What's On - May

Friday 12 – Sunday 21st May: Dulwich Festival

Dulwich Festival is celebrating 30 years of community-focused, arts-based fun! Presenting over 60 carefully curated ticketed events in literature, theatre, comedy, art, history and music, the festival also hosts Artist Open House, multiple fairs, open days, markets and competitions in film, fiction and art. Full details www.dulwichfestival.co.uk

Friday 12 May: Soothing Sounds: Sound Bath & Deep Rest

7:30pm – 8:30pm: Slow down & be carried into a deep state of relaxation with Tibetan singing bowls and Gong in our Soothing Sound Bath. Gaia Pilates Studio, 117 Bellenden Road, Peckham, SE15 4QY. www.goteamup.com

Saturday 13 May: Strictly Swing with King Groovy & the Horn Stars

Saturday 13 & Sunday 14

May: Artists’ Open House

See page 18: www.dulwichfestival.co.uk.

Sunday 14 May: Dulwich Park Fair

12pm - 5pm. Dulwich Park Fair has been running since 2007 and this year will be at the start of the Dulwich Festival. It is a free outdoor, family friendly, event that includes Vauxhall City Farm, Punch and Judy, the Magician, a Maypole, interactive performances and a dog show. The stage by the café will feature local musicians, brass bands, choirs, and dance acts of all ages. There will be a huge variety of food, craft, drink, and charity stalls. This event is free and all are welcome! Dulwich Park, College Road SE21 7BQ.

7:30pm – 10:30pm A fantastic night of live jazz and swing dance with SE London’s hottest 17-piece big band, King Groovy & the Horn Stars. Bar on site. St Barnabas Parish Hall, 23 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BG. www.dulwichfestival.co.uk.

Saturday 13 - Sunday 21 May: Windows & Thresholds

11am – 6pm. A series of five multi-disciplinary exhibitions curated by Kim Thornton, Sarah Sparkes/Jane Millar, Ky Lewis, Min Angel/Jo Mason, Lucy Bainbridge. Part of Dulwich Festival Artists’ Open House. Bell House, 27 College Road, SE21 7BG. www.bellhouse.co.uk

Sunday

14 May: Cookery Demo with Rukmini Iyer

3pm – 4pm. Rukmini Iyer is the bestselling author of The Roasting Tin series. India Express is her most personal book to date. Inspired by a conversation with her parents, talking about the 24-hour train journeys they used to take when courting in India. A Village Books and Dulwich Festival event. The Old Library, Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, Dulwich SE21 7LD. Tickets via www.eventbrite.co.uk

Sunday 14 May: Singaround at The Ivy House

7pm -10:30pm. Everybody is welcome to our Singaround, to sing or to listen! We don’t use the stage and we don’t use mics. Accompanied or unaccompanied, solo or duo or more, any language, any genre! It’s different every time, depending on who comes!

First come first to sing, just sign up any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. One song each, then if there is time we go round again (with a short break in the middle!)

Door 7pm, singing starts 7.15pm prompt. £5 on the door. Cash or BACS only, sorry!

The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, Nunhead SE15 3BE Tickets - www.thegooseisout.com

Monday 15 May: Henry VIII:

The Heart and the Crown by

Alison

Weir

- 7:30pm- 8:30pm

The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series, returns with the second in a captivating new trio of novels spanning three generations of history’s most iconic family, the Tudors: Henry VIII: The Old Library, Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, SE21 7LD. Tickets via: www.eventbrite.co.uk

Thursday 18 May: An Evening with Adam Kay

7:30pm – 8:30pm. Village Books presents awardwinning author of This is Going to Hurt, Adam Kay, for a talk about his follow up book Undoctored. This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century, read by many millions, and adapted into a major TV series. But it was only part of the story. The Great Hall, Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, Dulwich SE21 7LD. Tickets via www.eventbrite.co.uk/

Saturday 20 May:

NCT Nearly New Sale

9:30am -11:30am. Preloved, child (0-12 yrs) and parents’ goods. Cash Only. Dulwich Prep London Early Years, 8 Gallery Road, Dulwich, SE21 7AB. Tickets: www.nct.intrabiz.co.uk

Saturday 20 May: Love West

Dulwich Spring Fair

10am – 4pm. The Love West Dulwich Spring Fair is a street fair celebrating the best of West Dulwich. Join in the Maypole dancing, face painting, kids crafts, flower pot making & best dressed dog competition. There is also a kids treasure hunt throughout the area starting and finishing at Wigwam Toy Shop and Dulwich Books. You will find an arts & crafts market on Rosendale Road, street food stalls on Croxted Road and much more! Dulwich SE21.

Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 May: Artists’ Open House

See page 18: www.dulwichfestival.co.uk.