Jan - May 2016
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spoken word . theatre . music . dance circus . cabaret . café . families . club nights
Welcome to the Albany This spring we present and host a diverse, vibrant and intriguing mix of events at the Albany and off site. There are a wide range of themes and interests covered, from politics and money, power and masculinity, family and personal struggles, to survival and recovery. The stories and experiences featured reflect what it’s like to live in Britain right now, celebrating our differences as well as what we share. As ever at the Albany, the audience plays a central role. This is most obvious where we’re invited to be part of the action, such as in The Money (p15) or Play Dough (p3), but also in the unique relationship created with an audience in Backstage in Biscuitland (p11) or many of the family shows. There are multiple opportunities to take part or try something new. As well as theatre from across the UK, the music programme ranges from intimate club nights to jazz, electronica, hip hop and grime. There’s a variety of events this spring that you’re unlikely to find in any other London venue. We’re really excited about what’s on offer at the Albany, and we look forward to inviting you in.
Gavin Barlow CEO/Artistic Director The Albany
Lewisham Homes Resident? Get cheap tickets to brilliant events for all ages at the Albany this Spring. Through our partnership you can get £2 tickets for 0-16 year olds and £5 tickets for adults to most events in the spring season. Call the box office or pop in to the Albany to find out more and book your tickets.
F EBRUA RY Tuesday 2 - Friday 5 February, 7.30pm Plus Saturday 5 March, 7.30pm DERVISH PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ALBANY PRESENTS
THE CROWS PLUCKED YOUR SINEWS
Saturday 6 February, 7.30pm (doors)
SARAH GILLESPIE With support from renowned country blues songstress Siobhan Parr
BSL Interpreted Thur 4 Feb
Written and directed by Hassan Mahamdallie May 2011: A young Somali woman sits in the dark of a Woolwich council house watching the assassination of Osama Bin Laden unfold on TV. Upstairs her ailing grandmother is talking to ghosts. August 1913: A woman dervish warrior searches the body of a Tommy in British Somaliland. In the morning the killing will begin.
Anglo-American singer songwriter Sarah Gillespie has received international critical acclaim for her jazz, folk and blues albums and trademark poetic lyricism. With a full band, Gillespie will debut a mix of songs from her new project (due for release in 2016) as well as revisiting her back catalogue.
‘Is she the new Joni Mitchell? PJ Harvey? Bob Dylan even? She recalls all three but Gillespie’s spiky lyrical gift is utterly distinctive.’ METRO
With live music and stunning visuals this theatrical exploration of the violence of empire and the ‘Fiercely articulate.’ poetry of resistance stars Yusra Warsama. The 5 March performance will feature guest musicians, THE GUARDIAN poets and food in celebration of Somalia’s cultural traditions.
14+
£12 / £10 concs. Post show talks Thursday 4 and Friday 5 February. #crowsdrama
FROM £10
This event is dynamically priced – see back page for more details.
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FEBRUARY
HALF TERM TREAT
Tuesday 16 February, 2pm Wednesday 17 February, 11am & 2pm UNLIMITED THEATRE PRESENTS
PLAY DOUGH
What is money? Did you know you can make it with the power of your imagination? Join Unlimited Theatre for Play Dough – the game show where you can play with 10,000 real pound coins. Our hosts Queenie and TooMuch will lead your team through a series of high-energy games while telling you their story, and everything they know about how money really works. You can’t take the cash home with you – but if you win, you get to decide the end of the story. A playfully interactive show about the value of money. Audiences in Edinburgh said it was ‘absolutely stunning’, ‘a fantastic show’ and that ‘the games throughout were amazing.’
7+ 3
£10 / £8 concs. / £32 family ticket. Post show talk, Wednesday 17 February, 11am show.
F EBRUA RY
HALF TERM TREAT Thursday 18 - Saturday 20 February. Various times. SMASHFESTUK PRESENTS
SMASHFEST
SMASHfestUK returns to the Albany with its unique mash-up festival of science and art, engineering and entertainment, music and maths, comedy and technology. Events this year revolve around the story of a super solar storm heading for London, set to destroy the world’s electrical and electronic infrastructure. We’ll all be thrown back to the mechanical age. Join us on an adventure to prepare, rebuild and be entertained. Featuring Kids Comedy Club, Space Weather, UV & Me, Aardman animation techniques, shows, games, making, robots and the fabulous Flamsteed Astronomers. ALL AGES Free events. Line-up to be announced. Check thealbany.org.uk for updates.
