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ositive news for East Greenwich. Trafalgar Road could get a green makeover...with your help. The Residents Association (EGRA) is asking for crowdfunding of £6250 as soon as possible so it can apply for extra money from the Mayor of London to plant greenery and give the area a lift. Take a look: www. spacehive.com/trafalgar-road HEN was the last time you heard of an estate agent’s office closing down and being replaced by a shop? Yes we have got that the right way round. We’re told Foxtons in Blackheath (the one
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closed last month. It’s great that jobs have been created, but the huge replacement in Charlton Riverside (which is a bit of a geographical stretch incidentally!) lacks the finesse of the awardwinning old store. A vast Ikea will emerge on the site. With bumper to bumper traffic, no doubt. hen space fan and business skills trainer Frances Timlin met Yuri Gagarin’s daughter the upshot was his statue ended up at here at the Royal Observatory. Her space adventures continue: At a reception in Piccadilly last month Frances met NASA boss Major General Charles Bolden Jr (Inset). “I thought he’d be a bean counter,” says Frances, “but actually he was a former astronaut and really cool.” Maybe the 2039 Mars landings to be overseen from Mission Control right here in Greenwich...
There’s a lot of work going on at What should we do today? Greenwich Market...are they You’ve picked up a Greenwich building the new hotel they were Visitor – good start. Next visit the talking about? Not any more! Tourist Information Centre at Greenwich Hospital, which owns Pepys House, 2 Cutty Sark the site, won permission to build a Gardens (just next to the Cutty hotel but the recession changed all Sark). Get advice, buy tickets for that and it was cancelled. But they boats, tube, DLR, rail, buses and are refurbishing the roof and coaches, book tours, buy tickets for cobbles and putting a new smaller London attractions. You can also market in a yard next door. catch a new shuttle bus to There’s been a market the O2 at North here since the 1300s. Greenwich there. D i s c o v e r Is the Foot Tunnel Greenwich next working yet? door is great for WANT TO ADVERTISE? After a botched kids. £11.5million HAVE A STORY? refurb, the We heard 112-year-old about a yacht Call Matt on 07731 645828 Greenwich tunnel race coming to Matt@TheGreenwich reopened only for Greenwich? The lifts to fail big Tall Ships race Visitor.com repeatedly. A friends started here last year group is pushing and a smaller Sail Greenwich Council for Royal Greenwich event is improvements. See P9. planned this Autumn. I read that Greenwich is a World Is anyone using the cable car Heritage Site? Yes, it gained UN yet? Cheeky! The Emirates Air World Heritage Site status in the Line is amazing. Sadly it’s little 90s. Our buildings and history are use for getting about but it is a so amazing they’re UN-protected. fabulous, futuristic attraction that And it’s a Royal Borough? Yes. We we love. TfL just need to tell have 1,000 years of Royal links. more people about it. You know Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were where we are! born here and christened at St We watched the Olympics in Alfege Church. In fact Queen Greenwich. It’s a lot different Elizabeth played under the oak tree now. There was a 20,000-seater that bears her name in Greenwich stadium here in 2012. It was Park. Queen Elizabeth granted us controversial, but most agree the Games helped our global appeal. Royal Status in February 2012.
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Forum@Greenwich THE Forum@Greenwich is a registered charity whose aim is to develop and run a fully accessible centre where people can come together as individuals and as groups to share a complete range of facilities which enable work and relaxation in a mutually beneficial and supportive environment. Based in the grounds of Christchurch on Trafalgar Road we have been around for some time – the foundation stone for Christchurch was laid by the Bishop of London In 1847, construction was completed in 1849 with the help of a wellestablished local charitable trust. By 1960 it was acknowledged that the Church was too big and expensive for the needs of the residents and it was marked for demolition. But a team of locals undertook a feasibility study to turn it into the community centre we have today. Work began in January 1987 and first stage completed 1988, by 2001 the Forum you see today was completed and declared a “flagship and exemplary community based organisation that uses its building as a platform for a wider engagement with the local community.” However we have not let it rest there. Recently we renovated a new room designed to be a hub for people in Greenwich, we plan to run a dementia group in there as one of our first projects and are looking into funding and suggestions for other activities and projects to be based here. On July 10 from 12 till 4pm we’re having a Grand Opening day for our new Trafalgar Lounge. Come along and have a look, enjoy a Fish and Chip lunch with a hot drink with us for the bargain price of £4.50. And let us know what you want in your community centre. We look forward to meeting you! Karran Danks Administrator The Forum at Greenwich Fnd us online: www.forum@greenwich.org
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Blues Knight with Sir Lenny Henry! ARISE and shine...Sir Lenny Henry sings the blues here on the day news broke of his Knighthood. The actor, writer, comedian and Red Nose charity leader teamed up with local musicians for the secret gig at the Morden Arms in Greenwich, writes CLIVE REFFELL. Among several classic blues songs they performed, Lenny and the band did two takes of Back Door Man, written by Willie Dixon and recorded originally by Howlin’ Wolf and later by The Doors on their debut album. The Sunday afternoon performance was filmed and some of it may be included in a one-hour programme called Lenny Henry’s Got The Blues to be shown on Sky Arts this summer. Last year Lenny formed his own band, Lenny Henry’s Blackacre Road, and they are recording an album. Morden Arms landlord David Longhurst, said “We have good bands playing here every week, and these local guys are definitely among the best. We’re so pleased Lenny chose our local community pub for this recording and naturally we wish him great success in his new singing career. He’s
A spectacular new golf start in Greenwich – every school will driving range in Greenwich is set to be approached – and N1Golf London’s become the busiest range in Europe. PGA coaches will encourage children to
N1Golf London – along the Meridian give golf a go. Declan told me: “The Foundation is Line next to the O2 – has stunning the most important part – I wasn’t given views of the iconic arena on one side and Canary Wharf on the other, writes the opportunity to play golf until I was 14. But I made a career in golf and want JAKE BACON. to give back to the sport by making It has 60 bays across sure younger people get a chance two-tiers, each with a N1 Golf London too.” sofas and waiterN1Golf are in partnership service, plus a w ith Knight Dragon 3,000 sq ft retail Developments, who are Tunnel Avenue s h o p , t w o restaurants, a bar Greenwich. SE10 0QX b u i l d i n g 1 5 , 0 0 0 h o m e s n e a r b y. A s i d e f r o m t h e and a wine School. foundation, tuition and the And N1Golf academy will be a crucial founder Declan From July 3 part to the state-of-theMalone, 37, has hailed art facility. the development as the Declan said: most exciting golfing project “Having six full-time in Britain for 30 years. The first golf PGA pros offering H e s a i d : “ Wi t h t h e land Eng in club one-to-one tuition, accessibility of the tube and is formed at seven days a week, bus terminus at North kheath Blac will really pull the Greenwich, this will open golf community together. up to the masses. Those cultural “This is not just a corporate barriers of what people perceive the venue, it’s a residential and communal sport to be will be broken down. “This project will give anyone the one too.” Malone, who turned pro at 17, joked: opportunity to play.” Potential Rory McIlroys will pay “The Blackwall Tunnel will be good for from £6 for 60 balls and £12 for 120, us as well – if you don’t fancy sitting in with £1.50 per club rental. Malone, a traffic for an hour, come along and hit PGA professional, has 10 venues in the some balls!” GMT eat your heart out...it is now all country, some being academies, and is l o o k i n g t o l a u n c h t h e N 1 G o l f about GMTee. Info: www.n1golf.com Foundation this summer. His team will
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welcome back any time.” The band was led by Greenwich residents Matt Percival (vocals and guitar) and Al Richardson (vocals and harmonica). They play regularly in various venues across London, including Ronnie Scott’s jazz club. They were joined by Martin Brown on guitar and Les Morgan on drums. After the session Lenny Henry returned to Chichester where he was rehearsing for a production of Educating Rita as part of this year’s Chichester Festival Theatre. Truly a man of many talents.
