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Lette me tell you Author joins the line-up at Southbank’s WOW festival

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Get mindful, Vaulty Towers, and London’s first Prosecco bar

By Laura Burgoine

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Woof Cancer Day is a chance to spend a few hours with family, friends and your beloved pet pooch in the great outdoors whilst raising life-saving funds for Cancer Research UK.

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Raise funds for Cancer Research UK at Dulwich Park’s Woof Cancer Day sponsored dog walk. Owners and dogs can take on 10km and 5km walks on Sunday 4 On Woof Cancer Day, dogs and their owners donate a small amount to take part in a 10KM or 5KM walk around the beautiful Dulwich March. Register at Park – The emphasis is on our furry friends who are the sponsored www.cruk.org.uk stars of the show but everyone is welcome!

Sign up today and join us on Sunday 4 March 2018 at Dulwich Park.

Visit: www.cruk.org.uk/woofDulwich to register. To find out more information search ‘Woof Cancer Day - Dulwich Dog Walk for Cancer Research UK’ on Facebook, or email corrie.pitfield@cancer.org.uk

DINNER AND A SHOW

Launching at Vaulty Towers in Waterloo’s Lower Marsh, Play, Pie, Pint is a lunchtime spectacular. A tenner gets you a tasty pie, a pint, and a ticket to see a brand new piece of theatre by some of London’s best theatre makers. This is a place for them to play and to experiment, so you’ll never quite know what you’re getting. Every Wednesday to Friday at 1pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm. 34 Lower Marsh, SE1 7RG. Admission: £10. Phone: 0207 4019 603. www.vaultytowers.london

Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666) and the Isle of Man (1103). Northern Ireland charity registration pending.

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CRAFTY FOX ON THE RUN

Crafty Fox Market is setting up shop once a month at Elephant and Castle’s Mercato Metropolitano, with the first market on Saturday 3 March (11am-5pm). 25-30 stallholders are selling everything from artwork to jewellery to homewares.

Workshops include free glittery badge making workshop by Pup Tart, and Lettering and Sign painting workshop with Molu Designs (pre-booking required).

42 Newington Causeway, SE1 6DR. Admission: free. www.craftyfoxmarket.co.uk

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COLOUR MY WORLD Bust your stress, and soothe anxiety with Dulwich local Emma Farrarons’ new colouring book the Art of Mindfulness.

The pocket-sized book offers practical exercises in mindfulness with colouring in, guided sketching and doodling.

Out now for £8.99. www.panmacmillan.com

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RUM PUNCH

Unleash your inner pirate at a rum tasting on the Golden Hinde. At the event on March 8, in collaboration with Rumcask, guests can taste 12 rums from all over the world, speak to experts, explore the ship, wander multiple decks, and soak up the history with the booze. £25 per person –including all rum. www.evensi.uk

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Union Street’s Spanish Cervantes Theatre is showing a new production of the House of Bernarda Alba, Lorca’s story of a family of women in 1930s Spain. English-language performances run on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm (and a matinee at 2:30pm Saturday). Spanish language performances are on MondayWednesday. Admission: £20/£15 concession. www.cervantestheatre.com

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London’s first Prosecco bar is opening at Tower Bridge. Prosecco House is a one-stop shop for buying, sampling, and learning about the fizzy bevvy taking London by storm.

1 Crown Square, One Tower Bridge, SE1 2SE. Phone: 020 3034 1718. proseccohouse.com

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SPOTLIGHT

By Laura Burgoine

Lette me tell you Author brings fun and full frontal frankness to Southbank Centre's WOW festival

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ustralian author Kathy Lette shot to fame with the cult classic novel Puberty Blues, which she penned when she was just 17-years-old.

She’s gone on to write 12 international bestsellers, including Mad Cows (which was made into a film starring Joanna Lumley and Anna Friel), How to Kill Your Husband - and Other Handy Household Hints (staged by the Victorian opera), The Boy Who Fell to Earth, Courting Trouble, and Best Laid Plans -soon to be a TV series.

She’s worked as a newspaper columnist, a TV sitcom writer, and raises an autistic son –and she does it all with a sense of humour and inimitable style.

Now Kathy’s coming to the Southbank Centre with Girls Night Out: a psychological strip tease spanning from Puberty Blues to Menopausal Blues. The night promises tell-all tales of marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, mastitis, sexist bosses, teenage-daughterwrangling, ageing toy boys, and personal accounts of making the Queen laugh, hiding Julian Assange in her attic, tongue kissing Prince William, and close encounters of the George Clooney kind.

The Sydney-born writer has called London home for 28 years; she can often be found at the Savoy (where she was writer in residence) drinking a cocktail named after her. “London’s an amazing city to live in but I love Australia and go back a lot. The English can be a bit alarmed by me,” Kathy told the Weekender. “They used to say Geoffrey [Robertson, her husband] was this handsome QC and he was going out with beautiful Nigella Lawson, and what was he doing

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with me: a colonial nymphomaniac loudmouth? I can’t cook, I use my smoke alarm as a timer. But the trick is not to care,” she said.

The 58-year-old was famously snapped wearing a Corgi patterned suit to meet the Queen. “They were having all the Aussies at Buckingham Palace: Rolf Harris, Hugh Jackman, Elle McPherson, Collette Dinnigan. I got my surfie girlfriends to make me a corgi suit, I had no fitting, did my make-up in the rear view mirror with my head out the window for an impromptu blowdry, and when I met the Queen I said “I’m worried one of your corgis will mate with my leg” and the next day it was front page of the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Age- me making the Queen laugh,” she recalled. “It goes to show: always be yourself.”

It’s this spirit that guides Kathy’s one-woman show. “I am not a comedian. I’m not a stand up. I’m just an author with a hopefully witty way with words,” she said.

“Scientists tell us laughter comes from the oldest part of the brain, our humour is cathartic and confessional. This is a way to strip off to our emotional undies in 3.6 seconds, and it’s incredibly bonding.”

“In the show I just talk about if I have any skill as a writer, it’s to put into words what women might be thinking,” she continued.

“When I wrote Foetal Attraction, and Mad Cows I thought no one has told the truth about childbirth.

