The Albany - Playlist Autumn 2009

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The Albany

Douglas Way, Deptford. London SE8

Box Office 020 8692 4446

PlayList Issue 5 Autumn/Winter 2009. FREE

‘The Albany is a hidden gem’ The Guardian, July 2009

We asked some of the most exciting artists we know working in music, spoken word and theatre - given the space and a tiny bit of money - what would they really like to do? We also asked some of the audience the same question. The result has turned the Albany into a platform for ideas, collaboration, debate and some very unexpected events - with an open invitiation to be part of the fun.

In the mix are our six new associate artists who will be working with us over the next year - poet, DJ and musician Charlie Dark, aerial company Upswing, dance artist Curtis James and spoken word artists, musicians and theatremakers Polarbear, Maxwell Golden and Zena Edwards.

This brochure gives you the flavour of everything on offer.

We hope you enjoy the selection and let us know what you think.

Gavin Barlow

Chief Executive/Artistic Director

Under 26? Come and see a show for absolutely nothing. What’s not to like? www.thealbany.org.uk/freetheatre for full details

associate artists

Charlie Dark

Upswing

Curtis James

Polarbear

Maxwell Golden

resident organisations Apples & Snakes Artefacts Edutainment Aspire Creativity Community Drug Education Project Entelechy Arts Essential Stage Supplies Gate 2 Learning Heart n Soul

Head For Business LEAN: Lewisham Education Arts Network Lewisham Music Service Lewisham Speaking Up L.B.L Street Trading Section Montage Theatre Arts Next Step

Zena Edwards

event

Thursday 24 September

Lit Up Showcase & Conference

Creating Live Literature The Albany hosts an unmissable opportunity for venue programmers, producers and artists to sample the best new live literature and spoken word, debate and discuss this fast developing artform and network with artists and colleagues.

Highlights: keynote speech by Baba Israel, hip hop performer and new Artistic Director, Contact Theatre and performances by Polarbear, Lemn Sissay, Luke Wright, Stacy Makishi, Aiofe Mannix, Janie Armour, and Justin Coe.

Tickets from £25 BOOK NOW. Go to www.litup.org/book.htm

Thursday 24 September, 7pm

Thursday 24 September, 9pm

To Intimacy and Beyond

Play It Back: From London to NY

The Albany and Contact present

From feather boas to match.com, Zena Edwards invites you to join a ‘conversation’ about human connection in the 21st century using lyrics, music and live VJing. To Intimacy and Beyond promises an evening of electric improvisation between MCs, poets and musicians - acclaimed saxophonists Jason Yarde and Soweto Kinch and verbal virtuosos HKB Finn and Maxwell Golden. “the excitement of the unexpected is electric…not quite song, not quite poetry, not quite jazz but the point where all three meet in conversation.” The Guardian

Tickets £9, £6 concs, free to Lit Up Conference ticket holders Commissioned by the Live Literature Consortium

spoken word/theatre

spoken word/music

The Albany presents the premiere of

Come play back your day as London meets New York for an evening of hip hop playback featuring Albany associate artist Maxwell Golden and new Artistic Director of Contact Theatre, Baba Israel. Founded in NYC, playback theatre uses music, dance, freestyle hip hop and improvisation to transform the audience stories into live theatre. Think Whose Line is it Anyway, hip hop style.

Tickets £3, free to To Intimacy & Beyond ticket holders

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Extras

theatre/dance

Thursday 1 & Friday 2 October, 7.30pm Banxy, KnoLove Productions & makin projects present

Adventures in Anti-Cool

Three knock-out hip hop dance theatre performances in the same evening!

Banxy presents his new solo piece Ikky Wakk, KnoLove present their solo Cool Rules and the whole evening will be topped off with a brand new two hander Adventures in Anti-Cool featuring both Banxy and Curtis James.