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Miles Hedley’s pick of this month’s best events. Our unique 3-month listings begin on Page 18
MEDEA Director Grace Smith revives Euripides’ blood-drenched masterpiece at the London Theatre, whose tiny performance area should be perfect to convey the choking terror that haunts this 2,500-yearold Greek tragedy about a spurned wife who takes a horrific revenge. July 1-5
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The Friends of Greenwich Park are laying on live music at the delightful bandstand every Sunday afternoon for the next two months. This month’s attractions include the Incredible Sax Band, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra Academy Band and the Belvedere Concert Band. From July 5
OLD-TIME MUSIC HALL This farrago of music, dance and humour at Progress Hall is provided by the Priory Players and continues the centenary celebrations for Eltham’s extraordinary and historically important Progress Estate, which was built to house WW1 munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal. July 10&11
THERE ARE ONLY ENCOUNTERS The lovely Queen’s House hosts this intriguing-sounding collaboration between the Royal Museums’ choreographer-inresidence Bethan Peters and acclaimed dancer Ingrid Hatleskog in a new work inspired by the venue’s exhibition The Art of Science and Exploration 1768-80. July 12
WORLD CULTURAL FESTIVAL The seventh outing for this annual extravaganza of theatre, dance, art, music and circus from around the world and the first to be held at Eltham Palace since a major renovation of the borough’s hidden gem. The setting, with its magnificent gardens, couldn’t be better. July 12
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IDOMENEO Local schoolchildren and residents of all ages are joining forces with Trinity Laban singers and musicians for the conservatoire’s annual community opera at Blackheath Halls, this time taking on Mozart’s stunning piece which is set in the aftermath of the Trojan War. July 14, 15, 17, 19
THE MIDNIGHT RUN The Albany is the south London starting point (along with the Roundhouse up north, the Bush in the west and the Almeida out east) for an all-night cultural journey on foot through the capital in the company of artists & art-lovers. It’s a 12-hour marathon, so wear comfy footwear! July 18
GREENWICH MUSIC TIME This may just be the best line-up yet for this annual jamboree amid the fabulous surroundings of the Old Royal Naval College the virtuoso rhythms of the Gipsy Kings, Kinks’ legend Ray Davies, ace jazz guitarist George Benson and superstar Tom Jones, who is so popular he gets two gigs. July 22-27
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Glamour..as seen on TV THE revival of interest in the late Victorian and Edwardian era can be summed up in two words: Downton Abbey, writes EVA GARNES.
The British TV drama – popular around the world – has reminded people about the fashions of the era, including fans, Jacob Moss, curator of the unique Fan Museum here in Greenwich tells me as we walk around its new summer exhibition Fans of the Belle Epoque. In fact, a fan featured in an episode – a gift to Dame Maggie Smith’s character Dowager Countess of Grantham (below) – is from the Fan Museum’s own wonderful and world-leading collection. Fans of the Belle Epoque mirrors the extravagance, prosperity and rose-tinted excess felt by the rich heiresses and the cream of society between 1890-1910. It shows us the mood and hopes of the day, Jacob continues. In fact, extravagance is an understatement. There are beautiful hand-painted fans, as well as lace and feathered ones, and many with artistically carved tortoiseshell sticks. Some are decked out with magical creatures, butterflies, birds and flowers. The feminine beauty of these fans forces you to marvel at them straight away. It was in this period that the
fan became the new way for famous artists to display their work, and the selection of fans on display at the Fan Museum has captured this perfectly. Interestingly enough, the ultimate symbols of wealth and prosperity also created a counter-movement. Some peers did not like this over the top display, and reverted back to the designs and styles of the last grand epoch of the fan – the 18th century. In addition to these, the exhibition also features a selection of advertising fans, which were handouts giving a more in-depth picture of Belle Epoque life. Soon after the end of the Edwardian era ended, fans disappeared almost completely from the scene. If you are a fan of the beautiful and extravagant, or enjoy the dresses, hats and fans of Downton Abbey, the newest exhibition at the Fan Museum is the place to be. Catch it before it ends on September 2. Info: www. thefanmuseum.org.uk
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SCHOOL pupils have been working together on a groundbreaking “augmented reality” project with the National Maritime Museum. The John Roan School collaborated with the museum, digital college Ravensbourne and image-recognition appmakers Blippar on Quest for Longitude to help to engage audiences with the Museum’s major exhibition, Ships, Clocks & Stars. Pupils learned about the power of the new technology, which superimposes digital content on the real world as a composite view, as part of their Media and Design A-level NMM Public Programmes Producer Katherine McAlpine, said: “The John Roan School project has been a wonderful opportunity for young people to look to new ways and fresh technology to engage cultural audiences.”
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CUTTY SARK COMICS Speaking of great line-ups, this one at the studio theatre in the heart of the old teaclipper is impressive too as top stand-ups like Mark Steel, Sara Pascoe, Rob Beckett, Katherine Ryan and Josh Widdicombe try out material they’re taking to next month’s Edinburgh Fringe. From July 24
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WEST End theatre training is coming to Greenwich this summer. Children aged seven to 18 can learn musical theatre skills at three-week West End Summer School through August. Founder Laura Benazaize says: “It will be three fun weeks of singing, dancing, and acting – learning material from West End shows we have professionally performed in.” Workshops include Oliver, We Will Rock You, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Dirty Dancing, and Chicago. One week costs £190 per child and there are discounts for all three and for siblings. Classes run from 9am-4pm at Greenwich West Community & Arts centre in Greenwich High Road. Info: bksummerschool.com
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THE Thames foreshore is full of history – very quickly and army experts also arrived. They to the beautiful. To see items found in the Thames some old finds are more shocking than others! checked to see if it was just a training device but mud that are a tangible link between the present Mudlarking artist Nicola White had her most startling discovery yet last month when she found a World War Two hand grenade. The weapon was on the beach near Enderby Wharf along the Thames Path in Greenwich. Nicola was on one of her regular walks before a new show, looking for flotsam and jetsam to becomes works of art. She said: “I have found an awful lot of ammunition there over the years but this was obviously something different. I called the police and the response was impressive. They were there
it wasn’t. Luckily they let me stay and actually film the controlled explosion. The experts put their fingers in their ears but I was a busy holding the camera. It was quite a bang!” Nicola’s art goes on show next month in a free show Greenwich Uncovered at the Made In Greenwich gallery on Creek Road in the town centre. Nicola’s Pop-up Museum of Local Mudlarking Finds & Curiosities is from Saturday August 1 to Wednesday August 12. She says: “There are mudlarking finds from the gruesome
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and the past. There’s a Victorian police whistle what was last blown over 100 years ago, and the William III sixpence that was perhaps last held by a nobleman in the 17th century. Nicola will also be exhibiting a selection of her messages in a bottles – she has now found over sixty. There are also arts and crafts with a Thames theme by other artists – created from items picked up along the foreshore, or depictions of the River itself. And there will also be a free children’s treasure hunt and quiz.
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TV Jon joins astro panel TV impressionist and keen astronomer Jon Culshaw has joined the judging panel for the 2015’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition run by the National Maritime Museum. Jon, who has hosted the BBC’s Sky at Night show, said: “These photos give you the feeling of exploring the universe without a Tardis. I’m thrilled and honoured to be on the judging panel.” Over 2700 spectacular images have been submitted from over 60 countries in its nine main categories, and the number of images entered into the competition has increased by 59 per cent on last year. Winning images will be on show at a free exhibition at the Royal Observatory Greenwich from September 18. Info: rmg.co.uk
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Ben’s 7 Marathons on 7 con SEVEN marathons in SEVEN continents in SEVEN days – the first man to do it was adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes who said afterwards: “In retrospect I wouldn’t have.”
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But Ben Goodburn has just completed the monster 777 Marathon Challenge – and he prepared by running 100km every week through Greenwich Park and along the Thames Path. I’m up at 5am on a Saturday morning to meet Ben in Greenwich Park, writes EVA GARNES. That’s my kind of feat of endurance. Ben takes the hills, of course, in his stride. I admit I’m struggling despite the early morning peace and the shimmering backdrop of London’s skyscrapers against the Park’s green beauty. Ben, who lives in Greenwich, tells me the idea came over beers at a pub here with five friends. To maximise the charity profit they decided to organise the logistics of the round the world journey themselves, rather than hire a specialist company. The journey was epic: Day One: Antarctica: King George Island. Day Two: South America: Punta Arenas, Chile. Day Three: North America: Houston, Texas. Day Four: Europe: London. Day Five: Africa: Cairo, Egypt. Day Six: Asia: Singapore. Day Seven: Australia: Sydney. It was a unique way to see the world – even Day One showed how extreme their experience would be. Ben recalls: “Despite the spectacular setting the course was punishing. There were inquisitve penguins and aggresive and territorial seals – it was a steeplechase like no other.” The lowest point of their epic feat? “The sixth
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Art work by 6 artists in collaboration with 6 schools. See how each unique contemporary practicing artist was pivotal in bridging schools with a retirement home, a children’s community centre and more… Venue: Gallery at the ORNC, Discover Greenwich.