I can’t be the only one finding it this hard. I couldn’t find anything in literature: Jane Austen, the Brontes, Germaine Greer, Simone de Beauvoir, Gloria Steinem. Babies and books didn’t mix.”

Laughter is the author’s lifeline.

“You can laugh or cry. Cry and you get salt in your champagne,” Kathy said. “There’s a lot to laugh about. I also try to make my show a bit empowering. I want women thinking they can take on the world.

I no longer want a man’s seat on the bus; I want a man’s seat on the board.”

The author has always been ahead of the curve, co-writing Puberty Blues: a teen novel about sex and strung-out surfie gangs in the suburbs of Sydney, with her friend Gabrielle Carey, when they were just teenagers. “I don’t think we would have done it if we didn’t have each other,” Kathy reflected. “We could stand up against the boys because we had that camaraderie. I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to blow a literary raspberry at the boys.”

This was ‘70s Australia, when Germaine Greer was rhyming slang for beer. Now described as feminist and an iconic, important piece of Australian literature, Puberty Blues was initially rejected by 35 publishers. Since being published, it’s been made into a major film and miniseries, and the prologue is written by Kylie Minogue.

When I asked if men can attend Girls Night Out Kathy warned “only if they’re very, very brave. They’ll be our male sacrifice! The men who do come are pretty nice; they’ve got to be ok with girl talk and like female company. Often I get three generations of women: a female trifecta.”

Kathy Lette’s Girls’ Night Out is at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, on March 10-11 at 8pm.

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

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MUSIC

By Laura Burgoine

You gotta be soulful

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oulful Emma Louise (S.E.L) is playing her debut show at Streatham’s Hideaway jazz club to launch her remake of Des’ree’s classic anthem You Gotta Be.

The new single is produced in collaboration with American DJ and Producer DJ Spen. Emma’s adaptation resonates with authentic old skool hip hop and 90s soul. “I’ve been doing a mix of mostly my own material and a couple of covers,” she told the Weekender.

The singer is a full-time member of Soul II Soul, one of the most innovative dance/R&B groups of the late ‘80s. Since graduating from Brunel University, where she studied music, Emma has worked with a slew of international artists, including Alicia Keys, Mica Paris, Omar, Debbie Harry, and Jocelyn Brown.

“At the Hideaway I’ll be playing mostly my own material, stuff we’ve been recording and writing for the past five years and my latest two releases, including You’ve Gotta Be,” she said.

Born and bred in north London, she started playing the violin at age 6, piano at 8 and began singing solo at 11. “And I’ve been singing ever since,” she said. “I majored in vocals and piano at my degree.”

As part of Emma’s A-levels she had to write a song. “It’s easier to perform when it’s your own,” she said. “It’s much harder to perform covers. I’m really careful. You have to do it justice.”

Emma’s producer assigned her the task of finding a cover.

“Spen gave me homework to look over and pick a cover and I made a list of 24 songs,” Emma said. “I noticed 22 were American songs, and I said it would be a good idea if we did a huge song that reached the US but was done

by a British soul diva. Initially he suggested Sade but I said what about Des’ree? You Gotta Be is one of those songs. It’s such an anthem. People are responding well so far.”

“I needed to make sure I maintained the authenticity of

Des’ree’s delivery. I didn’t want to R&B it up too much. There’s more emotion, I want to make sure it still shows what the song’s about.”

Emma is bringing her full band of seven to the Streatham jazz club.

“These guys have been with me from the start -about five years,”

she said. “I’ve just had a baby so this is my first performance back.”

Next up, the songstress has two music videos coming out, followed by some new remixes.

Emma Louise is performing at the Hideaway, 2 Empire Mews, Stanthorpe Road, SW16 2BF, on

Friday 2 March at 9pm.

Admission: £15.

Phone: 020 8835 7070. www.hideawaylive.co.uk For more information, visit: www.selsoul.com

Osita Iheme hosts Camberwell concert Coming up in May, Kelechi Ify presents the Everlasting Love Concert, produced by LoveDaily Ministries.

The event is being hosted by Nigerian actor Osita Iheme –best known for playing Pawpaw in the film Aki na Ukwa. One of

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the most in-demand actors in Nollywood, Osita received the lifetime achievement award at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2007.

Guest artist Faith Child has already been confirmed, with several more guests soon to

be announced. The MOBO and multi-award winning British rapper has put out two studio albums Illumination (2009) and Airborne (2015), which topped the UK charts.

Kelechi is releasing his new album Awestruck Power at the

concert.

Everlasting Love is at the Light House, 262-274 Camberwell Road, SE5 0DL, on May 6 from 6pm-10:30pm.

Admission: £10. www.kelechimusic.co.uk

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Thursday 1st Mar, SW9

Gig guide

Wicked Wednesdays at Club 414

Southbound at Phonox 418 Brixton Rd, Brixton, SW9 7AY, 9.30pm3am, £10 Jacking maestro and Rinse FM main man Chris Lorenzo hauls in his ‘hybrid sound’ - whatever that is - from his Brummieland hometown.

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Thursday 1st Mar, SW9

Morrissey at O2 Academy, Brixton 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, SW9 9SL, 7pm, £63 From the highs of a stellar career in The Smiths to the lows of creeping racism and UKIP support, Morrissey continues to divide opinions and disappoint loyal fans. His solo material remains frustratingly patchy, but with three London shows already sold out, there’s no denying he’s a fascinating, if contradictory legend.

they’re joined by alt-rockers Norra, and Brighton indie-rockers, Tigers & Flies.

Friday 9th Mar, SW9

Swing & Bass at Cafe Cairo 88 Landor Road, SW9 9PE, 8pm-2am, £5 Swing & Bass returns for another night of vintage themed madness and debauchery in the splendid Cafe Cairo.

There’s performances, walkabout acts, DJs and prizes for best dressed punters.

Friday 9th Mar, SW2

Le Birrette at Hootananny 95 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pm-3am, £5

Friday 2nd Mar, SE15

No Suits at Canavan’s Peckham Pool Club 188 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4NF, 8pm4am, £6 Jon Rust gets busy with the sliders at this old school, down to earth pool hallcum-club in downtown Peckham. It’s a little rough around the edges but we like that kind of thing. Recommended.