Tickets £9, £6 concs, (£5 schools)

music

Produced in association with Swindon Dance and the Albany

Saturday 3 October, doors 7.30pm

Mad Professor and The Ariwa Possee

The sonic dub genius creates cuttingedge reggae live with on-stage manipulation of samplers, mixers and effects processors to create a dense, shifting collage of sounds and rhythms.

Joining the Mad Professor are his Ariwa Possee plus surprise guests.

Since establishing his Ariwa studio in the ‘80s, the reggae king of South London has been in seriously high demand twiddling knobs for the likes of Massive Attack, Sade, The Orb, Perry Farrell, Lee Perry and the Beastie Boys. Sure to be an excellent night out.

Tickets £12 advance, £15 on the door

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Friday 2 October, after the show The Big Debate

Artistic Director of international hip hop theatre festival Process, Benji Reid, joins Curtis James in a debate on what hip hop theatre is and what’s out there for young artists.

Free to ticket holders

Thursday 1 October, 5-7pm Workshop for Teachers

Get an exclusive insight into Curtis James’ workshop techniques and find out what the Albany can offer your school. Contact estelle.buckridge@thealbany.org.uk

Free but booking essential

Charlie Dark and the Albany present

Word Sound Power A mini-festival of boundary pushing, experimentation and collaboration between some of the UK’s most exciting emerging artists. Hosted by associate artist Charlie Dark alongside dubtronic poet Spaceape, wordsmiths Jasmin Ann Cooray and John Berkavitch, super MC Rinse! and dancer/aerialist Annette Walker.

Tickets £6 one night, £10 for two

music

spoken word/music

Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 October, 8pm

Fridays 9 October & 13 November, 7-11pm

RAR!

Eclectic, electric. The 14+ event. RAR! is where some of the most exciting and influential bands and DJs perform in front of a young, enthusiastic and really diverse crowd, united in their love of music. Check www.rarpeople.co.uk for line-ups.

Tickets £5

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live literature

StorySLAM Live at the Albany Get up and tell it. This is your opportunity to hear and take part in a unique short story talent competition. Write a 4-5min* story, 500 words long with ‘London’ as its theme.

If you get picked, get up on stage and tell it. Winner takes £100 prize (*make sure you practise! Time strictly limited). With live music, book stalls, networking, the works.

Tickets £7

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Friday 16 October, 7.30pm

The Albany, Apples & Snakes and The Midi Music Company present

music

Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm hosted by Charlie Dark Wednesday 9 December, 7.30pm hosted by Lemn Sissay

Risin’ from the Dust

An exhilarating fusion of grime, spoken word, music & film. A showcase featuring the queen of dub poetry Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, rising star and genre hopping MC Rinse! and international jazz artist Soweto Kinch jamming with the explosive grime star Ghetts.

Features the flim launch Grit Story: Still Risin’ From The Dust by OOR productions in association with young people from The Midi Music Company and the Albany Youth Forum.

Tickets £9, £6 concs, £4 under 25s (in advance, subject to availability). Suitable for ages 14+

This event has been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Lewisham Black History Month

music

Sunday 18 October, 3.30pm

Arun Ghosh’s Sunday Sessions

Magical Musical Merry-go-round: Part I Horn E Bass Travelling through the deep down ‘n‘ dirty spectrum of horn & bass sound, well beyond the realms of the ‘C’, join the charismatic clarinettist and composer, Arun Ghosh, with special guests for an afternoon of aural explorations. Feast upon original and improvised material mixing live jazz, dub and hip hop rhythms with old school vinyl classics. Featuring Shabaka Hutchings on bass clarinet, Idris Rahman on saxophone, Dr Das on bass and percussionist Rastko Rasic. All this plus a rare DJ set by Arun Ghosh, visuals by camoci.

FREE, extraordinary (see also Sunday 15 November page 10).