marathon in Singapore was a brutal race. We were tired, our limbs were swollen and it was in the middle of the day, the temperature was over 30 degrees and the humidity in the air was close to 90 per cent.” The highlight? “Cairo – we’d contacted running clubs in each place we visited to help us organise the marathon routes and to encourage local runners to join us. “When we were driving towards the start line next to the River Nile I could see a large group of people gathering in the distance – it looked like a demonstration. Once we got closer I could see that there were over 1,000 people, all in their running gear. The club had used our arrival as a catalyst for the first marathon in Cairo for 30 years. Roads had been closed, marshals and aid stations were manned by hundreds of volunteers – they were overwhelming scenes.” UPHILL STRUGGLE: And what was the feeling after the final race in Ben takes training Sydney, Australia? “The last 10km was my fastest session with of the week because I just wanted the Eva in his stride debilitating pain in my elgs and ankles to stop. We crossed the finish line Their average with huge smiles and the worst athon time Mar smelling kit imaginable.” Between performing planks in the Park, Ben tells me there were many sacrifices in Their average completing such an epic night’s sleep challenge. “Not only financial – we all had two years to raise the funds for the adventure – but the amount of time spent away from our families, not forgetting a two-hour run every day before work.” got hooked on running 10 Ben spent a year preparing by years ago. It was hard going from a clocking over 100km a week running in team sport known for its tight social his favourite spots – Greenwich Park bonds, to a sport where you mainly a n d t h e T h a m e s P a t h . A n d h i s work on an individual level.” achievement is even more remarkable The runners have raised an amazing because he only took up running after £80,000 for London-based charity g i v i n g u p r u g b y f o l l o w i n g KEEN, which holds sporting events for reconstructive surgery on both knees. “I children with different disabilities. Two
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of the six are Aussies, so another 20,000 was raised for Australian charity The John Maclean Foundation, which supports young people’s sporting ambitions in wheelchairs. And he’s keen to help anyone who’d like to take up the sport – even if their ambition is to get fit rather than run the world. “Running is one of the easiest
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sports to get into as all you really need is a pair of trainers, and it is a sport suitable for all abilities.” Bens’ tip for wannbes? “Running in a group with your mates is much more fun than running on your own. And, depending on your fitness levels, if you are comfortable running for about 15
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to 20 minutes, joining one of the park runs is a great way of motivating yourself and its fun!” Ben tells me he is happy to talk to anyone about running, routes around Greenwich or more ambitious projects. Follow him on Twitter at @GoodburnBen. If you are an early riser, you might even
catch him for a chat as he runs past on his favourite route along the Thames Path, towards the Thames Barrier or to his job in the City. You might not stop him for long though. Info: teamcontinentaldrift.com There’s a link to a documentary made by a team from The Travel Channel who filmed their trip.
Opened in 1873 as ‘The People’s Palace’, Ally Pally has survived two major fires to become one of London’s most iconic buildings. The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £18.8million of funding to help to restore the Palace’s historic spaces to their former glory. Join us to hear about these plans. More details at www.friends-of-age-exchange.org.uk
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Free advice on pension rules FREE advice on pensions is being offered by Citizens Advice experts to help people understand new rules and plan for the future. Pensions Wise appointments are 45 minutes for people approaching retirement or aged over 55 who are thinking or accessing their defined contribution pension. Citizens Advice Southwark is offering the sessions to people in Greenwich, Bexley, Lewisham and Southwark. Phone advice is also available. Info: 0300 330 1001
Video win for student Eric RAVENSBOURNE Digital Film student Eric Moor won a competition to make a music video for rising star Molly Warburton’s new single Bones. Eric won the £1,000 prize for his video against tough competition from entrants worldwide. Judge Oliver Nias said: “Eric’s video has a tight edit, dynamic photography, and evocative use of location and texture. It does what every good music video should do – elevate the experience of an artist’s song.” See the video at www. mollywarburton.com
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THE ninth hugely popular Community Opera is at Blackheath Halls this month – with adults and children joining professionals in a fully-staged performance of Mozart’s Idomeneo. Soloists Mark Wilde, Sam Furness and Rebecca Bottone are joined by students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance as well as schoolchildren from local primary schools, who have composed pieces in response to Mozart’s work. COMMUNITY OPERA The production is part of Blackheath Halls the venue’s active community Lee Road SE3 engagement programme. Conductor Edward Gardner says: “Standards are high at Blackheath Halls Opera which July 14, 15, 17, 19 makes opera truly accessible for participants of all ages. It’s a rare opportunity to join in with music-making on a large scale and nurture a lifetime’s passion for music.” The show is on July 14, 15, 17 and 19. Info: www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/blackheath-halls WIN tickets to the community opera. We have a pair of tickets to the Opening Night and reception on July 14. Just email matt@TheGreenwichVisitor with the answer to this question: Who wrote Idomeneo? A Beethoven B Mozart C Elgar The winner will be chosen at random from all correct answers received by 5pm on Friday July 11.
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ELVIS Press-ly catches up on goings on in Greenwich during a dinner and cabaret cruise on the Thames. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll – tribute artist Ben Thompson – posed with The Greenwich Visitor’s Pauline Lamb and Emily Darwish (right). “Ben’s one of the best Elvis tributes I’ve seen,” said expert Pauline. “And he sang some of my favourite songs like In the Ghetto, Are you Lonesome Tonight? and, of course, Rollin’ Down The River.” CityCruises plan six of the 3hr Elvis cruises from Greenwich. “The food was excellent and the views at sunset were amazing,” said Pauline. “Even Ben said ‘Oh Wow’ in his American accent.” Send us a photo. Email:
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problem @tunnel? A NEW app to tell people when the Greenwich Foot Tunnel lifts are out of order won’t go ahead – but you’ll be able to get a Twitter alert instead!
And the status of the lifts will be updated on a website, so smartphone users will be able to get updates in real time. Tunnel friends group Fogwoft says it has finally been able to meet Greenwich Council to discuss the proposals, as well as systems to help pedestrians and cyclists use the historic walkway “more harmoniously.” Fogwoft chair Ian Blore
told The Greenwich Visitor: “We hope to be involved in the trials, and wholeheartedly welcome the initiative. It will, at least, save some wasted journeys for tunnel users.” The group has agreed that vandalised benches in the Greenwich tunnel will not be replaced but has asked for better masking of the scored graffiti on the wood panelling in those lifts. And it discussed new signs outside the buildings “which may help tourists distinguish them from public toilets, and
would contain heritage information.” Ian also said that an a high-tech digital management system for tunnel traffic may now go ahead after agreement between Greenwich Council and Transport for London. A bid to gain £100,000 funding from the the Mayor of London for the project failed last year. He said: “The scheme will be fleshed out with us and subject to public consultation. It will try to control cycling when many are using the tunnel but allow it when there are few users.” Info: fogwoft.com
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Chance to be at Youth Summit WIN a place at UK World Heritage Youth Summit – 13 to 17-year-olds have until July 24 to create art based on the Greenwich World Heritage Site to win the chance of a lifetime. The piece must tackle the question: How can we use World Heritage to change the place we live in for the better? Entires can be in any form or media – from creative writing to digital media. The summit in Blaenavon, in Wales, this October – hosted by UK UNESCO – will see 180 youth representatives from across Britain.
Help save historic milk HQ from budozers THE history of Greenwich is full of famous Georgian warehouse which housed an array of small personalities like Elizabeth I, Horatio Nelson and industries including a baker, French Polisher, and even, Visitor readers might recall, David Bowie. shoemaker. Other likely trades included carvers and Now a vital piece of Greenwich heritage is threatened with destruction in the next few weeks – one featuring lesser-known characters like Georgian dairyman Farmer Floyd and Frederick Fisher, Importer of Foreign Corks. The area around Royal Hill, King George Street and Hyde Vale has distinctive Georgian houses and cottages, as well as some of our finest pubs, writes PAUL TRYNKA. Right on the junction of these streets is 1 Hyde Vale, a plain but elegant warehouse that property developers plan to demolish. While the building isn’t as pretty as its neighbour on Royal Hill – which is listed and therefore protected – 1 Hyde Vale is arguably more important. Built the same year, 1829, by the same builder, William Smith, it is a rare survivor – a
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Operatunity to be creative kid DIRECTOR Genevieve Raghu has joined forces with an acclaimed international composer to bring opera to children here. Into Opera – a not-for-profit company – will let 200 school children from different schools and social backgrounds premiere a new children’s opera by Patrick Hawes called A King’s Ransom. It tells the story of Robin Hood with a twist – the hero fails and the community has to save the day. Genevieve says: “Creativity is being squeezed out of schools across the UK. We seem to have lost sight of its importance during vital, formative years.” Into Opera will offer children a “unique, creative experience.” She aims to roll the project out across the country and is appealing for people in Greenwich to help by pledging money on a crowdfunding website to raise £10,000 to bring the project to life. Info: into-opera.org.uk
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t’s Summer and there is music in Eltham High Street! At Eltham Arts we have been delighted to work again with Royal Greenwich Council to produce a great programme of music, dance and activities for three Saturdays this month: July 11, 18 and 25. From late morning through the afternoon you can can enjoy entertainment while you shop or stop for a coffee in Passey Place on...and it’s free! See the programme on the Eltham Arts facebook page and Royal Greenwich Council website, and watch out for @ElthamArts twitter. We have fantastic entertainment planned from rock, folk and dance to rhymetime and crafts for children. ARKSfest is well underway. The friends groups of many of the local parks has organised music and other activities over the summer. Find leaflets with the dates and parks in libraries or online at www.parksfest.org. t may be Summer, but we are well underway planning the Eltham Arts Winter Festival. Eltham groups, businesses and individuals are already setting dates between Halloween and 22nd November for events for the programme, which will make Eltham a lively place to be. We have performances at the Bob Hope Theatre, all sorts of Halloween events, an Art Trail , and the pubs will be buzzing with music, quizzes and even poetry. Eltham Lodge,, Severndroog Castle and the Progress Estate have already said they have plans for events for all ages. It will be great fun and everyone is invited. Our openGREAT OUTDOORS: ing event will be in Passey Folk duo Pytchwood Place and closing event at the White Hart – we’ll tell you more later. If you are a local group and would like to put on a Festival event please contact us. All ages and abilities welcome. e are delighted that the Greenwich Visitor will have a pull-out section in the newspaper in October and November for the Eltham Arts Winter Festival. There are great rates for groups and businesses to advertise and help us tell everyone what’s on ancd where. Call Matt Clark on 07731 645828 or contact me. Happy July!