Friday 2nd Mar, SW2

Seun Kuti at Electric Brixton Town Hall Parade, Brixton, SW2 1RJ, 9pm4am, £25

This new weekly Wednesday night jam session has already proved a smash with the Brixton late night crowd, packing out the legendary 414 Club with a friendly and diverse crowd. Hosted by Aurora Dawn (Alabama 3) and Laura Ibáñez (Brixton Gypsy Jam), the band serves up a mix of jazz, soul, reggae, folk, Afrobeat, funk and dance. It’s very much a locals affair, with many familiar faces on the stage and in the crowd - anyone who remembers the formidable Reggae Wednesdays at the Queens Head in Stockwell will feel right at home.

Friday 9th Mar, SW2

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Wednesday 7th Mar, SW4

Saturday 3rd Mar, SE27

Open Mic at Bread & Roses 68 Clapham Manor Street, Clapham, SW4 6DZ, 5pm-8pm, Free Owned by the Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Union Council, this is a great place for Tory-free boozing and socialising. Test out your talents in front of a friendly, forgiving crowd.

Eric The Fred at Portico Gallery 23A Knight’s Hill, West Norwood, SE27 0HS, 8pm-10pm, £10

Thursday 8th Mar, SW9 Known for his soulful rhythmic grooves and snappy solos in a variety of genres such as jazz, blues, reggae, ska, pop and opera, Alan Weekes provides a great musical start to the weekend in one of the last ungentrified pubs left in Brixton.

There’s an almighty night of ace Afrobeat coming to Brixton, headlined

by Seun Kuti, youngest son of the late, great Fela Kuti, who will be joined by Egypt 80, the same band that was fronted by his legendary father. Opening up the night is Agbeko, the Manchesterbased 11 piece Afrobeat/Ethiojazz band whisking up pleasingly sunny tunes.

Saturday 3rd Mar, SW16

Move On Up at White Lion 234 Streatham High Road, SW16 1BB, 7pm-1am, Free DJ’s Stevie Dundee & Tony Rodriguez play soul and dance tunes all night in this welcoming community boozer.

Friday 2nd Mar, SE27

Stick it On at Book & Record Exchange 20 Norwood High St, SE27 9NR, 8pm-1am, Free Indie record shop and bookstore by day, the vinyl racks are manfully tussled asunder to create a dancefloor for music nights every other week. Tonight, the Stick It On crew invite you - the great unwashed - to bring in three monster tunes of your choice and get spinning.

Friday 2nd Mar, SE27

Pepperpot DJs at the Railway Tavern 7 Station Rise, Tulse Hill, SE27 9BW, 9pm2am, Free One of the longest running nights in Tulse Hill, you can expect smokin’ slices of all-vinyl Ska, Reggae, Funk, Soul & 50’s R’n’B from Big Matt, Bongo Pete & Don Lorenz.

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All-female Italian big band Le Birrette play fusions of Jamaican music of the 60s/70s, backed by reggae/hip hop floorfillers The Wise Bloods and the fearsome sounding Balothizer who apparently create “Cretan Music From Hell.” Playing ska, rocksteady, boogaloo, funk & soul in between acts is a DJ collective from Bologna.

Escapism at JAMM 261 Brixton Road, Brixton, SW9 6LH, 6.30pm-2.30am, £10 Dance to funk and soul and play Giant Jenga & Giant Connect Four, if that’s your thing. Onstage, Sarf Landahn combo Mad Hiros churn out waves of soulful funk commingled with jazz, hip hop, rock, pop and caribbean influences.

Weird Science at the Effra Social 89 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 9pm-1am, Free Ben & Kyle present their monthly rummage through electronic music of the 80s. Requests welcome, but only the decade of drum machines, synthesisers, bouffant hair and ridiculous fashion sense.

Saturday 10th Mar, SE11

Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY, 9pm-2am, £6

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Moth Trap at Off The Cuff 301, Railton Road, Herne Hill, SE24 0JN, 8pm-11pm, £5

Sunday 4th Mar, SE1

The surreal, unhinged quality that is Eric the Fred returns to the Portico Gallery and it’s a tenner in, or ‘pay what you can.’ Eric (aka Chris Lynam) has been described as ‘King of the clowns’ by the NY Times, with The Stage finding his dark comedy, “achingly beautiful and seriously funny for all its grimness…”

Saturday 3rd Mar, SW2

Alan Weekes Quartet at the Effra Hall Tavern Kellett Road, Brixton, SW2 1EB, 9.30pm,

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Rock’n’Roll Social Dance at Omeara 6 O’Meara Street, SE1 1TE, 3pm-7pm, Free An afternoon dance in a beautiful venue serves up 1940s Swing, Rhythm and Blues, Boogie Woogie, Jumpin’ Jive to 1950s Rock’n’Roll, with hosts Gilles Chauvin and John Vassallo spinning the vinyl.

Duckie mashes up indie-pop DJs with burlesque and musical acts in front of a wildly receptive gay/mixed crowd.

The live entertainment comes from ‘performer, linguist, culture consumer and stargazer’ Gavino di Vino and ‘gender fluid vegan drag creature,’ Felix La Freak, with the Readers Wives on the decks.

Sunday 4th Mar, SW2

Sunday Jam at the Hand In Hand 61 New Park Road, Streatham Hill, SW2 4LA, 7.30pm, Free This new regular jam session hosted by local musician Ese dispenses great vibes, fine music and ace company, with cheap booze and DJs. And we like it very much.

Saturday 10th Mar, SW9 Hackney-spawned indie band Moth Trap were lauded as “one of London’s most exciting new acts” by the NME, and

Brixton Partytown at the Dogstar 389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LQ, 10pm-4am, £5 Brixton’s famous Offline Club teams up with Brixton Buzz to bring the noise

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to the Ballroom, throwing down a swaggering, sweaty, fun-packed mix of fist-in-the air party bangers.

Saturday 10th Mar, SE15

Typical Girls at Four Quarters 187 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4TP, 5pm3.30am, Free

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Alice in Boogie Wonderland at Prince of Wales

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469 Brixton Rd, SW9 8HH, 10pm-6am, £15

dispensed in ample qualities. Grab yourself a beer and enjoy the good vibes.