Supported by the PRS Foundation

Thursday 22 October, 3pm & 7.30pm dance/music/poetry

Entelechy Arts in association with the Albany presents

An Afternoon/ Evening in the Company of Will Gaines

Legendary, Detroit-born, 82 year-old jazz hoofer Will Gaines is a veteran of Cab Calloway’s Cotton Club and has danced for all the greats including the Duke Ellington and Count Basie Orchestras, Dizzy Gillespie and Billie Holiday. Join him for an incredible line-up featuring a duel with 17 year-old hip hop harmonica boy Leon Maddy, live jazz, granny rap and song and poetry from older artists. Special guest appearance

by Montage Theatre’s older dancers.

A once in a lifetime special.

Tickets £9, £6 concs and £3 over 60s

Friday 23 October, 1- 5pm

Over 65 years?

Come and join us for an afternoon of goodies with Montage Theatre Arts and Entelechy Arts. Make a soap opera in an hour, take part in a musical theatre workshop or watch performances, live poetry and films from local groups and artists with tea and cake to round off the afternoon.

FREE

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Bear’s House

A bespoke night of thrilling music and spoken word, curated and hosted for the Albnay by performer-poet Polarbear. Where else can your evening’s entertainment encompass music from the Speaker’s Corner Quartet, Excentral Tempest and her band Sound of Rum, Afrobear and Laura J Martin together with spoken word sets from Berkavitch,and funny, intelligent Thou Shalt Always Kill singer, Scroobius Pip. Tickets £9, £7 concs

Thursday 5 & Friday 6 November, 7.30pm

Fuel presents Inua Ellams’ theatre

music/spoken word

Saturday 31 October, 8pm

The 14th Tale

A free-flowing narrative telling the exploits of a natural born mischief-maker who grows from the clay streets of Nigeria to the roof-tops of Dublin and London. Inua Ellams vividly recreates the characters that punctuate his upbringing in deft and beautiful poetry, while challenging the audience’s expectations of what it is to be young, black and male in London today.

“London’s hottest new spoken word talent” The Times Tickets £9, £6 concs, (£5 schools)

Extras Thursday 5 November, after the show Post show talk back

Inua Ellams invites the people who were vital to the creation of The 14th Tale, from his first Professor to his fellow poets, to discuss how he wrote his show and how to have a go yourself.

Free to ticket holders

Friday 6 November, 8.30pm Inua’s Aftershow

Join us for an evening of new talent, hand picked by Inua Ellams. Includes the poet Warsan Shire, comedian Travis J (Kojo’s Comedy Funhouse MTV) and pop-soul singer Bridgette Amofah, recently featured on Jonathan Ross’s BBC Radio 2 show and XFM. £3 or free to ticket holders

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Tuesday 10 November, 8pm

Beyond Words Remixed We have five incredible South African poets together in the UK for the first time. While resident at the Albany, they will collaborate with five of the SLAMbassadors, a polyvocal group of performance poets, freestylers, rappers and emcees discovered via the Poetry Society’s national youth slam championship. The result: unique and dynamic new poetry presented exclusively at the Albany. From South Africa: Poet Laureate Keorapetse Kgositsile, Lebo Mashile, Donata Francisco Mattera, Lesego Rampolokeng and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers.

Tickets £8, £5 concs

Supported by the British council, South African government, Arts Council England and in association with Sustained Theatre

Thursday 12 November, 8pm spoken word/comedy

poetry

The Albany and Apples & Snakes present

Synergetic

Lyrical theatre and comedy hip hop A chance to catch an extract of Maxwell Golden’s new show Country Boy’s Struggle - a Cornish poet’s attempt to succeed in the London grime scene. Plus The Pinocchio Remix, where Pinocchio leaves a mashed-up cricket and his Nintendo Wii to journey to Rave Land. Followed by a set of improv hip hop comedy as Rob Broderick joins Maxwell on stage for freestyle rhyme in a stand up double act. Live music from producer danbeat.

“Very funny, fresh and endlessly creative…

A star of the future” Time Out. Tickets £5

music

Saturday 14 November, doors 7.30pm

Abram Wilson Quartet

The award-winning trumpeter, vocalist and composer returns to the Albany with his new band. Abram’s infectious warmth and electric stage presence spring directly from his roots in New Orleans - the birthplace of jazz. Expect compelling compositions that draw upon his African-American jazz roots and the eclectic musical influences absorbed since crossing the Atlantic to Europe back in 2002.