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a month and already Craft is taking top spot in the high-end dining options. Tom Dixon designed the striking interior – all flowing curves, royal blue banquettes and baby-blue wooden toy chairs for grown ups; crazy paving flooring; a near 360 degree expanse of slightly tinted windows overlooking the most romantic views of Canary Wharf. At night when the O2 and the city lights up, it give the surreal impression that the future is right here aready. Alys Fowler is responsible for the edible garden, below the restaurant complex right opposite the Jubilee Line entrance, where a couple of high-rise bed have been erected for all sorts of
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Brompton. Then, there is Stevie Parle’s menu. A menu with a kind confident oddness to it. It’s eccentric English cooking at its very best which draws you in. Where anyone would politely turn down a shellfish porridge, somehow at Craft, diners experience a intense internal debate about the virtues of choosing between a marrowbone bread sauce and a quince emulsion or whether to go for dripping with salmon roe. I started with Cured Sea Trout, mostly because I was curious about nasturtium. The colours were amazing – the orange cured flesh of the fish contrasting with the dark green of the baby nasturtium leaves were stunning. After just two mouthfuls I was already wondering if it would be very rude to ask for seconds. It’s a taste budblowing dish. My partner picked the CRAFTSMAN: seagull eggs with soldiers Stevie Parle shrewdly presented in their own hay nest. Seagull eggs are extremely hard to get hold of. Stevie explained how only a few egg-catchers have a licence, the season lasts only three to four weeks, usually starting mid-May. Their rarity is of course represented in the price. “They taste the way eggs of my childhood should have tasted but never did,” my guest declared. Creamy and smooth with a vivid orange yolk and a delicate white which melted in the mouth. The clay-baked duck is the signature dish. Although it was recommended by our waiter we went for fish. Monkfish, asparagus, British lardo, butter and Poached Turbot, Radishes, Sea Vegetables & wild horseradish: Technically perfect, and simple enough to let all the flavours do the talking. But go next week and the menu will have changed, as only fresh seasonal ingredients are allowed in the kitchen There is a 60-minute menu for concert-goers and a six-course menu if you want to taste the highlights. This kind of cuisine has a price and true, Craft expensive but not over-priced. The £28 menu for lunch is very reasonable. Moreover there are times when you don’t mind paying a little more... Stevie Parle’s new venture is an experience. Now, we can say with confidence that Greenwich really does have it all. SOLANGE BERCHEMIN
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hich is the best Sunday roast around here? If you’re on Twitter you may have found yourself salivating over the offerings from Greenwich Tavern, just by the Park gates. Owner Hiren Patel is confident his roasts (one of which is pictured above) have no equal... As always, we’re keen to know readers’ recommendations. But we’d also like to hear from restaurants and pubs who believe theirs is the finest. We’re keen to launch a Best of the Roast competition. Email me at pebblesoup@gmail.com. rowing Greenwich had its first annual food growing conference at Woodlands Farm in Shooters Hill last month. Delegates heard about projects to help Greenwich become an official “Food Growing Borough”. There are two events this month: Good Food in Greenwich Summer Feast in General Gordon Square on July 11 (11-5) and a Greenwich Steering Group meeting on July 16 (10am-12) where you can shape its future. Email goodfig@gcda.org.uk for more information. Info: gcda.org.uk reenwich Market traders raised over £5,000 for Nepal earthquake victims last month. Pravesh Pradham raised £2,951 selling momos – little stuffed meat dumplings – from his Nepalese food stall. Market managers Alex and Ben earned another £280 by being waxed (ouch!) Desi Indian Food boss Bemal donated another £1,800 after Alex agreed to have his chest waxed and Ben shaved off his beard!
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THE history of Greenwich can be gleaned from unlikely sources. So, believe it or not, the earliest written records of life in Greenwich are held in Venice!
In the 15th and 16th centuries, Venice was at the height of its maritime power – the first place in Europe for commerce and trade. Galleys were sent to major ports around the Mediterranean, visiting London as a chief trading centre. In 1453 the attractions of central London, even in those days, proved too much for the Venetian sailors – when the time came for the sailors to return to ship, some were missing! The cost of training and replacing these men was considerable, and the Venetian Senate decided that galleys were to be allowed no further up the Thames than Greenwich. Here they would unload their goods, which would then be taken into London by local Greenwich men. Records speak of the Bridge at Greenwich. It’s safe to assume this was Highbridge – just along from the Yacht pub in Crane Street. It gives us visions of an elevated pier for the handling and transhipment of goods at a very early time. The importance of protecting the interests of Ve n e t i a n t r a d e r s i n a foreign land led to the growth of ambassadorial and consular systems. Which is why there are many documents still e x i s t i n g i n Ve n i c e ’s archives written from Greenwich by QUITE A FEAT: The Cohens Ambassadors who lived at the Court of Greenwich where they observed and reported everything meticulously. They reported on life in Greenwich Palace – from the servants to the Royals – and, just as importantly, the records tell us what life was like in Greenwich town itself. It throws light on its growth and commercial development, and we learn that – even at this early time – Greenwich was buzzing and far from being a sleepy fishing village of its early days. These are among the earliest records about life in Greenwich – thank heavens the Venetians were such brilliant record keepers. Greenwich’s conections are global – and so are the visitors who come here each year. I was lucky enough to meet Ron and Rachel Cohen from Haifa in Israel on one of our Greenwich Visitours last month. They’d come a long way to explore our historic palaces. And a highlight was standing on The Meridian Line...with a foot in either hemisphere. Contact me if you’d like to learn more about Greenwich on one of my tours. As well as being interesting I can promise they’ll be fun. And let me know if you have a Greenwich connection you’d like me to explore in my column. See you soon!
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Dorian Gray shades it OSCAR Wilde’s The Picture Of Dorian Gray is a tricky proposition for actors and directors because there is an extraordinarily fine balancing act required to prevent the ink-black darkness at the heart of the story being trivialised by the tsunami of witty epithets that pervade the work. But the European Arts Company got the balance absolutely spot on in director Peter Craze’s production at Greenwich Theatre and had the audience laughing and shuddering in almost equal measure. Much of this was due to the excellence of the adaptation by John O’Connor and Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland to mark the 125th anniversary of the story’s publication. And much was due to the skill of EAC – who enjoyed a considerable triumph at Greenwich two years ago with the fabulous Four Farces – for its great staging and even greater acting. Guy Warren-Thomas was suitably beautiful as Dorian Gray, whose cursed portrait is disfigured by corruption while its subject remains angelically unlined despite a life of depravity. Gwynfor Jones made a marvellously amoral Lord Henry Wotton, tossing out his dazzling witticisms as if they were confetti And Rupert Mason hit exactly the right note of anguish as the portrait’s guilt-ridden but besotted creator Basil Hallward. He was also terrific when he dragged up as an incidental duchess. The final member of the cast was the exquisite Helen Keeley, playing a multitude of roles but giving each a unique character, particularly her take on Gray’s doomed actress lover Sibyl. I’ve seen many adaptations of this morality tale over the years. This was as good as the best of them. MILES HEDLEY