Thursday 29th Mar, SW9

Live Jazz at the Prince of Wales 469 Brixton Rd, SW9 8HH, 11pm-3am, Free Popular with locals and musicians, it’s a perfect stop for night owls with an insatiable thirst for beer, live jazz and a bit of dancing. Expect to see special guest musicians/vocalists dropping by for a jam, while the packed outdoor area is a great place to catch up on local gossip. Open till 3am and admission free, the only downside is the really annoying demand for Photo ID scanning on entry.

Friday 30th Mar, SW4

Experimental Session at Gigalum 8 Cavendish Road, SW4 9DW, 8pmmidnight, Free An evening of “epic tech house and techno” is pledged as Experimental Sessions take over this lively bar by Clapham Common.

A day and night of entertainment and music by women and non-binary artists for International Women’s Day, raising money and awareness for Rape Crisis South London. Acts include The Nyx (pictured), Best Praxis and Los Bitchos.

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No Frills Sunday Session at The Windmill 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton SW2 5BZ, 7pm, Free The band’s lively, round-the-table session invites musicians of all abilities to join in with new and traditional songs.

Like a musical Whicker’s World without the airfare or internal security probes, expect to hear an earful of sounds from around the globe.

Saturday 17th Mar, SW9

St Paddy’s at Pop Brixton 49 Brixton Station Road, SW9 8PQ, 7pmmidnight Stick on a ridiculous Guinness-branded hat and jig around the containers to an evening of Irish dancing, face painting and food specials, with the Fiddle Paradiddle Ceilidh Band playing live.

Saturday 17th Mar, SW2

Paddy’s Bar at The Windmill 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ, 8pm, £5 A more authentic St Patrick’s night may be found at the Windmill, with a freeform Irish Dancing competition, talent show covering Irish acts and all manner of booze-based shenanigans. It’ll sell out, so be quick!

The Wonderland parties at PoW have become the stuff of legend, with the venue being magically transformed into weird and wonderful themed landscapes. This time they’re going all disco-boogie-tastic, with Jimi Needles and The Captain Flatcap Band playing live on stage, backed by a slew of housey, techno and Afrobeat DJs. There’s also go-go dancers, jugglers, spinners and walkabout performers offering unexpected delights, plus the famous biodegradable Glitter Shower and all night Wonderland Cafe. Best of all, all profits go to aid communities in The Gambia.

Sunday 18th Mar, SW9

Grass Roots Live Music at Club 414 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF, 10pm-3am, Free/donations Hosted by UB40 trumpet-player Patrick Anthony, backed by a talented house band, you can expect a night of uplifting blues, reggae and ska in front of a busy, old school mixed Brixton crowd. It’s open till late and a big hit with locals.

Monday 19th Mar, SE5

Open Mic at The Junction 171 Coldharbour Lane, SE5 9PA, 8pm11pm, Free Now offering live music every night of the week, the Junction is a great addition to a pub-starved neighbourhood. On Mondays there’s a splendidly laid back open mic night, where folks are invited to strut on stage and see if their talent impresses or depresses.

Tuesday 20th Mar, SE1

Born In The 90s at Ministry of Sound 103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6DP, 10pm-3.30am, £4

Richie Spice at Clapham Grand

Aimed directly at free-drinking students, this budget night promises a heap of 90’s & 00’s HipHop, Pop, Disco, Dance, Garage & R&B, and - eek! - S Club 7.

There’s also a tuck shop, “throwback sweets toys & gifts,” retro inflatables and, most importantly, super cheap drinks from £3.

Wednesday 21st Mar, SE1

FMG at Union 66 Albert Embankment, SE1 7TP, midnight8am, £9 London club promoters, The Factory After Party & Glamorous LDN, join forces to create a “unique, cosmopolitan & polysexual” Wednesday night experience, with DJs playing deep and vocal house and electro.

Thursday 22nd Mar, SW2 ARKIVE at White Horse 94 Brixton Hill, Brixton, SW2 1QN, 9pmmidnight, Free BRXTNFNK and their DJ chums will be frantically rummaging through their record collections like crack-addled squirrels looking for a long-buried fix.

Friday 23rd Mar, SW2

House Night at Gremio de Brixton St. Matthew’s Church, Effra Road, SW2 1JF, 9pm, Free Unspecified DJs accompanied by a real, living saxophonist spin Housey /Latin House music in this tapas restaurant/ bar lurking in the crypt of St Matthew’s Church, a short saunter from the centre of Brixton.

Saturday 24th Mar, SW4

Hip Hop Zoo at Fu Manchu 15 Lendal Terrace, Clapham, SW4 7UX, 9pm-3am, £tbc Anyone curious to see what “Hip Hop crossed with a Zoo” looks like is invited to scurry over Clapham-way and get feral. Animal fancy-dress is optional.

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Saturday 31st Mar, SW12 Andrew Ashong at Hideaway 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2BF, 9pm, £15 Acclaimed London-Ghanaian Andrew

Sunday 25th Mar, SW11

Richie Spice at Clapham Grand 21-25 St John’s Hill, Clapham, SW11 1TT, 7pm-11pm, £39 An intimate evening with one of the pioneers of modern day reggae music, Richell Bonner (aka Richie Spice) features a musical rummage through his back catalogue, new tracks from his forthcoming album and surprise guests.

Monday 26th Mar, SE5

Folk Jam at The Old Dispensary 325 Camberwell New Road, SE5 0TF, 8pm1am, Free Relax and get stuck into the affordable drinks at this small, friendly and unfussy traditional Irish boozer where anyone can join in with the band’s weekly folk jam.

Ashong brings his blend of fresh, soulful music back to Hideaway. “It’s soul music for people who have been dismayed by most of the major developments in soul music of the last two, even three, decades.” says The Guardian.

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Saturday 31st Mar, SW9

Live Jazz at the Cable Bar & Café 8 Brixton Rd, Oval, SW9 6BU, 8pm, Free

Sisters of Reggae at the Queens Head 144 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9TQ, 8-10pm, Free The excellent Sisters of Reggae - an allfemale DJ collective playing all-vinyl sets - take over this independent Stockwell alehouse.