Friday 26 February & Friday 13 May,10pm (doors)
NOISE REPORT
Noise Report showcase their resident artists at the Albany – a collection of local producers, DJs and audio-visual designers. An intimate clubbing experience with music to make you move and visuals to blur reality.
18+
£5 4
FA MILY SUN DAY S Sunday 7 February, 2pm - 5pm THE ALBANY PRESENTS
Disco Kids: Dino Dance Party s your little
A pre-historic boogie-fest await ones as we transform the Albany into a terrific T-rex adventure playground. A wraparound experience for tiny pterodactyls with video, music, dancers and more. £6 / £20 family ticket.* Under 7s.
Sunday 14 February, 1pm & 3pm AMELIA BIRD PRESENTS
The Boy Who Never Grew Up happy thoughts
Welcome to a world where take you flying high and where adventure is impossible to hide from. Welcome to the world where you never grow up! Inspired by J.M. Barrie’s classic tale, join two expert make-believers as they take YOU to Neverland. But this isn’t just the story you’ve seen on screen or read in the book, there are adventures of your own to be had... £7 / £24 family ticket.* Ages 4+.
Sunday 21 February, 1pm & 3pm PEACEFUL LION PRESENTS
Dark Orion andeverythe thing. He’s terrified
Orion is scared of of wasps and monsters, afraid of sheds and storms, panicked by spiders and heights but there is one thing that scares him more than anything else... The DARK! £7 / £24 family ticket.* Ages 3+.
*Family Ticket comprises four tickets.
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LYNGO THEATRE PRESENTS
The Curious Adventures of Pinocchio One of the
best-loved classics for childre n comes to life… the true story of Pinocchio told by Patrick Lynch from Cbe ebies. Crickets, cats, foxes and, of course, the world-famous puppet will spr ing out of our collection of dusty, old, magic books to bring you the true story of Pin occhio.
£7 / £24 family ticket.* Age s 4+.
Sunday 6 March,1pm & 3pm
NEARLY THERE YET PRESENTS
The Party
A circus show for all the fam ily, The Party is a madcap endlessly enterta ining show that humorously explores difficult topics such as sharing, social exclusion and not always getting what you want.
£7 / £24 family ticket.* Age s 3+.
Sunday 14, 21 & 28 Februa ry, 6 March, 10 & 24 April & 15 May, 2pm - 3pm
THE ALBANY PRESENTS
Growing Up Club
Indoor and outdoor craft and gardening activities: dig, grow, play and discover before or after watching a sho w in the theatre. Adults do not require a ticket. £3. Ages 2+.
FA MI LY S U NDAY S Sunday 24 April,1pm & 3pm
WINTERWALKER PRESENTS
Three Keepers
2pm Sunday 13 March,
5pm
THE ALBANY PRESENTS
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pm, 1.30pm & 3pm Sunday 17 April, 12 SENT ANY PRE
UPSWING AND THE ALB
Circus Family op in with your Workfly,sswhing and sp
Welcome to Flounder Rock Lighthouse, where three men live and work, with only each other and the seagulls for company. When the storm of the century threatens Flounder Rock, will the lamp shine true? Will disaster strike?
£7 / £24 family ticket.* Ages 6+.
Sunday 8 May, 2pm - 5pm
THE ALBANY PRESENTS
Disco Kids: Enchanted Kingdom
Anything can happen in the Enchanted Kingdom at our fairytale boogie fest. Your little princes, ogres, trolls and fairies shall go to the ball and can expect stunning visuals from VJ Gemma Riggs, magical music and much more.
£6 / £20 family ticket.* Under 7s.
Sunday 15 May, 1pm & 3pm
ENGINE HOUSE PRESENTS
Snow White
With endless meals to prepare, a never ending pile of dishes to wash, not to mention that huge and ridiculous mirror that needs polishing morning, noon and night, life’s never easy for the royal servants downstairs at the palace.
£7 / £24 family ticket.* Ages 5+.