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Just when you think you’ve got some kind of a handle on world music, another astonishing variation jumps up and bites you on the bottom. This time it was the fabulous sound of a 21-string lute from Afghanistan called a rubab which virtuoso player Miad put through its remarkable paces at a Global Fusion Music and Arts’ gig in Woolwich. Teaming up with tabla master Hanif Khan, Miad played a selection of traditional tunes and others containing traces of the western classical tradition – I’m sure I heard a hint of Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance in there. It was a great performance, made exceptional by the fact the two men had never played together before – not even a rehearsal. Their set was one of four outstanding acts on the bill in sun-warmed General Gordon Square to mark national Music Day. The concert opened with one of my favourite Global Fusion regulars, Cheng Yu, as dazzling as ever on the lute-like pipa. She was accompanied on the erhu – a two-string Chinese fiddle – by Chen Dacan in a performance of sublime laidback beauty. Crash 18, a locally-based Nepalese trio, played songs featuring swing, blues and Himalayan folk melodies using two guitars, a boombox and the haunting tones of a bansuri bamboo flute. The finale was provided by Guinean kora maestro Mosi Conde, who performed a 25-minute Griot composition combining his heavenly voice with the cascading notes of his West African harp. It was mesmerising – like the whole event. MILES HEDLEY
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KIDS Toddler Time Cutty Sark 2-4pm OPERA A Midsummer Night’s Dream Blackheath Halls 7pm WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton FILM/OPERA Carmen From ENO Greenwich Picturehouse 7.30 PLAY Medea London Theatre 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30 PERFORMANCE The 4 Fridas Greenwich & Docklands Int Festival, 10pm Royal Artillery barracks, Woolwich Info: www.festival.org MUSIC Trinity Laban Harps St Alfege 1.05 FAMILY Princess Of Severndroog Greenwich & Docklands Int Festival, 5pm Severndroog Castle. Info: www.festival.org OPERA A Midsummer Night’s Dream Blackheath Halls 7pm DANCE Showcases Laban 7.30 AN AUDIENCE WITH... Germaine Greer Greenwich Theatre 7.30 PLAY Medea London Theatre 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm JAZZ Blue Croon Oliver’s PERFORMANCE The 4 Fridas Greenwich & Docklands Int Festival, 10pm Royal Artillery barracks, Woolwich
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MUSIC Trinity Laban Masters Students recital St Alfege 1.05 Sunday 5 SHOW East Is East FAMILY Treasures Of The Thames Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 Foreshore event, bring wellies. FAMILY Curator’s Tour Old Royal Naval College 10am Cutty Sark 3pm FAMILY Princess Of Severndroog COMEDY Mrs Brown & Mrs Greenwich & Docklands Int Brown’s Boys O2 6.30 Festival 2pm, 5pm Severndroog MUSIC The Pharcyde Castle. Brooklyn Bowl FAMILY I Spy FILM A Scanner Darkly (2006) Cutty Sark 11.30, 2pm Royal Observatory 7pm FILM/OPERA William Tell MUSIC Rixton IndigO2 From Covent Garden MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms Greenwich Picturehouse 2.45 QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm MUSIC Incredible Sax Band Friday 10 Greenwich Park bandstand 3 COMMUNITY Trafalgar Lounge PLAY Medea London Theatre 5 launch. Forum, Trafalgar Road. 12. MUSIC Nick Burns’ Pupils ART Blackheath Textile Artists Friday 3 Made In Greenwich Gallery till MUSIC Aleksandr Pavlovic Piano St Alfege 6pm TALENT Something for Sunday July 19. Tues to Sun 11-5.30 recital. Charlton House 1pm MUSIC Bridge Viola Ensemble FAMILY Princess Of Severndroog The Vanbrugh 7pm Monday 6 Charlton House 1pm Greenwich & Docklands Int COMEDY Mrs Brown & Mrs Festival, Severndroog Castle 5 SHOW East Is East Churchill Theatre 7.30 Brown’s Boys O2 6.30 OPERA A Midsummer Night’s PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 MUSIC Japan Night IndigO2 Dream Blackheath Halls 7pm JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s CELEBRATION Old Time Music DANCE Showcases Laban 7.30 Hall Progress Estate Centenary. PLAY Medea London Theatre 8 Tuesday 7 7.45pm Progress Hall, Admiral COMEDY Inel Tomlinson, Pierre FAMILY Unlympics Seymour Rd SE9. Book: 07599 Novellie,Up The Creek Deptford Lounge 4 JAZZ Meskala Oliver’s CHARITY Nepal Appeal concert 610262, 2015tickets@gmail.com MUSIC Japan Night IndigO2 PERFORMANCE The 4 Fridas Meridian Primary School 6-30 SHOW East Is East Greenwich & Docklands Int COMEDY Mrs Brown & Mrs Churchill Theatre 7.30 Festival, 10pm Royal Artillery Brown’s Boys O2 6.30 barracks, Woolwich SHOW East Is East COMEDY Ian Smith, Ivo Graham,
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KIDS Fairy Tales Severndroog Castle 10.30 ART Blackheath Textile Artists Made In Greenwich Gallery Creek Road Meet the Artists 12-4.30 FAMILY Greenwich World Cultural Festival Dance, music, theatre, circus, art. 12.30-5pm Eltham Palace SE9 5QE. Details: www.greenwichdance.org.uk DANCE There Are Only Encounters Queen’s House Noon, 1.15, 2.30 MUSIC National Youth Jazz Orchestra Academy Band Greenwich Park bandstand 3 DANCE Make Your Move IndigO2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm
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MUSIC Roxette O2 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday 14
FILM/PLAY Comedy Of Errors From Shakespeare’s Globe Greenwich Picturehouse. Noon MUSIC Neil Diamond O2 OPERA Idomeneo Blackheath Halls 7pm MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s
July
Friday 24
Greenwich+Docklands International Festival till July 5
Blackheath Halls 7pm WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30
Thursday 16
MUSIC Trinity Laban Masters Students recital St Alfege 1.05 FILM/PLAY Everyman From The National Theatre Greenwich Picturehouse 7pm MUSIC Neil Diamond O2 SHOW Judy Garland Songbook Churchill Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm JAZZ Rosie Turton Oliver’s
Friday 17
TALK Alexandra Palace: The Regeneration Project Isobel Aptaker. Bakehouse Theatre SE3 9LA 1pm £5 (FREE for Friends of AE) www.friends-of-age-exchange.org.uk MUSIC Jacob Philips & friends Charlton House 1pm OPERA Idomeno Blackheath Halls 7pm MUSIC 50 Cent & G Unit O2 MUSIC The Style Councillors Brooklyn Bowl PLAY Untouchable Albany 7 SHOW Judy Garland Songbook Churchill Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Inel Tomlinson, Masud Milas, Sarah Callaghan, Gavin Webster Up The Creek JAZZ Glasshopper Oliver’s
Saturday 18
PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre 10am, ART Curator’s Tour The Art And noon, 2pm, 4.30, 7pm, 9.15 SHOW Judy Garland Songbook Science Of Exploration Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 Queen’s House 1pm ALL-NIGHTER The Midnight Run KIDS Toddler Time Deptford-London art walk. Cutty Sark 2-4pm The Albany 5.45pm OPERA Idomeno
Wednesday 15
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SHOW Bette Midler O2 DANCE End Of Year CAT Show Laban 7.30 MUSIC Something’s Gonna Happen Albany 7.30 MUSIC The LOX/D-Block Jadakiss IndigO2 COMEDY Rich Wilson, Angela Barnes, Mo Gilligan, Gavin Webster Up The Creek JAZZ Stephen Melovski Oliver’s
Sunday 19
PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre 11am, 1pm, 3.30, 5.45 PERFORMANCE Mirror Me Greenwich Theatre 2pm, 4pm OPERA Idomeno Blackheath Halls 2.30 MUSIC Belvedere Concert Band Greenwich Park bandstand 3 FILM/OPERA Die Entfuhrung From Glyndebourne Greenwich Picturehouse 5pm MUSIC Steinberg Duo Steinberg Studio 6pm MUSIC The Gifted & Talented String Academy St Alfege 7pm SHOW Bette Midler O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm DANCE End Of Year CAT Show Laban 7.30
Monday 20
PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre 7, 9.15 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday 21
CELEBRATION Waterloo 200 Music, speeches, procession Old Royal Naval College 9.30am FILM/PLAY Everyman From The National Theatre Greenwich Picturehouse. Noon PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre 7, 9.15 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s
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July 10 - 19
MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm
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FAMILY Out Of This World Royal Observatory 10am ART Curator’s Tour The Lives Of Looking, Queen’s House 1pm PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre 7, 9.15 FILM/PLAY Merchant Of Venice From Royal Shakespeare Co Greenwich Picturehouse 7pm SHOW Let’s Twist Again Churchill Theatre 7.30 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30
Thursday 23
MUSIC Trinity Laban Recital St Alfege 1.05 LECTURE Lutyens & Jekyll Blackheath Decorative & Fine Arts Soc event 2.30. St Mary’s Church Hall, Cresswell Pk SE3 PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre 7, 9.15 MUSIC Red Baraat Brooklyn Bowl MUSIC The ELO Experience Churchill Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Gipsy Kings Greenwich Music Time Festival at Old Royal Naval College
MUSIC Trinity Laban guitars Charlton House 1pm PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre 7, 9.15 MUSIC Ray Davies Greenwich Music Time Festival at Old Royal Naval College DRAMA There Are No Rules. Repeat Albany 7 COMEDY Andrew Lawrence, Mitch Benn Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, Cutty Sark 7.45 MUSIC Tribute Wars: Guns N Roses v Bon Jovi v Steel Brooklyn Bowl LUNA CINEMA Back To The Future Greenwich Park 9pm MOVIE Pop Up Screens Labyrinth Greenwich Peninsula COMEDY John Hastings, Evelyn Mok, Kae Kurd, Vikki Stone Up The Creek JAZZ Faye Patton Oliver’s
Saturday 25
PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre 10am, noon, 2pm, 4.30, 7pm, 9.15 FAMILY Summer Celebration Progress Estate Centenary 11-4 at Lovelace Green SE9 1LF KIDS Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom Churchill Theatre 1, 4 VOLUNTEER Drop-In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 1-4 MUSIC George Benson Greenwich Music Time Festival at Old Royal Naval College COMEDY Mark Steel, Suzi Ruffell Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, Cutty Sark 7.45 MOVIE Pop Up Screens 10 Things I Hate About You Greenwich Peninsula MUSIC Santana O2 MUSIC Turn It Loose! Brooklyn Bowl