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Polar Bears Can Dance at Pratts & Payne 103 Streatham High Road, SW16 1HJ, 9pm-2am, Free Named after the two most memorable landmarks from Streathams past; the now destroyed Pratts department store and Luncheon Voucher-accepting Madame Cynthia Payne, Pratts & Payne hosts DJs every Saturday night, serving up soul, disco, funk and reggae.

Bowie to Béyonce and Beyond at Upstairs at Market House 443 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LN, 10pm-3am, £5 DJ Editor and Jizzy Rascal pump out their trademark category-catapulting selections of dance zingers and pop tunes to keep the floor bouncing like an extra-springy, poppers-snorting Slinky on a trampoline. Expect to hear anything from Cyndi Lauper to Dolly Parton to Sean Paul to Jay-Z.

We’re not exactly sure what band will be filling the stage at this intimate cafe/ bar by the Oval, but we’re sure the jazzy sounds are going to be skillfully

Art Peckham at The Bussey Building 133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST, 10pm5am, £15 Two room takeover for Art Peckham x Hypercolour, featuring a selection of genre bending artists who strut across the spectrum of electronic music like they just don’t care. Acts include Matthew Herbert, FunkinEven, Kate Miller, Idle Hands ft Kowton and Parris & Chris Farrell.

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cinema

By Laura Burgoine

GIRLFRIEND MATERIAL March marks the BFI’s Girlfriends season of films.

The celebration of female friendship incudes screenings of Bette Midler’s classic Beaches, Gentleman Prefer Blondes -starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell) and Nine to Five (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton). Also watch out for Now and Then (arguably the girl version of Stand by Me), and Aussie cult flick Muriel’s Wedding.

A HEDY RUSH Susan Sarandon is also making an appearance at the BFI to launch Bombshell: the Hedy Lamarr story.

One of Hollywood’s leading ladies of the 1940s, off screen Lamarr invented frequency hopping during World War II, which paved the way for wi-fi and Bluetooth technology.

Alexandra Dean’s documentary charts Lamarr’s fascinating life, from a youth in Vienna, the pivotal transatlantic journey that landed her a lucrative contract with MGM, her struggles for more challenging roles, and contribution to the war effort.

The BFI’s preview on International Women’s Day (March 8) is followed by a Q&A with director Alexandra Dean and Executive Producer Susan Sarandon.

March 8 at 6:15pm. Admission: £23/£19 concession. www.whatson.bfi.org.uk

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BACK TO BLACKER Acclaimed filmmaker Molly Dineen is back, following a ten year absence, with a new feature documentary on Blacker Dread.

Being Blacker is an intimate portrait of the Jamaicanborn reggae producer and businessman, who ran a music store in Brixton, and was one of the founders of Brixton Splash.

Being Blacker is screening at Peckhamplex, 95a Rye Lane, SE15 4ST, on Sunday 4 March at 6pm. Admission: £4.99.

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David Calder on his acting career and ‘Shakespeare: The action movie’

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avid Calder wanted to be an actor from a young age and was quite happy to tell me about how he saw a notice for the National Youth Theatre one day when he was “bored stiff one summer and thought, ‘I’ll have a go at that’”. From that opportune start David says he has “never looked back,” writes Michael Holland...

Now we as a nation of TV, film and theatre fans must be thankful for that NYT notice because, since Mr Calder graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, he has been plying his trade in one of those three genres ever since he was sixteen.

David Calder has been in so many of the great TV series, and performed in just about all of the classic plays, that I got lost in research. On stage he is up there with the best and will continue to be so. In his busy career he has been the Captain of the Titanic, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Kings, Lords of the Realm and also played my old mate Terry Perkins in the recent Hatton Garden Job. Those of us who were around in 1983 will recall his excellent portrayal of D.I. Resnick, the copper obsessed with putting Harry Rawlins behind bars in the TV series Widows. But I wanted to know if there was a breakthrough part for him. He laughed before answering: “I’ve had a lot of praise heaped on me, especially for the classics, but the reality of acting is that you’re always auditioning for your next job - there’s no resting on your laurels.

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David Morrissey (Mark Anthony) in Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre Photo: Manuel Harlan

praise and then it’s back to work.”

He does, though, tell me he has no preference between working on stage or screen but explained that “one is playing to an audience of many, while the other is to an audience of one - the camera.”

He has now moved from bank robber to Caesar at the new Bridge Theatre. He tells how Director Nicholas Hytner asked him a year ago if he would play Julius in Shakespeare’s play. “I said yes immediately,” he said.

The production is now in preview and the excitement was obvious as the actor spoke about the first performances. “Nick (Hytner) has torn out all the auditorium seats and the set is made up of various rostra that come out of the ground as needed… The actors are in amongst 400 hundred audience who have paid to stand, like the groundlings at The Globe,” he said. “This Julius

Caesar connects directly with the audience, a promenade piece where we shake hands with them as we move through and get them involved in the actual mechanics of the production, and that is a source of enormous energy.”

David tells how Shakespeare’s play has been edited to now be “a political thriller and at the end of it the audience feels as if they’ve been in an action movie!”

“This is no toga party Caesar, it is completely in the modern world but still completely true to Shakespeare.’

Julius Caesar is on at The Bridge Theatre, 3 Potters Fields Park, SE1 2SG until April 15th.

Times: Tues - Sat 7.45pm; Matinees Wed & Sat 2.30pm, Sun 3pm, Admission: £15 - £65.

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Take a trip through school corridors YOU CAN take a trip through the corridors and classrooms of a 1960s Bermondsey comprehensive before it’s bulldozed to the ground.

The former Scott Lidgett Secondary School in Bermondsey is currently being used by the prestigious Old Vic theatre.

A collection of their alumni from over six years of Old Vic New Voices community cast are staging their first production as Waste Not theatre company.

Using the Old Vic Workrooms, this new company’s promenade

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production ‘State of Things’, will see the drab 1960’s building transformed for a collection of short plays, centred on the idea of collective bargaining. From a tree hugger on a mission below the back stairwell, to warring sisters in the former science lab, to robots in the old school’s kitchen.