Tumble, s skills in partnership children. Learn circu nt and bonding! with your child: brillia . £14 per pair. Ages 3+
More fa mil 3, 4, 10,y shows on pa g 12, 13 a nd 17. es 6
MARCH Thursday 3 & Friday 4 March, 7.30pm
Gala Night Monday 14 March, 7pm Wednesday 16 - Friday 18 March, 7pm
TIATA FAHODZI PRESENTS
STONECRABS THEATRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ALBANY PRESENTS
I KNOW ALL THE SECRETS IN MY WORLD
HEADWAYS
i know all the secrets in my world is a play about what happens when speaking is impossible. A story that breaks your heart and then pieces it together, putting plasters touched with tiny kisses over the cracks.
Produced by eight emerging directors, Headways is a festival that presents a kaleidoscopic collection of plays, each director with their own story to tell. Through plays that reflect the dynamism of relationships and human emotion, they promise to make you laugh and cry, dealing in both horror and in wonder, and exploring the multiple truths that are held in a single story.
This universal tale of love and loss is a duet between a father and a son told through sound and movement. Set in the familial home after the loss of their wife and mother, it journeys through their grief meditating on fantasy, gender roles, disconnection, absence and the permanence of love. Tiata Fahodzi is the UK’s leading African theatre company, producing world-class theatre that reflects the changing African diaspora in contemporary Britain.
11+ 7
£12 / £10 concs. Post show talk, Friday 4 March. #tiataiknow
STONECRABS YOUNG DIRECTORS’ FESTIVAL
Over three nights, eight plays take centrestage, showcasing this generation of directors. Additonally, StoneCrabs will be celebrating the Young Directors’ Festival’s 10th birthday with a Gala Night. The evening includes a drinks reception, short plays, films, an auction, live music and much more.
12+
Wed – Fri: £6 per show, £15 per night (three shows – Thu & Fri only). Gala Night: give what you can £10, £15 or £20.
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PHOTO: NICOLA CANAVAN
Wednesday 9 - Friday 11 March, 7.30pm PANICLAB AND THE ALBANY PRESENT
THESEUS BEEFCAKE Commissioned by
Homotopia and the Albany
16+
A hero and minotaur are locked in the ultimate death match. Theseus Beefcake journeys into the dark labyrinth of masculinity, colliding mixed martial arts, death metal, American frat culture, rodeos, pornography and Greek mythology along the way. PanicLab’s Joseph Mercier and Jordan Lennie push against their personal thresholds of pain and pleasure in this unforgettable duet exploring masculine excess, fantasy, friendship and competition.
£12 / £10 concs. Post show talk, Thursday 10 March. 8
MARCH
BSL Interpreted Thur 17 Mar
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 March, 7.30pm Saturday 19 March, 2.30pm matinee ECLIPSE THEATRE COMPANY, BELGRADE THEATRE COVENTRY AND SHEFFIELD THEATRES PRESENT
A RAISIN IN THE SUN Written by Lorraine Hansberry
‘Never before, the entire history of theatre, has so much of the truth of black people’s lives been seen on the stage.’ JAMES BALDWIN
The Younger family are living in a small apartment that fit them when they were half their number: their hopes, dreams and aspirations on hold for years within the four walls and around the kitchen table. But when a chance to change the course of their future emerges, the pressures of opportunity threaten to overwhelm them. A ferocious portrayal of working class life on the cusp of the civil rights era, Lorraine Hansberry’s landmark drama bursts with intense family conflict, racial politics and social consciousness.
12+ 9
£14 / £10 concs. Special schools rate available. Post show talk, Thursday 17 March.
G ET I NV O LV ED Sunday 20 March, 6.30pm THE ALBANY AND LEWISHAM HOMES PRESENT
LOVE2DANCE SHOWCASE
Join Love2Dance for an evening of street dance, featuring talented young people from across Lewisham alongside special guest artists and dance acts. Love2Dance is a partnership between The Albany and Lewisham Homes. ALL AGES FREE
YOUNG PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION AT THE ALBANY If you’re aged 8 to 25, interested in theatre, music, dance, spoken word, youth leadership or making events happen, there are lots of opportunities to get involved at the Albany. A few projects this season include: Music leadership Love2Dance – a street dance Courses and Masterclasses – programme – learn from the programme for 8 -18 year olds in running for either four or five days best in the industry, attend Deptford and Sydenham. Weekly in school holidays, led by industry gigs and make music events workshops, trips to shows and professionals and focussing on happen at the Albany. FREE. the opportunity to perform at different art-forms each time. £5. events across Lewisham. FREE. Find out more about this season’s events on pages 12 and 17. For more information or to join our mailing list email zaylie.wilson@thealbany.org.uk, call, text or Whatsapp 07984 355 826 or visit the Get Involved page at www.thealbany.org.uk.