“One of the finest contemporary New Orleans trumpeters” BBC Radio 3 Tickets £10 advance, £12 on the door

Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3

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music

Sunday 15 November, 3.30pm

Arun Ghosh’s Sunday Sessions

Magical Musical Merry-go-round: Part II Vocal Chords Journeying into the orchestra of the voice and succulent strings, join clarinettist and composer, Arun Ghosh, with special guests for a second afternoon of sonic experimentation. Featuring stripped-down sounds from acclaimed “Billie Holiday meets Bjork” singer-songwriter Julia Biel and introducing Sudanese-Italian songstress Amira Kheir plus new collaborative creations from virtuoso cellist Jenny Adejayan, Liran Donin on double bass and Rastko Rasic on percussion. Visuals by camoci.

Absolutely FREE

Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3. Supported by the PRS Foundation

theatre

Thursday 19 November, 7.30pm

The Devil Has Quentin’s Heart Benji Reid mixes a rich cocktail of guilt, fear and stark realism in his new theatre show. The Devil Has Quentin’s Heart - the price Quentin paid on his journey from Wall Street to life in the underbelly of New York as an alcoholic living on the streets. Seeing that greed knows no limits, he makes one last wager to save his soul. This is the story of his last day, in his last hour before Satan comes banging at the door. A twisted, funky and perverse musical. Based on characters from the novel Iced by Ray Shell.

Tickets £10, £7 concs (£5 schools) Extra Post Show Talk Back

Benji Reid and his collaborators Andrew Wong (Scratch DJ) and John Ellis (Pianist) discuss the creative process behind the making of the show. Give your feedback too!

Free to ticket holders

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Thursday 26 November, 8pm

Associate artist, DJ, writer and poet Charlie Dark and his Blacktronica Collective are acclaimed for their genre busting parties across the globe.

Past collaborators have included Mos Def, Estelle, Turner prize winner Chris Ofili and the Studio Museum of Harlem. If you like your evenings to speak to your feet and your soul at the same time, then this could be the event for you. From Carl Craig to Coltrane and everything in between.

Details of a very special guest to be announced soon.

Contradictions

Blacktronica

Tickets £6 in advance, £8 on the door

theatre

Wednesday 25 November, 7.30pm

Freshly Squeezed

We’ve been on the scout for London’s best new scriptwriting talent and tonight five fresh writers face you, the audience and our all-star expert panel. Who will be the next big thing? Relax, grab a drink and join Olivier Award-winning playwright Bola Agbaje and NYC’s Kenny Baraka and vote for the best new voice.

Tickets £5

Sharpening SAWDS in association with Contact and the Albany present theatre

club/music

Saturday 21 November, 8pm -1am

What’s the soundtrack to your life? For young Ali, it’s the sounds of the 1990s – Wu Tang Clan, reggae and the beats aboard Manchester’s late-night 42 bus. Climb aboard and witness a dark nostalgic trip as rapper and poet Ali Gadema, AKA Frisko Dan presents the story of a life less ordinary in a new theatre performance with spoken word, hip hop and live beatbox.

Suitable for ages 14+. Contains strong language.

Tickets £9, £6 concs

Extra Monday 5 October, 6 - 8.30pm Writer’s Block

Want to submit your writing for Freshly Squeezed but stuck for ideas? Come and get inspiration and guidance from writer Bola Agbaje and the Albany team. Places limited, to book contact sophie.bradey@thealbany.org.uk FREE

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Friday 27 November 2009, 7pm -11pm music

Heart’n Soul presents

The Squidz Club For young people with learning disabilities and a passion for the arts. Enjoy live music performances, have fun exploring the art, games, and dressing up zones, dance to the beats of the Heart ‘n Soul DJs or simply chill out in the secret garden. Family and friends welcome!