The building will be opened to the public for just two nights on Thursday and Friday, March 1 and 2.

The audience will be guided around the building, which is set to be demolished to make way for luxury apartments by developer

Grosvenor.

With just 120 tickets available for just £8 places are limited, so people should book in advance at: Eventbrite direct booking link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/ waste-not-theatre-13940630068 Facebook event inc. booking link: https://www.facebook.com/ pg/WasteNotTheatre/events/ Box office: 07903 697254 (Open Mon-Fri 10am-4pm) State of Things is on at Old Vic Workrooms, Drummond Road, Bermondsey, SE16 4EE, Thursday and Friday, March 1 and 2, from 19:30 – 20:30.

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outhbank Centre’s annual flagship festival Women of the World (WOW) returns from March 7-11.

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This year’s festival, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of British women winning the right to vote, celebrates the seismic changes brought about by women and men historically on gender equality, and identifies the future solutions still needed to overcome modern day challenges for women and girls.

A dynamic Carmen

Highlights of this year’s festival include: • No More: an evening bringing together women on the frontline of global movements, transforming the future by demanding ‘No More’, including Patrisse Khan-Cullors, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project; coorganiser of the London Women’s March and founder of the Women in Leadership publication Dr Shola MosShogbamimu, and Indian disability and gender rights activist Nidhi Goyal.

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun and We Should All Be Feminists, talks to Reni Eddo-Lodge, journalist and author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race about race, gender, feminism and more.

• Women in the Media: Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief of Guardian News & Media discusses the importance of progressive and diverse media in rapidly changing world, joined by author, journalist and co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party Catherine Mayer and Jackie Simmons, Executive Editor of Global Business, Bloomberg.

• Comedy from Cally Beaton, Jack Rooke, London Hughes and the Funny Women founder Lynne Parker;

Carmen 1808 by the Phil Willmott Company was a lively musical theatre adaptation of Bizet’s opera, based on Prosper Mérimée’s beloved Novella.

a panel of comedians including Ayesha Hazarika ask Is Donald Trump Making Feminism Great Again?, curated by the team from WOW Apollo in Harlem, USA. • EVE Female Pro-Wrestling is a death-defying, jaw dropping, action packed, wrestling and stunt show fueled with cabaret, comedy and more, created by a bipolar, homeschooling mother of two.

• Pop-up performances from Lips - the London-based trans-inclusive allwoman choir.

L-R Southbank Centre rally, Ruby Wax & Laura Bates

See the full WOW London listings at www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Not happy with Angry Southwark Playhouse’s new offering, Angry, started off, er, angry, with Tyrone Huntley (Jesus Christ Superstar) and Georgie Henley (The Chronicles of Narnia) taking the roles of ‘him’ and ‘her,’ writes Rosie O’Connell...

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given access to what has led to the countdown to her last breath. A striking juxtaposition of seemingly trivial, innocent moments against the horror and confusion of loss and war. Henley throws herself into an emotive, impressive and skilful performance, flitting from endearing and unsure twenty-something to the despair of someone watching their loved ones die before them.

James Donnelly’s set is simple but beautiful, fitting each monologue perfectly, the actors penned into a mirrored pit, framed from above

by Cassie Mitchell’s neon lights with music smoothly transitioning throughout from narrative to narrative.

Alas, this just isn’t quite enough to maintain a connecting thread.

While the two actors’ performances are explosive and engaging, as a whole Angry feels somewhat disjointed and underdeveloped, a collection of hastily thrown together, incomplete ideas. It would be interesting to return to see Huntley and Henley in their

opposite roles, if only to see Huntley tackle the standout piece, ‘Air’.

However, despite the verve of the performances, the content isn’t quite enough to warrant a repeat visit.

Angry is on at Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BD until 10th March.

Admission: £20, £16 concs.

Previews £12.

Phone: 020 7407 0234.

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Philip Ridley’s latest work is an emotive set of six genderless monologues, with each actor switching between each set throughout the run. Huntley started us off in the performance I attended with, as I mentioned, a very angry piece, and while it was performed well, it was quite bizarre being yelled at in the confines of Southwark Playhouse’s ‘Little’ about whether we enjoyed the film Bambi or not.

Moving swiftly on, though, to ‘Okay’, Henley’s first piece of the evening was a stark contrast to the explosive rage of the first, delivering a frantic American tirade of a self-professed procrastinator, battling against words such as ‘ponder’ and ‘hesitate’ only to loop back on herself, back to the

beginning, repeating the same lines in an ever increasing delirium.

‘Bloodshot’ gives Huntley the chance to shine, with the longest of his monologues of the evening.

A suspiciously uneasy story of a measured and careful teen’s erotic encounter in a park, Huntley’s performance is intense and earnest, but the story doesn’t really lead anywhere. ‘Bloodshot’ is not alone in this, the monologues do seem to fizzle out, often feeling like a great beginning to what could be a great piece that has been left unfinished, resulting in confusion and overall sense of ‘huh?’.

But then there is ‘Air’, a fully formed, engaging narrative. Leading us from a bookshop meet, through recollections of childhood and back to the blossoming romance, full of the awkwardness of first dates and first kisses we know how this ends and it isn’t going to end nicely.

These memories are laced between Henley’s present, trapped underwater in a sinking ship, we are gradually

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The 90 minute long production in the delightful Union Theatre, which was transformed for the night by set designers Justin Williams and Jonny Rust into a hearty street scene in Spain during the Peninsular War. The play starts with a very convincing opening number by Alexander Barria, who is playing painter Francesco Goya - the artist whose work inspired the writing of Carmen. Barria sings a series of melodic yet melancholic songs, which beautifully thread their way through the narrative.

As the play progresses we see a burst of energy from the chorus line, who light up the stage with lively, yet smooth, choreography

by Adam Haigh, and visually pleasing costume design by Penn O’Gara. A talented troupe brought the story to life from start to finish with committed and dynamic performances, complemented by a unified ring of voices that harmoniously provided an array of beautifully written lyrics.

For a small theatre, the space became very expansive and was nicely lit by Ben Jacobs, who managed to create a very dreamlike, diaphanous effect over the intimate and tender moments acted out by lead cast members Rachel Lea-Gray, as Carmen, and Maximilian Marston’s Captain Velarde.