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MARCH Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 March, 7.30pm Tuesday 29 March, 7.30pm MIND THE GAP PRESENTS
TOURETTESHERO PRESENTS
CONTAINED
BACKSTAGE IN BISCUITLAND BSL Interpreted Wed 23 Mar
Testing testing, my name is Liam, testing, I am 28, testing testing and I live in Bradford, testing. Contained is a vibrant, compelling and personal new show from England’s largest professional learning-disabled theatre company: nine interwoven true stories about family and friendships, love and loss, the everyday and the extraordinary. The head teacher looked at me and said ‘I’m afraid you have to leave this school. There is no place for you here.’ Combining live performance, film, photography, music and dance, Contained explores those small moments in life that suddenly become meaningful: moments that teach us about ourselves, and the world that we live in.
Jess Thom has Tourettes, a condition that makes her say ‘biscuit’ 16,000 times a day. Her unusual neurology gives her a unique perspective on life; one she’s about to unleash on the world. Accompanied by her assistant Chopin, Jess intertwines comedy, puppetry, singing and incredible tics to explore spontaneity, creativity, life with a disability, and things you never knew could make you laugh. No two shows can ever be the same. Jess is neurologically incapable of staying on script, and that’s when the anarchic fun begins.
‘Extraordinarily entertaining… An adventure in every way.’ THE GUARDIAN
I left a part of me at Seacroft hospital that day.
14+ 11
£12 / £10 concs. Post show talk, Wednesday 23 March.
12+
£12 / £10 concs. Post show talk. Relaxed performance.
MA RC H/ A P RI L Friday 1 & Saturday 2 April, 7.30pm 20 STORIES HIGH AND THEATRE-RITES PRESENT
THE BROKE ‘N’ BEAT COLLECTIVE Adventures in Hip Hop, Theatre and Puppetry
BSL Interpreted Fri 1 Apr
20 Stories High and Theatre-Rites join forces to create a unique mash up of hip-hop, theatre and puppetry bringing together four amazing artists: beat-boxer Hobbit, b-boy Ryan LoGisTic Harston, singer/rapper Elektric, and puppeteer Mohsen Nouri, to form The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective. Come and spend an evening with the Collective; a raw, gritty, funny and moving gig that explores the hardships faced by young people in the UK today. Gripping tales, transfixing poetry and hip-hop puppetry like you’ve never seen before.
13+
£12 / £10 concs. Post show talk, Friday 1 April.
EASTER MASTERCLASSES Join The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective and other industry guests for a three day series of masterclasses for young people aged 8 – 19. £5 per session. Free to Love2Dance participants and Lewisham Homes residents.
Thursday 31 March: Circus. 10am ages 8-12 / 1.30pm ages 13-19. Albany Associate Artists, Upswing lead an exciting day of contemporary circus workshops covering aerial silks, hoop and acrobatics. Friday 1 April: Street Dance. 10am ages 8-12 / 1.30pm ages 13-19. Led by ZooNation, the hip hop theatre company (Into The Hoods: Remixed and Some Like It Hip Hop) demonstrating their unique hip hop theatre style. Saturday 2 April: Spoken Word and Physical Theatre. 4pm ages 13-19. Led by Nathan Crossan-Smith and 20 Stories High, exploring physical theatre, poetry and spoken lyricism based on the themes of The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective. 12
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EASTER TREAT
Tuesday 5 - Friday 8 April, 11am & 2pm THE INSECT CIRCUS PRESENTS
THE INSECT CIRCUS This show is part of CircusFest 2016 running from 4-24 April.
2+ 13
£10 / £8 concs. / £32 family ticket.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls! The Bug Show is in Town. Stroll Up, Stroll Up for the epitome of Entomological Entertainment as the Insect Circus comes to the Albany. Amongst agile ants, weird worms, wild wasps and flighty flies, an astonishing novelty will be presented Sybil the Dancing Snail.
