centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station. Two double bedrooms (master with en-suite bathroom) | Spacious reception | Dining-room | Large terrace offering stunning views of the Dock | Fitted kitchen | Main bathroom suite | Allocated off-street parking EPC Rating: C

REDRIFF ROAD, SE16 £575,000 FREEHOLD Winkworth are pleased to bring this spacious prominent terraced two storey house to the market and offered in excellent order within walking distance of all local amenities. The property is conveniently situated within walking distance of Surrey Quays shopping centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station leading from Stratford to Green Park/Bond Street, giving easy access to Canary Wharf and the West End. Two double bedrooms | Large Reception | Newly fitted Kitchen/breakfast room | En-suite Shower cubicle | Main Bathroom | GCH | Laminate wood flooring | Brick paved rear garden | Garage and Driveway to rear. EPC Rating: D

QUEEN OF DENMARK COURT, SE16 £550,000 LEASEHOLD A spacious third/fourth (top) floor duplex apartment, positioned on the banks of the River Thames with direct river views towards Greenwich. The property benefits from a spacious roof terrace offers views towards Tower Bridge and the City of London and is conveniently positioned only a few minutes’ walk from the Thames Clipper boat service calling at Greenland Pier, providing pleasant river transport to Canary Wharf and Blackfriars/Charing Cross. Two double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes | Receptiondining room with Thames Views | Fitted kitchen | Marble tiled bathroom | Large roof terrace | GCH | Video entry system | Communal garden EPC Rating: D

CUSTOM HOUSE REACH, SE16 £475,000 LEASEHOLD A spacious fifth floor apartment refurbished to a good standard throughout within a purpose built block adjacent to the River Thames. Custom House Reach is approximately three quarters of a mile from Surrey Quays shopping centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station and is also close to the Thames Clipper Boat service calling at Greenland Pier, providing pleasant river transport to Canary Wharf and Blackfriars/Charing Cross. Two double bedrooms | Large reception with view over the Thames | Quality fitted kitchen | Bathroom suite | Covered balcony | Entry phone | Electric heating | Fitted carpets EPC Rating: B

SYCAMORE HOUSE, SE16 £425 PW UNFURN/FURN A superior ground floor apartment in an exclusive secure development situated within short walking distance of all local amenities. Sycamore House is situated a stone's throw from Canada Water Jubilee line station, leading from Stratford to Green Park/Bond Street, giving easy access to both Canary Wharf and the West End and is close to Surrey Quays Shopping Centre and overground station. Two double bedrooms (master with en-suite shower room) | Light reception with long terrace and views of 'Albion Channel' | Quality fitted kitchen | Main bathroom suite | Entry phone | GCH | Double glazing | Carpets | Allocated parking bay EPC Rating: C

STANTON HOUSE, SE16 £1,800 PCM FURN An exceptionally spacious third floor apartment in this secure development, refurbished to a high standard throughout, situated within short walking distance of the Thames Clipper Boat service providing pleasant river transport to Canary Wharf and Blackfriars/Charing Cross and is approximately fifteen minutes walk from Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station. Two double bedrooms | Reception with small balcony | Luxury fitted kitchen with breakfast bar | En-suite shower | Main bathroom suite | Entry system | Secure parking EPC Rating: B

MERMAID COURT, SE16 £1,700 PCM FURN A fourth floor apartment in this impressive waterside development with direct views of the River Thames and Canary Wharf. The development also offers 24 hr porterage, communal landscaped gardens with tennis court and the Thames Clipper Boat service. Mermaid Court is also close to bus routes and is approximately one and a half mile from Surrey Quays shopping centre and Canada Water station, the Jubilee line leading from Stratford to Green Park/Bond Street. Two Double Bedrooms | Open Plan Reception/Fitted Kitchen | Main Bathroom Suite | Guest Cloakroom | Two Balconies | Stunning Direct RiverViews | Entry Phone | Secure Underground Parking EPC Rating: C

NORWAY GATE, SE16 £1,550 PCM FURN A light first floor apartment refurbished to a high standard throughout in this popular development close to local amenities. Norway Gate is situated approximately ten minutes walk from Surrey Quays shopping centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station, giving easy access to both Canary Wharf and the West End. Double Bedroom | Reception/dining room with large terrace overlooking lock | Quality fitted Kitchen | Luxury bathroom Suite | Victorian strip pine flooring | Entry System | Secure Covered Parking EPC Rating: E

SOUTHERNGATE WAY £265 PW / £1,150 PCM A light one bedroom flat located on the ground floor of this pleasant three storey modern block. One Bedroom | Ground floor | Newly fitted kitchen | Double glazed throughout | French doors | Close to local amenities | Available now | EPC Rating: D

DOBSON HOUSE £311 PW / £1,350 PCM A substantial and beautifully presented five bedroom period A smart top floor two double bedroom flat within this three storey purpose built development in trendy New Cross close to transport and amenities. Top Floor Flat | Two Double Rooms | Separate Kitchen | Separate Reception Room | Electric Heating | Off Street Parking | Close to Local Amenities and Transport | Available 15th June | EPC Rating: C

JERNINGHAM COURT £415 PW / £1,800 PCM Situated in the ever popular Telegraph Hill Conservation Area and just a short walk from the superb transport links and amenities of New Cross is this split level flat arranged over two floors. Telegraph Hill | Three Bedrooms | Split Level | Fitted Kitchen | Arranged Over Two Floors | Close to Transport Links | Balcony | Communal gardens | Available 1st July | EPC Rating: C

MARLU COURT £553 PW / £2,000 PCM A spacious raised ground floor two double bedroom flat in good decorative order with an extended lease in a pretty purpose built development, close to amenities and transport. Long Lease | Two Double Bedrooms | Light Reception Room | Fitted Kitchen | Off Street parking | EPC Rating: D

GRENIER APARTMENTS £495,000 LEASEHOLD A spacious and impeccably presented warehouse style apartment combining sleek styling with a wealth of original features giving the perfect industrial chic. Victorian School Conversion | Mezzanine Floor | Double High Ceilings | Secure Gated Development | Close to Transport | Period Features EPC Rating: C

CAREW COURT £245,000 LEASEHOLD A beautiful bijou one bedroom flat presented in good decorative order on the first floor of this three - storey modern development. One Bedroom | First Floor Flat | Fitted Kitchen & Bathroom | Allocated Parking | Walking Distance to Local Amenities | EPC Rating: D

CADET DRIVE £750,000 FREEHOLD A well presented three/four bedroom link detached house which has been extended on the ground floor. Link detached house | Four bedrooms | Cul-de-sac | Conservatory | Heated flooring | Garage | EPC Rating: D

AMERSHAM ROAD £925,000 FREEHOLD You will have all your boxes ticked with this superb three bedroom three storey Victorian property. Three Bedroom | Victorian Period | Spacious Lounge | Stylish Kitchen | Private rear garden | Three double Bedrooms | Immaculate condition | Close to transport | Close to Local amenities | EPC Rating: E