Tickets £3

Friday 4 December, 8pm spoken word

Apples & Snakes presents

The Night We Slept With Seething Wells Steven ‘Seething’ Wells was a force to be reckoned with. Whether jumpstarting the 1980s poetry scene or filling the pages of the NME with his statue-toppling invective, he wasn’t known for lying down and taking it. It took Hodgkin’s lymphoma to finally get one over on him. This evening his main microphone-mate Attila The Stockbroker presents a tribute night of poetry and punk.

With an exciting array of special guests all of them pretty seething in their own right - it’s a fitting farewell to one of the real heroes of the ‘no more heroes’ generation.

Tickets £8, £5 concs

Thursday 3 December – Sunday 6 December, 7.30pm theatre

London Bubble presents

Astronomical: A City of Darker Skies One autumn night in London, the lights all gradually go out. With the sky darker than it’s been for a hundred years - what will we do, London?

Gaze into the heavens like never before, discover a new star with the help of an old star-gazer, or just kick back and watch a couple of episodes of ‘Constellation Street’? Intrepid theatre-makers from London Bubble’s various drama groups combine bold storytelling and choral spectacle to bring you a celestial celebration of our place in the cosmos.

Tickets £10, £5 concs

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comedy

Thursday 10 & Friday 11 December, 8pm

Gina Yashere

Gina’s sell-out live appearances are legendary. Her bombastic delivery, infectious personality and cheeky observations have wowed audiences in the UK - and now she’s taking the US by storm too! Gina began her career as a lift engineer before branching out into stand-up. She’s now one of the most highly sought after comics in the country, hosting the MOBO Awards and making numerous appearances on TV, radio and the big screen.

“Enough spark to illuminate the Capital… shrapnel-sharp gags” Evening Standard Tickets £12 advance, £14 on the door, £10 each for groups of 6+ Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 December, 7.30pm

theatre

Tell Tarra presents

King of the Castle Written by JB Rose and directed by Angela Michaels. A family Christmas provides the backdrop for Cornelius to announce that he and his wife should go back ‘home’ to spend their retirement basking in the sunshine. This is news to daughter Precious and the rest of the family. For the first time ever Precious stands up for herself as we are taken on a fun-filled, thought provoking ride through family dilemmas we all recognise.

Post-show chatback nightly.

Tickets £9, £6 concs

music

Saturday 12 December, doors 7.30pm

Dub Pistols

Plus support Purveyors of their own unique bass heavy soul, ska and electro funk sound, Dub Pistols have also produced some of the most cutting edge dance remixes around for Lily Allen, Ian Brown, U2, Moby and Sly & Robbie. Dub Pistols have done everything it’s possible to do in a band and still want more. They have toured the world more times than most of us have changed channels. Simply one of the best live bands in the UK. Book early.

Tickets £12 advance, £15 on the door

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AlbanyOnFILM

Wednesday 16 September, 7.30pm An Urban Screen night

City Rats (2009)

Starring Danny Dyer. Against the backdrop of the East End, eight lost souls search for solutions to problems ranging from finding a better suicide method to losing their virginity.

Tickets £5

In conjunction with Screen.biz

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Wednesday 21 October, 7.30pm An Urban Screen night

The End (2009)

Directed by Teena and Nicole Collins. In a time of almost arbitrary stabbings on Britain’s streets, The End takes us back to the bygone era of the original East End gangster.

The film makers explore the fascinating lives of their father Les Falco and his friends.

Tickets £5

In conjunction with Screen.biz

Cinema but not as you know it. Enjoy contemporary urban features and vintage documentaries with shorts, debates, music, info and more in our pop up cinema lounge.