‘My six year-old was so utterly absorbed in their reality that she wasn’t ever quite sure if it was real or not. For adults, it’s beautifully silly. Warm-hearted and witty, this is one show that totally delivers on its promises’ TOTAL THEATRE MAGAZINE
A P RI L Tuesday 5 & Wednesday 6 April, 7.30pm
Thursday 7 & Friday 8 April, 6pm & 8pm
BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE PRESENTS
MATTHEW BELLWOOD AND ALISON ANDREWS IN ASSOCIATION WITH LITTLEMIGHTY PRESENT
UNTIL YOU HEAR THAT BELL
( THE STORY IS NOT )
SET IN STONE
Written and performed by Sean Mahoney
How far back in the story do you have to go to take another path?
Three minutes boxing. One minute break. Three minutes boxing. Try to impress dad. Three minutes boxing. Play Sega Dreamcast. Three minutes boxing. Parents break up. Three minutes boxing. Fail your GCSEs. Three minutes boxing. Sing in a car. Three minutes boxing. Break.
This is a show about stories. It begins with a chance encounter in a mythical library. Soon it spills out on to the street, heads back to ancient Greece, catches a lift in a car on the way to a music festival and takes a meal at a Turkish café.
Told through spoken word and within timed boxing rounds, Until You Hear That Bell is a story about amateur boxing and family. It’s about doing something for ten years, and slowly getting good at it.
14+
£12 / £10 concs.
An intimate performance in which the audience is seated round a large table, (The Story is Not) Set in Stone is a playful new piece that imagines alternatives, reinvents ourselves and scares us out of apathy and into action.
12+
£12 / £10 concs. 14
APRIL Friday 15 April, 7.30pm
KALEIDER PRESENTS
UPSWING AND THE ALBANY PRESENT
THE MONEY
BITES: REMIX
Following a sell-out run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Kaleider’s hit show The Money comes to a civic space in Deptford.
BITES: Remix returns for a fifth instalment of unusual artistic collaborations. Outstanding circus acts connect with musicians, dancers, poets and a host of other artists to produce a one-night-only showcase of body-bending, heart-stopping talent.
Photo: Scott Eaton
Thursday 14 April, 5pm & 8pm
The Money is a cross between a game and a theatrical performance. You can choose to be either a Silent Witness and watch or a Benefactor and take part in coming to a unanimous decision about how to spend a pot of real cash. If you decide before the clock ticks down then you get to spend it, if not it rolls over to a new group.
‘Brilliant.’ THE GUARDIAN
‘The best piece of game-theatre I’ve encountered.’
This is an evening for thrill-seekers and coolhunters. Forget everything you think you know about circus and join what our audiences have called a ‘secret waiting to be found’. Previous BITES: Remix acts include: Barely Methodical Troup, Fergus J Evans, Frederike Gurstner, Hobbit, Juggling on Tap, Levantes Dance, Lin Broden, Lords of Strut and Randolph Matthews. BITES: Remix is curated by Upswing, an Albany Associate Artist.
MATT TRUEMAN
13+
Silent Witness tickets £12 / £10 concs. Benefactor tickets £10+ (Pay-What-YouWant with £10 minimum)
Site specific event. Location confirmed after booking.
15
16+
£12 / £10 concs.
A P RI L Saturday 16 April, 7.30pm (doors)
Tuesday 19 April, 7pm & 8.30pm
LEWISHAM ARTHOUSE PRESENTS
CHERYL MARTIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH HÅB FOR DOMESTIC II AND THE ALBANY PRESENT
SOUND IS SOUND IS SOUND
ALASKA
sound is sound is sound returns to the Albany with a heady mix of punk, free jazz, electronica, sound art and breakbeat. Bringing together the South East London underground, music from other London and UK scenes, and internationally renowned players. Line up to be announced.
A raw and powerful performance, with humour, heart and soul and stunning vocals. Alaska is a funny, magical trip to the moon, with singing and dancing thrown in: one woman’s extraordinary story of how she survived growing up with severe depression.
£10 in advance / £12 on the door.
14+
Saturday 23 April, 7.30pm (doors)
AFRIKAN BOY FROM £10
This event is dynamically priced – see back page for more details.
£10 / £8 concs.