COMEDY Jeff Leach, Vikki Stone, Eric Lampaert, Francis Foster Up The Creek LUNA CINEMA Back To The Future 2 Greenwich Park 9pm JAZZ Marco Marconi Oliver’s
Sunday 26
KIDS Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom Churchill Theatre 10, 1 PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre 11am, 1pm, 3.30, 5.45 MUSIC Lewisham Concert Band Greenwich Park bandstand 3 PERFORMANCE One-Hour Play Festival London Theatre MUSIC Neil Diamond O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm COMEDY Sara Pascoe, Jessica Forteskew Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, Cutty Sark 7.45 MUSIC Tom Jones Greenwich Music Time Festival at Old Royal Naval College MOVIE Pop Up Screens Big Greenwich Peninsula LUNA CINEMA The Theory Of Everything Greenwich Park 9
Monday 27
COMEDY Josh Widdicombe, Ivo Graham Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, Cutty Sark 7.45 MUSIC Tom Jones Encore Greenwich Music Time Festival at Old Royal Naval College PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday 28
FAMILY Summer Orienteering Greenwich Park 10-Noon Details: enquiries.ldn@fieldstudies-council.org FILM/PLAY Merchant Of Venice From Royal Shakespeare Co Greenwich Picturehouse. Noon PLAY Private Fears In Public Places London Theatre 8pm MUSIC English folk Lord Hood
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TEA DANCE Blackheath Halls 2 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 PLAY Private Fears In Public Places London Theatre 8pm JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30
Thursday 30
MUSIC Trinity Laban Masters Students recital St Alfege 1.05 TALK Relativity And Fun Royal Observatory 7pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Joan Armatrading Churchill Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Tom Allen, Maddy Anhott Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, Cutty Sark 7.45 PLAY Private Fears In Public Places London Theatre 8pm MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms
Friday 31
MUSIC Free concert by Trinity Laban students Age Exchange Bakehouse Theatre 12-1 MUSIC Cosmic Charlies Brooklyn Bowl MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Showaddywaddy Churchill Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Rob Beckett, Elliot Steel, Jake Lambert Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, Cutty Sark 7.45 PLAY Private Fears In Public Places London Theatre 8pm
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Venues
The Albany: Douglas Way, Deptford SE8 4AG. 020 8692 4446 thealbany.org.uk Amersham Arms: 388 New Cross Rd SE14 6TY. 020 8469 1499 Blackheath Conservatoire: 19-21 Lee Rd SE3 9RQ. 020 8852 0234 conservatoire.org.uk Blackheath Halls: 23 Lee Road SE3 9RQ. 020 8463 0100. blackheathhalls.com Bob Hope Theatre: Wythfield Rd SE9 5TG. 020 8850 3702. bobhopetheatre.co.uk The Centre: New Eltham Methodist Ch, Footscray Rd. newelthammethodist.org.uk Charlton House: Charlton Rd SE7 8RP. 020 8856 3951 Churchill Theatre: High St, Bromley BR1 1HA. 0844 871 7620 Clarendon Hotel: Montpelier Row SE3 0RW. 020 8318 4321. clarendonhotel.com The Duke: 125 Creek Rd SE8 3BU. 020 8469 8260 The Eltham Centre: 2 Archery Road SE9 1HA. 020 8921 4344 Eltham Palace: Court Yard SE9 5QE. 020 8294 2548. english-heritage.org.uk The Forum: Trafalgar Rd SE10 9EQ. 0208 853 5212. office@forumatgreenwich.org The Green Pea: 92 Trafalgar Rd SE10 9UW. 020 8858 9319 Greenwich Communications Centre: 164 Trafalgar Rd SE10 9TZ. 020 8269 2103 Greenwich Dance: Borough Hall SE10 8RE. 020 8293 9741 greenwichdance.org.uk Greenwich Heritage Centre: Artillery Square, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich SE18 4DX Greenwich Theatre: Crooms Hill SE10 8ES. 020 8858 7755. greenwichtheatre.org.uk Greenwich Playhouse: Currently closed. www.galleontheatre.co.uk Laban Theatre: Creekside SE8 3DZ. 020 8463 0100 www.trinitylaban.ac.uk London Theatre: 443 New Cross Rd SE14 6TA. 020 8694 1888. thelondontheatre.com The Lord Hood: 300 Creek Rd SE10 9SW. 020 8858 1836 Morden College: 19 St Germans Place SE3 0PD Mycenae House: 90 Mycenae Rd SE3 7SE 020 8858 1749 mycenaehouse.co.uk National Maritime Museum: Romney Rd, SE10 9BJ 020 8858 0045 www.nmm.ac.uk 02, Indig02, Building 6, Brooklyn Bowl: 0844 8560202 www.theo2.co.uk The Old Bakehouse: Bennett Park, Blackheath SE3 9LA Old Royal Naval Coll, Discover: SE10 9LW. 020 8269 4799 oldroyalnavalcollege.org Oliver’s: 9 Nevada St SE10 9JL. 020 8858 3693 www.oliversjazzbar.co.uk Pelton Arms: 23-5 Pelton Street SE10 9PQ 020 8858 0572. peltonarms.com St Alfege: Greenwich Church St. 020 8853 0687. st-alfege.org Severndroog Castle: Off Shooters Hill SE18 3RT. severndroogcastle.org.uk The Star And Garter: 60 Old Woolwich Rd SE10 9NY. 020 8305 1144 Steinberg Studio: 137 Vanbrugh Hill SE10 9HP. steinbergduo.com Trinity Laban: King Charles Court SE10 9JF. 020 8463 0100. trinitylaban.ac.uk Up The Creek (UTC): 302 Creek Rd SE10 9SW. 020 8858 4581. up-the-creek.com Woodlands Farm Trust: 331 Shooters Hill Rd, Welling DA16 3RP 020 8319 8900 thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org.uk
Long-term
MARKETS Greenwich Market: 10-5.30. Sat and Sun: Arts & crafts, food, fresh produce. Tues, Wed: Food, fresh produce, homewares. Thurs: food, antiques & collectables, crafts. Fri: Food, arts & crafts, antiques & collectibles Clocktower Market: 166 Greenwich High Rd. Sat, Sun 10-4. 50 quirky stalls specialising in vintage, retro and antiques. 07940 914204 Blackheath Farmers’ Market: Blackheath Station, 10-2 every Sun. lfm.org EXHIBITIONS/CRAFTS/COMMUNITY Royal Observatory: Astronomy Photographer Of The Year. Till July 19 rmg.co.uk Fan Museum: Fans Of The Belle Epoque till Sept 2, then Made In China Sept 5-Dec 31. 12 Crooms Hill. 020 8305 1441 fan-museum.org.uk Old Royal Naval College: Seeing Red art show till Jul 26 at Discover, followed by 6 Artists, 6 Schools show Jul 28-Sept 7. ornc.org Blackheath Halls: blackheathhalls.com Age Exchange: Carers’ group Mon, knitters Thurs, preschool rhyme-time Fri. Old Bakehouse, Bennett Pk SE3 9LA. age-exchange.org.uk. Nationa Maritime Museum: Guiding Lights. Till Jan 2016. rmg.co.uk Queen’s House: Unseen: The Lives Of Looking. Till July 26. rmg.co.uk Greenwich Gallery/The Cave: Linear House, Peyton Place SE10 8RS Paul McPherson Gallery: 77 Lassell St SE10 9PJ. paulmcphersongallery.com Ben Oakley Gallery: 9 Turnpin La SE10 9JA The Forum: Disabled drop-ins, mums’ groups, kids’ classes, advice. Trafalgar Rd SE10 9EQ. 020 8853 5212 Jazz Open Mic Nights: Mondays (exc Bank Hols) Mycenae House SE3, 8.30 Greenwich Heritage Centre: Artillery Square SE18 4DX. 020 8854 2452 The Albany: 366 Days Of Kindness exhibition. Deptford Lounge WALKS Greenwich Visitours: Linda Cunningham. www.GreenwichVisitours.com £15 for 90mins U16s free. 1st tour 11.30am. 07802 743234. Linda@GreenwichVisitours.com Greenwich Guided Walks: Local experts. Walks daily at 12.15 and 2.15 from the Greenwich Tourist Information Centre. £8, £7 cons. Greenwich Tour Guides Association 07575772298 guides@greenwichtours.co.uk Rich Sylvester: Guide, historian, storyteller. 07833 538143. richs@onetel.com Dotmaker: Alternative guided walks. dotmakertours.co.uk FAMILY ACTIVITIES National Maritime Museum: Explore Saturdays. Free. Performance and storytelling for over-5s from noon. Discover Sundays. Free. Activities for families from 11.30am. Play Tuesdays. Free. For under-5s from 10.30
JAZZ Ryan McCaffrey Oliver’s
Saturday August 1
KIDS Pirates Takeover Cutty Sark 11.30-4pm ART Greenwich Uncovered. Tideline Art pop-up at Made In Greenwich.Till August 12. MUSIC Jane Gamble Organ and piano recital. St Alfege 1.05 MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 3pm, 7.30 COMEDY Katherine Ryan, Harriet Kemsley Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, Cutty Sark 7.45 MUSIC Maxi Priest Brooklyn Bowl PLAY Private Fears In Public Places London Theatre 8pm MUSIC Kisstory Building Six COMEDY Jon Newton, Jason Patterson, Mark Dolan, Gavin Webster Up The Creek
Sunday 2
MUSIC Baroque Concert Severndroog Castle 11am KIDS Pirates Takeover Cutty Sark 11.30-4pm MUSIC South London Jazz Orch Greenwich Park bandstand 3 PLAY Private Fears In Public Places London Theatre 5pm TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm COMEDY Tom Glover, Luke Honnoraty Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, Cutty Sark 7.45
Monday 3
THEATRE West End Summer School Greenwich West Community Centre Info: bksummerschool.com MUSIC Backbeat Soundsystem Brooklyn Bowl COMEDY Elvis McGonagall, Rob Auton Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, Cutty Sark 7.45 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday 4
MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s
Wednesday 5
KIDS Baby-Friendly Gallery Tour National Maritime Museum 11 FAMILY MiniBeast Hunt Greenwich Park 1-3pm KIDS Toddler Time Cutty Sark 2-4pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30
Thursday 6