Wednesday 14 October, 7.30pm

Thursday 29 October, 7.30pm

Black History Month Film Screening With a budget of just £300 and only 6 weeks to deliver, this is London’s toughest filmmaking competition. Join the winners for a lively evening of Black History Month inspired shorts, a Q&A and live PAs and DJ sets.

plus short films, music & guests Originally shot in 1974, Soul Power is a classic documentary following some of that decade’s best music acts as they travelled to Africa for a 12-hour, three-night long concert held in Kinshasa, Zaire, alongside the much anticipated Rumble in the Jungle fight. Featuring behind the scenes footage of greats such as Muhammad Ali and James Brown. Also includes stellar performances by BB King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz and Miriam Makeba.

The Challenge 2009

FREE

A collaboration between Lewisham Film Initiative and AlbanyOnFILM

Soul Power (2009)

Tickets £5

Presented in association with Black Filmmaker Media

Extra Wednesday 14 October, 1.30pm

BHM Filmmakers Forum An opportunity for local film makers and students of film to join some special guests to discuss funding, distribution and professional development opportunities.

FREE

Wednesday 18 November, 7.30pm An Urban Screen night

Red Road (2006)

Directed by Academy and Cannes Award winner Andrea Arnold. Jackie works as a CCTV operator for Glasgow council. One day a man appears in her monitors, a man she thought she would never see again or wants to see again.

Tickets £5

In conjunction with Screen.biz

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Café Culture exhibitions 25/09/09 - 4/10/09 Deptford X - Flux. Before and After

Images of Deptford’s lost or transformed buildings by Fred Aylward. Plus the screening of locally shot films, Hide and Seek (1972) and Babylon (1976).

5/10/09 - 30/10/09 In Celebration of Black History Month

A selection of images from the Lewisham Archive.

2/11/09 - 27/11/09 Three Songs, No Flash

Polstar, our favourite artist, combines her two great passions, music and photography, in this stunning collection of photographs from Albany gigs.

30/11/09 - 4/01/10 Vintage Albany Music Posters

An extraordinary sale and display of original posters from the 70’s and 80’s by Colin Bodiam aka Bo.

Saturday 19th September, 8pm Teatro Vivo welcomes you to the

Hothouse

The most beguiling bar in town! As the charming hostess and the sultry barman welcome you in, take a moment to look around – what secrets do the characters harbour? Hothouse combines live musicians, actors, dancers and a thrilling tango score in a fantastical theatrical performance.

Tickets £8, £6 concs. Free post-show beginners tango lesson included in ticket price.

From Saturday 26 September 3 - 5pm every fortnight

Unplugged

Join us for a little slice of acoustic heaven and a laid back vibe in the café bar with the ever popular Unplugged sessions. For your chance to play, go to www.myspace.com/thealbanydeptford

Free

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Whether it’s an exhibition, performance or afternoon of free music, kick back, relax and enjoy some café culture

Albany Café Our fully licensed café and garden serves delicious hot meals, soups, salads, home made cakes and fair trade tea and coffee.

You can book catering for your Open Mon to Fri 9am - 6pm* functions and hire spaces at the Sat 10am – 3pm Albany for performances, rehearsals, Sun 12pm – 4pm conferences and meetings. *8pm on performance nights See www.thealbany.org.uk for more details.

A. McKeown of ASU presents

Tasty

A moveable feast with a mixed menu of performance in the Albany café, dinner included!

Thursday 10 September, 7pm

Sophisticated Dining Experience - Kate Wiggs Dining as a complex social interaction with etiquette and rules masquerading as relaxed informality.

Native Birds - Katherina Radeva A performance using text and video in a space filled with a thousand origami birds.

Wednesday 23 September, 7pm

Claim to Fame - Jo Bannon What’s your claim to fame? Join in with your brush with stardom.

Hi Fidelity Hi - Lucienne Cole About record collectors, their anecdotes and the artist’s own collection.

Friday 18 September, 7pm

Deptford Bingo - Melissa Bliss Eyes down for a full house. Settle into your seats for a special game of vegetable bingo - compete for big vegetable prizes.

We Don’t Do Environment - My Dad’s Strip Club From climate chaos to mass consumption, how to draw our way out of trouble.