Afrikan Boy brings together the bass-heavy sounds of urban London and the rhythmic beats of Nigeria to create his own unique sound, fusing grime, rap and afrobeat. Throw in some dynamite witty lyrics, a super snappy wardrobe and you have a star in the making. Touring to mark the release of his new album, Woolwich-born Afrikan Boy makes his Deptford debut. 16
A PRIL / M AY Thursday 21 - Friday 22 April, 8pm LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT PRESENTS
BLACK BSL Interpreted Wed 21 Apr
‘There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.’ MAYA ANGELOU Le Gateau Chocolat has a story to tell… Featuring a repertoire ranging from Wagner and Purcell to Nina Simone and Whitney Houston, Black is an intimate and confessional portrait of Nigerian singer Le Gateau Chocolat’s life: his hopes, his fears and his battle with depression. This cabaret legend has performed on major stages all over the world, including Sydney Opera House and the Royal Opera House as well as giving show-stopping performances at La Clique and La Soirée.
‘Extraordinarily entertaining… An adventure in every way.’
12+
THE GUARDIAN
£14 / £10 concs. Post show talk, Thursday 21 April.
Wednesday 4 - Saturday 7 May, 7.30pm NT CONNECTIONS AT THE ALBANY
NATIONAL THEATRE CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL The National Theatre’s Connections festival celebrates the talent and passion of young theatre-makers. This year we mark the 21st anniversary of Connections. 500 youth theatre companies and 10,000 young people from every corner of the UK, working with 44 partner theatres, will perform twelve outstanding plays drawn from the 150 commissioned by the NT since the festival began. The result is an unforgettable feast of theatre made by and for young people. Some free events. Line-up to be announced. Check thealbany.org.uk for updates. 17
MAY Tuesday 10 & Wednesday 11 May, 7.30pm
Wednesday 25 & Thursday 26 May, 8pm
TWO DESTINATION LANGUAGE PRESENTS
RIA HARTLEY PRESENTS
NEAR GONE
UNTOUCHABLE
Two performers have a difficult story to tell. They come on stage and launch themselves into an hour long attempt to put into words the utterly unspeakable.
‘Growing up in the ‘90s, in a violent home on an East Midlands council estate, wasn’t what I would have chosen for an upbringing. But who gets to choose?’
Delivered in English and Bulgarian, with pounding gypsy-inspired music, this beautiful performance fills an empty space with two performers, hundreds of fresh flowers and a storm of emotion. A performance piece that packs a punch – transforming your very sense of what it is to be a mother, a father, a child. And you’ll leave more fully alive than ever.
Untouchable is a piece about hope, endurance and survival. It’s about finding the courage to speak out. It’s about the often hidden realities of everyday life that happen behind closed doors.
Near Gone won a Total Theatre Award (2014) and the Pulse Fringe Suitcase Prize (2013).
Whilst tender and courageous, this piece has guts and grit offering an insight into a complex multi-racial family living in a world of abuse. Untouchable looks hopefully at recovery for a family in constant negotiation with the repercussions of a violent history. Each performance will be followed by a Q&A with creator and performer, Ria Hartley. A Contact Flying Solo Commission.
14+
£12 / £10 concs.
14+
£12 / £10 concs. 18
REG UL AR E VE N T S
Saturdays 30 January & 9 April, 7.30pm (doors) Friday 20 May, 7pm KIMBERLEY WALKER PRESENTS
HEART N SOUL PRESENTS
An art and music evening showcasing some of the finest artistes South East London has to offer. The event includes DJs, body painters and a quirky surprise or two.
The Squidz Club is for young people with learning disabilities (aged 10-25), their friends and families. Featuring a range of activities plus live performances and DJs on the main stage. Free drinks and massages for parents and carers.
£5 / £3 concs. Ages 18+.
£5. Parents and Carers Pay-What-You-Want.
Something’s Gonna Happen
The Squidz Club
Tuesday 17 May, 1pm - 3pm
Mondays 7 March & 16 May, 8pm
ENTELECHY ARTS AND THE ALBANY PRESENT
TRICITY VOGUE, RUDE GRRL AND THE ALBANY PRESENT
Ida Barr re-joins Entelechy’s Tea Dance team to dish up a jam packed menu of tasty delights: comedy, dance, gossip all washed down with live music from the Jive Five.