FAMILY Pond Explorers Greenwich Park 1-3pm Details: enquiries.ldn@fieldstudies-council.org KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm FILM THX-1138 (1971) Royal Observatory 7pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms
August
Theatre 7.30
Monday 17
THEATRE West End Summer School Greenwich West Community Centre Info: bksummerschool.com PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday 18
Shakespeare at Severndroog Castle on August 13
MUSIC Less Than Jake Brooklyn Bowl PLAY The Importance Of Being Earnest London Theatre 8pm COMEDY Otiz Cannelloni, Sean Percival, Peter White, Andy Askins Up The Creek
Sunday 9
KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre. Noon, 3pm MUSIC Greenwich Concert Band Greenwich Park bandstand 3 PLAY The Importance Of Being Earnest London Theatre 5pm FILM/OPERA Rape Of Lucretia From Glyndebourne Greenwich Picturehouse 6pm TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30
Monday 10
THEATRE West End Summer School Greenwich West Community Centre Info: bksummerschool.com PLAY The Importance Of Being Earnest London Theatre 8pm PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday 11
FAMILY Moths & Mammals Greenwich Park 10-12.30 Details: enquiries.ldn@fieldstudies-council.org KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 PLAY The Importance Of Being Earnest London Theatre 8pm MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s
Wednesday 12
KIDS Toddler Time Cutty Sark 2-4pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich
Theatre 7.30 PLAY The Importance Of Being Earnest London Theatre 8pm WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30
KIDS Story Ship Cutty Sark 11.30, 2pm FAMILY Art Week Old Royal Naval College 1-3pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm TALK The Great Eclipse Expedition Mystery Royal Observatory 7pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 PERFORMANCE 366 Days Of Kindness The Albany 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s
Wednesday 19
KIDS Story Ship Cutty Sark 11.30, 2pm Thursday 13 FAMILY Art Week Old Royal KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Naval College 1-3pm Greenwich Theatre 3pm KIDS Toddler Time MUSIC Alborosie & Shengen Clan Cutty Sark 2-4pm IndigO2 KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio PLAY Two Gentlemen Of Verona Greenwich Theatre 3pm Severndroog Castle 7.30 MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 Theatre 7.30 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY The Importance Of Being JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s Earnest London Theatre 8pm FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms
Friday 14
KIDS All Hands On Deck Cutty Sark Noon-4pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 PLAY The Importance Of Being Earnest London Theatre 8pm COMEDY Dave Ward, Ellie Jane Taylor, Aurie Styla, Phil Butler Up The Creek
Saturday 15
KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre. Noon MUSIC AR Rahman O2 MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 3pm, 7.30 COMEDY Dave Ward, Nick Dixon, Holly Walsh, Phil Butler UTC
Sunday 16
KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre. Noon, 3pm MUSIC London Gay Symphonic Winds Greenwich Park bandstand 3pm MUSIC Aloha From Hawaii IndigO2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich
Thursday 20
KIDS Sea Chests Cutty Sark 11.30, 2pm FAMILY Art Week Old Royal Naval College 1-3pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms
Friday 21
TALK Being a Child Evacuee in the War Tony Lord Bakehouse Theatre SE3 9LA 1pm £5 (FREE for Friends of AE) KIDS All Hands On Deck Cutty Sark Noon-4pm FAMILY Art Week Old Royal Naval College 1-3pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Barry Castagnola, Dan Nightingale, Kae Kurd, Adam Bloom Up The Creek
Saturday 22
FAMILY Treasures Of The Thames Foreshore event, bring wellies. Old Royal Naval College 10.30 KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre. Noon
Friday 7
KIDS All Hands On Deck Cutty Sark Noon-4pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm CHARITY Talent Show Global Fusion Music And Arts event, Charlton House 7pm MUSIC Jimmy Cliff IndigO2 MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Otiz Cannelloni, Sean Percival, Alistair Williams, Holly Walsh Up The Creek
Saturday 8
KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre. Noon FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v QPR. The Valley 3pm MUSIC Sisters Of Reggae IndigO2 MUSIC Less Than Jake Brooklyn Bowl MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 3pm, 7.30
Saturday 1st to Wednesday 12th August at the “Made in Greenwich Gallery”, 324 Creek Road, London SE10 9SW” www.tidelineart.com
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FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Hull City. The Valley 3pm COMEDY Wahala: Jamaica v West Africa IndigO2 MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 3pm, 7.30 COMEDY Chris Mayo, Robert White, Adam Bloom UTC
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KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre. Noon, 3pm MUSIC Silver Ghosts Greenwich Park bandstand 3 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm MUSICAL Tommy Greenwich Theatre 7.30
September
Friday 18
Festival of Britain in 1951: Learn about its design in Blackheath on September 24
TALK St Christopher’s Hospice Anna Somerset. Bakehouse Theatre SE3 9LA 1pm £5 (FREE for Friends of AE) MUSIC International Day Of Peace Global Fusion concert Charlton House 7.30 MUSICAL Puttin’ On The Ritz Churchill Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Inel Tomlinson, Henry Ginsberg UTC
Monday 24
PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday 25
KIDS Sea Chests Cutty Sark 11.30, 2pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3 MOVIE Pop Up Screens Ghostbusters East Greenwich Pleasuance MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s
Wednesday 26
KIDS Where In The World? Cutty Sark 11.30, 2pm KIDS Toddler Time Cutty Sark 2-4pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm FILM/PLAY Othello From Royal Shakespeare Company Greenwich Picturehouse 7pm WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30
Thursday 27
KIDS Where In The World? Cutty Sark 11.30, 2pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm MUSIC American Football Brooklyn Bowl MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms
Friday 28
KIDS All Hands On Deck Cutty Sark Noon-4pm KIDS Adventures Of Pinocchio Greenwich Theatre 3pm COMEDY Jeff Innocent, Maff Brown, Jimmy James, UTC
Saturday 29
MUSIC Evelyn Champagne King, Omar, Leroy Burgess IndigO2 COMEDY Michael Legge, Paul Myrehaug Up The Creek
Sunday 30
MUSIC Southwark Concert Band Greenwich Park bandstand 3 MUSIC Bollywood Showdown O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm MUSIC Waterloo: Abba Tribute Churchill Theatre 7.30
Monday 31
MUSIC Love Me Tender Churchill Theatre 7.30 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday Sept 1
Saturday 19 MUSIC Trinity Laban Recital St Alfege 1.05 FILM/PLAY Beaux’ Stratagem From National Theatre Greenwich Picturehouse 7pm PLAY The Talented Mr Ripley Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms
Friday 4
MUSIC Lee Fields & The Expressions Brooklyn Bowl MUSIC Level 42 IndigO2 PLAY The Talented Mr Ripley Greenwich Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Jen Brister, Brennan Reece, Amir Khoshaken, Angela Barnes, Ryan Cull, Up The Creek
Saturday 5
CULTURE Doughnut: The Outer London Festival A celebration of all things suburban. Old Royal Naval College PLAY The Talented Mr Ripley Greenwich Theatre 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC Level 42 IndigO2 BIKERS Night Of The Jumps O2 COMEDY Ninia Benjamin, Iain Stirling, Maff Brown, Andrew Maxwell Up The Creek
Sunday 6
MUSIC Alice Russell Brooklyn Bowl TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm
Monday 7
PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday 8
FILM/PLAY Beaux’ Stratagem From National Theatre Greenwich Picturehouse. Noon COMEDY Avenue Q Churchill Theatre 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood DRAMA Romeo And Juliet Greenwich Theatre 7.30 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s
Wednesday 9
WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton DRAMA Romeo And Juliet Greenwich Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Avenue Q Churchill Theatre 7.30
JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s
Thursday 10
MUSIC Trinity Laban Recital St Alfege 1.05 FILM Westworld (1973) Royal Observatory 7pm COMEDY Avenue Q Churchill Theatre 7.30 DRAMA Romeo And Juliet Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms
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Sunday 20
MUSIC Brian Wilson O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm MUSICAL That’ll Be The Day Churchill Theatre 7.30
Monday 21
PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
BOOK SALE Bakehouse Bookshop Age Exchange SE3 9LA 10-4 MUSIC Laefer Quartet St Alfege 1.05 DRAMA Romeo And Juliet Greenwich Theatre 2.30, 7.30 COMEDY Avenue Q Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Rotherham. The Valley 3pm COMEDY Joel Dommett, Henry Paker, Up The Creek
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Sunday 13
TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm
Monday 14
PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Tuesday 15
FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Huddersfield. The Valley 7.45 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood MUSICAL Puttin’ On The Ritz Churchill Theatre 7.30 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s
Wednesday 16
MUSICAL Puttin’ On The Ritz Churchill Theatre 7.30 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s
Thursday 17
MUSIC Trinity Laban Recital
Cristiana Angelini
Tuesday 22
FILM/BALLET Romeo & Juliet From Covent Garden Greenwich Picturehouse 7.15 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s
Thursday 24
MUSIC Trinity Laban Recital St Alfege 1.05 LECTURE Design At Festival Of Britain Blackheath Decorative & Fine Arts Society. St Mary’s Church Hall, Cresswell Park 2.30 MUSIC One Direction O2 FILM/PLAY Coriolanus From National Theatre. Greenwich Picturehouse 7pm TALK Understanding Our Star Royal Observatory 7pm HUMOUR Laughing Boy Comedy Club Blackheath Halls 8pm MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms
Friday 25
MUSIC Free concert by Trinity Laban students Age Exchange Bakehouse Theatre SE3 9LA 12-1 MUSIC One Direction O2 COMEDY Johnny Cochrane, Pat Cahill, Up The Creek
Saturday 26
MUSIC Cancer Research UK concert St Alfege 6 COMEDY Rob Beckett Blackheath Halls 8 MUSIC One Direction O2 PARTY Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet! Trafalgar Tavern, Park Row SE10 from 7.30. Info: haventstoppeddancingyet.co.uk MOVIE Pop Up Screens ET East Greenwich Pleasaunce COMEDY Dominic Frisby, Marlon Davis, Iain Stirling Up The Creek
Sunday 27
MUSIC One Direction O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7
Monday 28
MUSIC One Direction O2 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s
Wednesday 2
Thursday 3
MUSICAL Puttin’ On The Ritz Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC Pankaj Udhas IndigO2 COMEDY Dan Atkinson, Stu Goldsmith, Imran Yusuf, George Egg Up The Creek
COMEDY Avenue Q Churchill Theatre 5pm, 8.30 DRAMA Romeo And Juliet Greenwich Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Damian Clark, Ivo Graham, Edd Hedges, Tez Ilyas, Pete Firman Up The Creek
FILM/PLAY Othello From Royal Shakespeare Co. Greenwich Picturehouse. Noon MUSIC English folk Lord Hood PLAY The Talented Mr Ripley Greenwich Theatre 7.30 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s ART Cristiana Angelini. At The Water’s Edge. Till Sept 29 (Mon-Fri 10-5) KIDS Baby-Friendly Gallery Tour National Maritime Museum 11 MUSIC Nazareth Brooklyn Bowl WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY The Talented Mr Ripley Greenwich Theatre 7.30 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s
St Alfege 1.05 MUSICAL Puttin’ On The Ritz Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 FAMILY Curator’s Tour Cutty Sark 3 MUSIC Musiq Soulchild IndigO2 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms
Tuesday 29
At the Waters Edge: An exhibition of oils and pastels showing coastal scenes. 2-29 September 2015. Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm. Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath SE3 9RQ.
MUSIC One Direction O2 PLAY Woman Of No Importance London Theatre 8 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s
Wednesday 30
MUSIC One Direction O2 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY Woman Of No Importance
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Lord, how I love Laban Theatre! Every time I go I think the dancers can’t possibly surpass what they did last time – and every time they do. This time I was even more certain I’d be disappointed because the performers were all second-year Trinity Laban students who were restaging wildly difficult works by five of the greatest contemporary choreographers – Merce Cunningham, Wayne McGregor, Sasha Waltz, Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker and Gaby Agis. But I was wrong, wrong, wrong. The 70-odd youngsters who interpreted the pieces danced with a confidence, an understanding, a flair and, where necessary, an edge that belied their relative inexperience. This was no more eveident than in the opener – Cunningham’s MinEvents, a dazzlingly witty but technically complicated piece made even tougher by the fact its creator believed the choreography and its musical accompaniment should function autonomously. The young dancers seemed completely unfazed as they brought it back to life. Next
came Re: Rosas!, a take on de Keersmaeker’s signature work which was performed sitting on fold-up wooden chairs. The 17-strong cast’s synchronisation as they reacted to a score that started off as elctronica and ended with Bananarama was astounding. T h e f i r s t - h a l f c l o s e r, a r e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f A g i s ’s Shouting Out Loud, was the high point for me, capturing the emotional turmoil of the political and social unrest of the Thatcher years and cleverly making it relevant to today’s Britain. The excerpt from McGregor’s Polar Sequences was a wonderful melange of surreal choreography, easily the best lighting of the night (designed by Lucy Carter) and a fabulous, relentlessly pulsating score featuring the industrial metal sounds of Marilyn Manson. The show ended with Waltz’s Wo m e n , a m o v i n g a n d engrossing work staged by a cast dressed in black who provided a suitably elegant climax to an evening of extraordinary artistry, craft and maturity. A complete joy. MILES HEDLEY
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A ny a c t o r m a k i n g t h e i r professional debut must be nervous but to do it in a tiny theatre where the performers are never more than a couple of feet away from the audience would be enough to bring on a terminal case of stagefright in many. H o w e v e r, R o w e n a G r a y seemed completely unfazed as she took on the key role of frustrated but fatalistic Sonya in Chekhov’s masterpiece Uncle Vanya at the London Theatre in New Cross. Gray perfectly portrayed the unrequited passion Sonya feels for country doctor Mikhail Astrov in director Grace Smith’s pared down production of this Russian classic. And the manner in which she suppressed her emotions at the end to avoid a humiliating public meltdown was magnificent. Stephen MacNiece was
omeone asked me recently: “What is your favourite British native tree.” It’s a tougher question than it seems. The obvious answer would be the mighty oak, long lived, loved by wildlife, great for timber but, then again...the Birch is probably the most elegant. And a fine Ash tree is quite a sight. That’s not to mention the Rowan, Cherry, Elm and several others. But if I had to choose one, it would be the Beech – Fagus sylvatica. his is probably influenced by early childhood memories of picnics at High Beach in Epping Forest where I climbed the huge pollarded Beech trees with my brother and sisters. There are few trees that can match a fully mature Beech tree for beauty, with its smooth grey bark, heavily branched crown and smooth light green leaves which turn a beautiful copper colour in autumn. It’s very versatile too; growing on all types of soil, it makes a great hedge and Beech timber is much sought after by furniture makers. For this reason it has been much planted for timber and in parks and gardens as an ornamental specimen tree. Greenwich Park itself boasts a fine collection on Beech trees. he largest Beech in the park is clustered around One Tree Hill. They are good specimens but not splendid. Beech does not like to be exposed to wind and these do look a little stunted. Any tree that is widely planted in gardens is likely to give rise to new varieties and Beech is no exception. Hillier’s Manual of Trees and Shrubs lists 33. Some of these are rather obscure. In the Park we have several of the more common ones. ear the tennis courts are two fine specimens of the Purple or Copper Beech ( F a g u s Sylvatica Purpurea). An early variety, it LAKESIDE: has been Weeping Beach grown since the 1700s. All purple beech is grafted so if you look closely at the base of the trunk you can see the ridge where the graft was made. n the Flower Garden are three more varieties of our native Beech. Weeping trees always look good planted beside water and at the lake you’ll find a maturing specimen Weeping Beech (Fagus sylvatica Pendula). Close by, at the opposite side of the lake, in the heather garden is a pyramidal shaped tree with finely divided leaves. This is a young specimen of the Fern Leaved Beech, Fagus sylvatica Asplenifolia. Introduced in the 1800s it is one of the prettiest of all the Beech trees. Branches of this tree can mutate and revert to the typical Beech leaf. If this happens, we cut the offending branch out. oving through into the Cedar lawn you’ll find a specimen of the rare and bizarre Coxcomb Beech (Fagus sylvatica Cristata). The gaunt slender branches have clusters of small faceted leaves. There is one classic variety of Beech the park is missing, the Dawyck Beech. This pencil shaped tree is one of the finest fastigiated trees. There is a good specimen in Hyde Park beside the rose garden there. Perhaps when we have a space in the right place, we’ll plant one at Greenwich Park too.
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