A very enjoyable watch overall, so congratulations to a talented cast and great production team.

My only point for development is that more could have been done to add a sense of authenticity to the play’s Spanish heritage. For example, it would have been nice to see traditional Flamenco style choreography, or to have used Spanish accents more consistently throughout the play rather than at random points.

Carmen is on at the Union Theatre, Old Union Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR until March 10. Admission: £22.50, £20 concs. Phone: 0207 261 9876. www.uniontheatre.biz

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Over 3,000 children in music festival The highly acclaimed annual Lambeth Music Festival returns to grace the stages of Southbank Centre from 20th-27th March, to celebrate the musical achievements of over 3,000 children and young people from local schools and music organisations.

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The Festival includes orchestras, choirs and drumming groups plus performances from Lambeth music organisations: Tomorrow’s Warriors, Raw Material, Soothsayers, In Harmony Lambeth and Music Making SENse. These organisations work together to increase opportunities and help support the progression and transition routes for young musicians in Lambeth.

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Blood and organ donations need to be well matched and people from the same ethnic background are more likely to be a match.

Across England there is a need for more than 40,000 new black blood donors to step forward to meet the needs of patients. Each blood donation made has the chance to save or improve up to three lives and is especially important to meeting the needs of sickle cell patients. Sickle cell disease is the most common and fastest growing genetic disorder in England and the UK. It mainly affects black people and many patients rely on regular blood transfusions to help treat and

have received a transplant in the last ten years only 35 residents have donated after their death. This highlights that there is a clear need to discuss organ donation with those in Southwark. If you want to save lives sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register and tell your family you have done so.

prevent the painful symptoms and complications, which can include stroke and loss of vision. These patients require blood which is more closely

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For example, many people with learning disabilities find that attending a general, local class can be too challenging.

Wendy Yates, one of our specially trained instructors at Aspire, observed: “We identified that there isn’t a lot of suitable exercise opportunities for people with learning disabilities. The environment and pace of a normal class can be quite fast moving, and we believed that this wasn’t appropriate for them, so we tailored a class for their individual needs.”

However, the classes need to be appropriately challenging and physically beneficial. Therefore, Aspire’s fitness classes are very similar to other circuit classes, in that there’s a warm up session followed by supported individual work on Aspire’s eight, low impact circuit stations. These are designed to focus on balance, strength and cardio. We ensure there is balance and variety in how each individual undertakes their ‘circuit’, to ensure that they have a balanced, all-round work out to suit everyone.

We have classes that are designed specifically for adults over the age of 16 with a learning disability. Attendees should be able to mobilise with or without assistance and be able to participate in a group activity with the appropriate level of support.

If you, or someone you know, would like to attend Aspire’s fitness classes, please contact Wendy or Elvis on: 0208 265 3479. You, or they, are welcome to come along for an informal chat and to observe a class before committing to regular attendance.

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Heat of the moment I

recently had the pleasure of partaking in a hot yoga session at Streatham Leisure Centre. It was so glorious, I could have stayed in the studio until April.

If, this winter has left you frozen to the core, there’s nothing better than thawing out in a studio heated to 32 degrees.

Hot yoga promote sweating, and warm up the body to boost flexibility. There’s less risk of injury because your muscles are all warmed up, leaving you more limber. Practising yoga in a heated room not only increases

your pulse, but also boosts the metabolism, which allows your blood vessels to become more flexible, improves circulation and increases blood flow to the limbs.

It also improves the lymphatic system and flushes out toxins.

This class, run by Ozgur, was a kind of fluid vinyasa style: flowing with an emphasis on deep stretches. The teacher provides more advanced postures for those who want to challenge themselves. It’s pitched as a “more intense workout” than regular yoga, and promises to relieve stress, promote better sleep, and increase energy. You’ll also

improve strength, and overall fitness, and with an average of 475 calories burnt per hour, it’s a great workout.

The hour class flew by far too quickly. Like I said earlier, I could have stayed in there for weeks.

Even though you work for that hour, you’re left feeling very relaxed, and deeply realigned, with glowing skin to boot. It’s also nice to be in a gym where everything is shiny and new, and spotlessly clean.

As part of its recent refurb, Streatham Leisure Centre also has a new HIIT studio, and a revamped gym floor with slick grey

state of the art equipment. It also boasts the only Olympic sized ice skating rink in London for people who’ve recently been inspired by the film I, Tonya.

On site there’s two swimming pools: a 25metre, six lane pool and a 13 metre teaching pool, as well as a multi-sport sports hall,

used for badminton, basketball and a range of other sports.

Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre is at 390 Streatham High Road, SW16 6HX. Phone: 020 8677 5758. www.better.org.uk

Martial arts classes for blind and visually impaired people Blind and partially sighted people can now learn martial arts at classes being held in Peckham.

Instructors say the weekly training improves fitness and coordination, and also can help with self-defence skills.

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“Any physical activity always has a positive outcome, having a visual impairment can make it difficult to attend mainstream

classes this is a great stepping stone to feel more included.”

The hour-long lessons take place on Tuesdays at 11am and Saturdays at 3pm, and started on February 13. The classes will be held close to Peckham Rye station and bus stops, but a meet and greet service can also be arranged

on request. The six-week course costs £24 and is held at Walters Family School of Taekwondo, 1st Floor Khan’s Bargains, 135 Rye Lane, SE15 4ST. To book your place please call SELVis on 0203 815 3660 or email info@selvis.org.uk

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The Noisy Animals are coming to make a din in Noisy Holiday at Canada Water Theatre.

The show, a mix of live music, theatre, comedy, puppetry and animation, tells the story of Kid Carpet, who wants to keep the animals happy as they come up with ideas of where to go.

The show is at 1pm and 3pm on Saturday, March 10, and is suitable for children aged 3 and up. Tickets cost £7, and £24 for a family. www.canadawatertheatre.org.uk

Evacuee life

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London life during the Second World War with a day of events themed around Jacqueline Wilson’s latest book Wave Me Goodbye will be held at The Museum of London Docklands.