Curated by Tricity Vogue and Lisa Lee. A space for new cabaret ideas. Established artists and emerging performers alike bring groundbreaking works-in-progress to the Albany. Now in its fourth season.
A 21st Century Tea Dance: FOOD!
£5. Carers and under 5s. FREE but ticketed. Pre-booking essential. All ages. 19
Cabaret Playroom
Pay-What-You-Want (minimum £1) Ages 18+.
REG U LA R EV ENTS
Works and ideas-in-progress ‘hatched’ at the Albany Friday 4 March, 7pm
Friday 11 March, 7pm
Exploring the dilemmas and challenges faced by people working or living in psychiatric hospitals, Hearing Things draws on experiences of patients and staff, the ‘healthy’ and the ‘ill’, to consider if and how healing is possible in that context.
Theatre company On The Button teams up with award-winning writer Che Walker to bring you a show about the housing crisis: sing songs of protest and listen to stories of slums, utopias and struggles for better homes.
Playing On: Hearing Things
Pay-What-You-Want (minimum £1). Ages 12+.
Every Tuesday, 10.30am - 2.30pm
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ENTELECHY ARTS AND THE ALBANY PRESENT
Meet Me At The Albany
Arts activities, lunch and much, much more for the over 60s. Pop in and try your hand at a range of creative activities, or put your feet up with a cup of tea and enjoy the atmosphere. Further information: Call 020 8692 0231 or email meetme@thealbany.org.uk. £6 includes lunch and activities. All materials included. Free tea and coffee all day. Ages 60+.
On The Button: Britain’s Got Tenants
Pay-What-You-Want (minimum £1). Ages 12+.
Thursday 10 March, 7.30pm (doors) CHILL PILL AND THE ALBANY PRESENT
Chill Pill
Looking for a spoken word fix? Tune in and chill out. London’s coolest poetry night is back with an electric new line-up to be announced plus rising talent on the Open Mic. Check the Albany website for more details. £7. Ages 16+.
Thursday 12 May, 8pm (doors) CHILL PILL AND THE ALBANY PRESENT
Chill Pill: The Big One The Big One returns for a super-sized helping of spoken word and dancing ‘til late. Join the whole Chill Pill team and their guests, line up to be announced. Check the Albany website. £10 / £8 concs. Ages 16+.
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SEA SO N AT A GLA NC E DATE
EVENT
TIME
PAGE
Something’s Gonna Happen
7.30pm (doors)
Tues 2 - Fri 5 Feb
The Crows Plucked Your Sinews
7.30pm
2
Sat 6 Feb
Sarah Gillespie
7.30pm (doors)
2
Sun 7 Feb
Disco Kids: Dino Dance Party
2 - 5pm
5
Sun 14 Feb
The Boy Who Never Grew Up
1 & 3pm
5
Sun 14 Feb
Growing Up Club
2 - 3pm
5
Tue 16 & Wed 17 Feb
Play Dough
2pm Tue/11am & 2pm Wed
3
Thu 18 - Sat 20 Feb
SMASHfest
Various times
4
Sun 21 Feb
Orion and the Dark
1 & 3pm
5
Sun 21 Feb
Growing Up Club
2 - 3pm
5
Fri 26 Feb
Noise Report
10pm (doors)
4
Sun 28 Feb
The Curious Adventures of Pinocchio
1 & 3pm
5
Sun 28 Feb
Growing Up Club
2 - 3pm
5
Wed 3 & Fri 4 Mar
i know all the secrets in my world
7.30pm
7
Fri 4 Mar
Hatched: Hearing Things
7pm
Sat 5 Mar
The Crows Plucked Your Sinews
7.30pm
2
Sun 6 Mar
The Party
1 & 3pm
5
Sun 6 Mar
Growing Up Club
2 - 3pm
5
Mon 7 Mar
Cabaret Playroom
8pm
Wed 9 - Fri 11 Mar
Theseus Beefcake
7.30pm
Thu 10 Mar
Chill Pill
7.30pm (doors)
20
Fri 11 Mar
Hatched: Britain’s Got Tenants
7pm
20
Sun 13 Mar
Disco Kids: The Hop
2 - 5pm
6
Mon 14 Mar
StoneCrabs Gala
7pm
7
Wed 16 - Fri 18 Mar
StoneCrabs Young Director’s Festival
7pm
7
Wed 16 - Sat 19 Mar
A Raisin in the Sun
7.30pm, 2.30pm Sat Mat
9
Sun 20 Mar
Love2Dance Showcase
6.30pm
10
Wed 23 & Thu 24 Mar
Contained
