Arts & Culture
ONE Picture My Story exhibition shares Black heritage at Peckham Library ONE Picture My Story is an oral history and pictorial project by Southwark Archives that captured the oral histories and images from Southwark’s Black heritage communities. Between 2021 and 2022 reminiscence sessions were organised and recorded by Southwark Archives at different community and day centres across Southwark. Participants were invited to bring their favourite photograph of Southwark and share the story behind it. Although not everyone brought along a photograph, all participants had a connection to Southwark and had stories, comments or memories to share. What came from these sessions were personal histories that covered themes around culture, migration, social integration, communication,
employment, education and family. Some are difficult to listen to because of their emotional context, some contributors speak passionately about the things in life that concern them, whilst some stories are very funny. Some contributors speak in a mixture of English and Patois. All the stories give a little insight into the lives of others. This project was a collaboration with The London College of Communication and various artists, with photography by India-Mae Alby and Lisa Soverall, artist and designer, Veronica A* Amon and sound engineer Sam Mbatha. All 30 recordings from ONE Picture My Story are available on the Southwark Heritage YouTube channel. The free exhibition runs until 29th December. The library, on Peckham Hill Street, is open from 9am to 8pm.
Classic fairytale, Hansel and Gretel, comes to the Globe A new version of the Brothers Grimm’s fairytale, Hansel and Gretel, by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is set to transform the Globe Theatre this winter. The boy’s name was Hansel, the girl’s was Gretel; their dad was a woodcutter and their mum, a breadmaker. In the rubble of their war-torn village, the parents decide that the only chance they have to give their children a safer life is to lead them – and leave them – in the woods. Left to fend for themselves, Hansel and Gretel’s plans to find their way home get sidetracked,
“a joyous ode to the heritage and traditions of these Sings Stranger dynamic communities” at Southwark
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quite literally, by a trail of treats too good to resist and they meet a strange, old lady with a plan of her own.
The Vault presents the award-winning, smash-hit parody musical Stranger Sings.
The show is filled with music, magic, songs and a sprinkling of hope. The stage premiere of this new production of Simon Armitage’s poem, directed by Nick Bagnall (Love’s Labour Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Globe), is suitable for everyone aged five and over.
Following a sell-out run underground and extensive UK tour, Stranger Sings, by Jonathan Hogue, returns to Southwark Playhouse Borough for Christmas. The five-star sci-fi spoof is a “wild, irreverent twist” of the hit Netflix series.
Tickets are priced from £5 to £55 and half-price seated tickets for under-18s are available for all performances. The show runs from 8th December to 7th January.
The audience is invited to enjoy a night of indulgent pop culture references, heavy synth, poor parents and dancing demogorgons, with a 1980s’ backdrop.
The show is filled with music, magic, songs and a sprinkling of hope. 24 Southwark BUSINESS TODAY
Tickets are £25 standard, £22 concession, all previews £16, family-of-four tickets £70. The show is on from 13th December until 6th January at Borough SE1.