The book follows ten-year-old Shirley, who is evacuated to the countryside where she lives with the mysterious Mrs Waverley and meets to East End boys.

The museum’s free events, from 11.30am to 4pm on Saturday, March 10, includes workshops where you can design your own suitcases and decide what you’d need to pack if you were evacuated.

You can also board a packed train to the countryside and spend the day as an evacuee. www.museumoflondon.org.uk

Celebrate mum with a rave!

Big Fish Little Fish is holding a family rave on Saturday, March 10, the day before Mothering Sunday at Fire/Lightbox in Vauxhall.

There will be two rooms of DJs. The biggest room, in Fire, is Eddy Temple Morris, who will be playing dance music with a rock edge.

In Lightbox, which has multi coloured LED rooms and a ceiling that changes colour,

there is Baker & Beale playing techno.

There will also be a craft room, a toddler play area, and a baby chill out.

There’s a bar for adults, a cake stall, free transfer tattoos, free glowsticks and a face painting stall.

The event is from 2pm to 4.30pm. www.bigfishlittlefishevents.co.uk

Youngsters can enjoy the ugly duckling, meet wild animals and go on a trail at the Horniman Museum’s Easter Fair.

The Ugly Duckling storytelling performances will be held several times on both days; you can see Zebedee the 7ft boa constrictor, Santi the chinchilla and handle giant African land snails and other animals; hop around the bandstand like the Easter bunny; go on Easter trails; go on tea cup rides and a bouncy castle and get your face painted.

The fair is from 10.30am to 4.30pm on Saturday and Sunday, March 31 and April 1. Events cost different prices. www.horniman.ac.uk

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Nature art You can make a plaster plaque inspired by nature at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses.

The workshop involved exploring and collecting things to press into clay, and then making the plaques to take home.

The workshop, from 10.30am to 12.30pm on March 3, must be booked in advance. Tickers cost £2.50 to £5. www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk

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Photo: India Roper-Evans. Southbank Centre’s WOW - Women of the World festival runs 7-11 March 2018, supported by Bloomberg

There will be a Feminist Corner for under 10s – girls only – at the Southbank Centre’s Women of the World season.

The interactive workshop will explore what being a girl means, and give youngsters tips on how to start a campaign from their bedroom. Sessions for girls aged 6 to 7 is at 10am on March 10; and aged 8 to 10 at 10am and 4pm on Sunday, March 11.

There will also be one just for boys aged 8 to 10 at 4pm on Saturday, March 10. The events are at the Royal Festival Hall, Level 3 Function Room, Blue side.

Tickets cost £5. Parents can wait outside on sofas and see their child at all times through a glass wall. www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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By Michael Holland

ose Duck Duck Go Pop Brixton n Road 49 Brixton Statio SW9 8PQ london.com oose www.duckduckg

Birds of a feather at Pop Brixton D

uck Duck Goose is part of Pop Brixton, a strange conglomerate of pop ups and start ups in shipping containers on disused land, all there having a go until the developers move in to do what they do.

But I wasn’t there to get on my political soapbox, but to sample good Cantonese food cooked by Chef Oli who was inspired after a two year stint in Hong Kong.

General Manager Alan sat myself and Julia down and kindly offered to order for us, an offer we didn’t refuse because Alan has worked at Nobu London and for the family business, the famous Poons restaurant, so he knows his stuff.

After ordering a beer each we checked out this bright space with its tiny kitchen at one end where large men manoeuvre like ballerinas to work together safely. A mirror taking up the end wall visually doubles the diner’s size, if not physically, and creates more light. We liked it and the beers were good too.

Alan returned with a dish that looked like nothing I had seen before, so I was surprised to be told that it was Prawn Toast. I could not see any toast, just a heap of fresh curly endive, and bonito flakes

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covering something beneath - a far cry from those dreary little triangles served up in other restaurants that look like they have just come from a local Iceland. These were thick with a taste of the sea and other flavours produced by the mayo, spiced fruit sauce and pickled kohlrabi. There was a lot going on and it kept going on as the bonito flakes dissolved and left a satisfying fishy taste on the palate. Now that’s what I call a starter.

Next to hit the table were two lovely seared scallops, cooked in XO Butter and served with Savoy cabbage,

chilli and a divine sauce that I have now forgotten the ingredients of as I was too busy eating while Alan talked us round the dish.

We now knew the seafood was good, and the menu informed us that the meat is all free range and ethically treated, so it was with great delight when Soy Chicken with Ginger Dressing was set between us. Alan explained how the chicken had been slowly poached with Five Spice, and how the dressing had been made, before bringing an excellent accompaniment of green vegetables with dried chilli

and Sesame, and Steamed Rice.

I must add that the freedom and ethical treatment given to that bird was worth it. The texture was soft and silky; it almost dissolved on the tongue.

It was time for a break and a digestif. Ms Julia brought me up to speed on her current projects, adding that she was looking for more, and before I finished my perfectly delightful Grenache from the Languedoc region Alan was back with a rather lively Lychee and Grapefruit Sorbet with Plum Wine that acted as a palate cleanser and a catalyst for not only freshening the mouth but also the mind, because my companion pounced on a chance remark and formulated her next project. Genius.

Amid the excitement Alan returned with a dessert that he said was Cha Chaan Teng: Peanut Butter French Toast with Caramel and Soy Ice Cream. It seemed simply like a flame-grilled peanut butter sandwich, but twinned with the ice cream it became so much more.

Duck Duck Goose provides good produce cooked well but with not too many other ingredients, so that you get to savour all the flavours. We liked it, all of it, so sat there soaking up the atmosphere for a while and feeling quite content.

the damage Tsing Tao (Beer) Reliance Pale Ale (Briton Brewery) Prawn Toast Seared Scallops Soy Chicken Green Vegetables Rice Sorbet Dessert Grenache

TOTAL

£4.00 £5.50 £6.50 £12.00 £12.00 £7.50 £2.50 £3.75 £6.00 £6.75

£66.75

Food (1-5) 0 0 0 0 0 Ambience (1-5) 0 0 0 0 Value (1-5) 0 0 0 0 0 Disabled access NO Disabled toilet NO Booking Recommended

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