Tickets £8, £7 (Lewisham residents), £5 concs, includes dinner.

Booking essential.

See website for details www.tastydinersclub.com To book tel: 07963 228341 or email info@tastydinersclub.com

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Brunch, music and the Sunday newspapers in the café from 1pm

family sundays

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Sunday 11 October, 3pm

Sunday 15 November, 3pm

Ages 4+ Sunday 18 October, 3pm

Ages 3+ Sunday 22 November, 3pm

THE NIGHT KEEPER OSHIMA AND THE BIG SEA Ages 3+ Sunday 25 October, 3pm

THIS IS A THAT Ages 4-7

Sunday 1 November, 12pm

SPACE HOPPERS

Ages 3+ Sunday 8 November, 3pm

THREE LITTLE PIGS HOW COLD MY TOES Ages 2+

Tuesday 27 - Thursday 29 October 11.30am, 1.30pm and 2.45pm

THE FOREST Ages 3-8

chr i spestmas Tuesday 15 - Sunday 27 December c 10.30, 11.45, 2pm (& 3.15pm on 17, 19-21 Dec) ial

HEN THE BIG ENORMOUS PRESENT HANDA’S Ages 2-5 Ages 3-7

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at a glance sept

7pm 7.30pm 7pm 8pm 7pm 10am 7pm 9pm

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Tasty City Rats (2009) Tasty Hothouse Tasty Lit Up Showcase & Conference To Intimacy and Beyond Play It Back: From London to NY

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Thursday 1 & Friday 2 Saturday 3 Sunday 4 Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 Friday 9 Sunday 11 Wednesday 14 Thursday 15 Friday 16 Sunday 18 Sunday 18 Wednesday 21 Thursday 22 Sunday 25 Tuesday 27 - Thursday 29 Thursday 29 Saturday 31

7.30pm 7.30pm 2pm 8pm 7pm 3pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 3pm 3.30pm 7.30pm 3pm & 7.30pm 3pm various 7.30pm 8pm

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Adventures in Anti-Cool Mad Professor and The Ariwa Possee Albany Disco Dayz Word Sound Power RAR! The Night Keeper Black History Month Film Screening StorySLAM with Charlie Dark Risin’ from the Dust The Big Sea Arun Ghosh’s Sunday Sessions The End (2009) An Afternoon/Evening in the company of Will Gaines This is a That The Forest Soul Power (1974) Bear’s House

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Sunday 1 Sunday 1 Thursday 5 & Friday 6 Sunday 8 Tuesday 10 Thursday 12 Friday 13 Saturday 14 Sunday 15 Sunday 15 Wednesday 18 Thursday 19 Saturday 21 Sunday 22 Wednesday 25 Thursday 26 Friday 27

12pm 2pm 7.30pm 3pm 8pm 8pm 7pm 7.30pm 3pm 3.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 8pm 3pm 7.30pm 8pm 7pm

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Space Hoppers Albany Disco Dayz The 14th Tale The Big Enormous Present Beyond Words Remixed Synergetic RAR! Abram Wilson Quartet Three Little Pigs Arun Ghosh’s Sunday Sessions Red Road (2006) The Devil Has Quentin’s Heart Blacktronica How Cold My Toes Freshly Squeezed Contradictions The Squidz Club

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Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 Friday 4 Sunday 6 Wednesday 9 Thursday 10 & Friday 11 Thursday 10 - Saturday 12 Saturday 12 Tuesday 15 - Sunday 27

7.30pm 8pm 2pm 7.30pm 8pm 7.30pm 7.30pm various

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Astronomical: A City of Darker Skies The Night We Slept With Seething Wells Albany Disco Dayz Christmas Special StorySLAM with Lemn Sissay Gina Yashere King of the Castle Dub Pistols Handa’s Hen

Coming Up

Wednesday 20 - Friday 22 January 2010

StoneCrabs Young Directors Theatre Programme

Three evenings of staged readings by seven talented new young directors

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