7.30pm
11
Tue 29 Mar
Backstage in Biscuitland
7.30pm
11
Thu 31 March
Masterclass: Circus
10am & 1.30pm
12
J ANU A RY Sat 30 Jan
19
F EBR U A RY
M A RC H 20
19 8
A P R IL Fri 1 Apr
Masterclass: Street Dance
10am & 1.30pm
12
Fri 1 & Sat 2 Apr
The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective
7.30pm
12
Sat 2 Apr
Masterclass: Spoken Word & Physical Theatre
4pm
12
Tue 5 - Fri 8 Apr
The Insect Circus
11am & 2pm
13
Tue 5 & Wed 6 Apr
Until You Hear That Bell
7.30pm
14
Thu 7 & Fri 8 Apr
(The Story is Not) Set in Stone
6 & 8pm
14
Sat 9 Apr
Something’s Gonna Happen
7.30pm (doors)
19
Sun 10 Apr
Handa’s Hen
1 & 3pm
6
Sun 10 Apr
Growing Up Club
2 - 3pm
5
Thu 14 Apr
The Money
5 & 8pm
15
Fri 15 Apr
BITES: Remix
7.30pm
15
Sat 16 Apr
sound is sound is sound
7.30pm (doors)
16
Sun 17 Apr
Circus Family Workshop
12, 1.30 & 3pm
6
Tue 19 Apr
Alaska
7 & 8.30pm
16
Thu 21 & Fri 22 Apr
Black
8pm
17
Sat 23 Apr
Afrikan Boy
7.30pm (doors)
16
Sun 24 Apr
Three Keepers
1 & 3pm
6
Sun 24 Apr
Growing Up Club
2 - 3pm
5
Wed 4 - Sat 7 May
National Theatre Connections Festival
7.30pm
17
Sun 8 May
Disco Kids: Enchanted Kingdom
2 - 5pm
6
Tue 10 & Wed 11 May
Near Gone
7.30pm
18
Thu 12 May
Chill Pill: The Big One
8pm (doors)
20
Fri 13 May
Noise Report
10pm (doors)
4
Sun 15 May
Snow White
1 & 3pm
6
Sun 15 May
Growing Up Club
2 - 3pm
5
Mon 16 May
Cabaret Playroom
8pm
19
Tue 17 May
A 21st Century Tea Dance: FOOD!
1 - 3pm
19
Fri 20 May
The Squidz Club
7pm
19
Wed 25 & Thu 26 May
Untouchable
8pm
18
M AY
This season the Albany are part of A Nation’s Theatre Festival – a celebration of UK creativity. Theatre-makers from outside London feature across the capital in April and May 2016. Look for the logo throughout the brochure.
Where we are DEPTFORD
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AMERSHAM VALE
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BUS 21, 36, 47, 53, 136, 177, 188, 199, 225, 453 TRAIN Nearest stations New Cross & Deptford CAR Free on street parking nearby, and Frankham Street payand-display parking bays, including some for disabled parking. Visit our website for more directions and access information.
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Access
The Albany aims to be an accessible venue for all. If you require assistance for your access needs, please get in touch with our Box Office, text 07946 374743 or visit our website. Please notify the Albany of any access needs when booking so we can facilitate you having a great experience.
Dynamic Ticket Pricing
Albany Café
We change the prices of some of our events based on demand. These events are clearly marked in the brochure. Usually the price will increase as the event gets closer so it’s advantageous to book early.
Our fully licenced café is a great place to eat, drink, work and play. Enjoy affordable locally sourced lunches, great cakes, snacks and hot and cold drinks. Open daily Monday to Saturday and evenings and Sundays in line with our events programme.
Try something new
£1 tickets
We have a limited number of £1 tickets (10 for most shows) available for shows at the Albany. Come and see dance, drama, family shows and more for just £1. Subject to availability. Capacity dependent. Only two tickets per show per person. Up to two shows per person.
Book Online thealbany.org.uk Box Office 020 8692 4446 The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG
The information in this brochure is available in large print, electronic format and on our website.
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